io9: contests

Achieve Galactic Fame And Fortune With New Science Fiction Publishing Contest

Charlie Jane Anders — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:00:00 PDT

Attention, aspiring novelists! A new competition could get your space epic or Singularity romance published by a major publisher, and bring you the adoration of millions. SciFiNow is sponsoring the War Of The Words contest in collaboration with Play.com and (more promisingly) Tor U.K. — and even though it's a U.K. contest, people can enter from anywhere. To enter, you need a synopsis and three sample chapters, but you can't advance to the finalist stage unless you're able to produce an entire novel. More details here. [SFFChronicles]

Giant Robots Always Have The Right Of Way On Any City Street

Charlie Jane Anders — Tue, 19 May 2009 08:30:00 PDT

I utterly love Monstertree's image of a robot preparing to terrorize a Japanese city. It's just one of the great images people have posted in ConceptArt.org's robot-art challenge. Click through to see another favorite.

This is "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots" by Cocou:

More fantastic robot art (including some less deadly bots) at the link. [ConceptArt.org]

Hugh Jackman Wants To Throw A Wolverine Premiere Party In Your Town

Meredith Woerner — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:40:00 PDT

Hugh Jackman can't decide where to throw his big mutant jamboree for X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and wants you to vote for a location. That means I'm one lifted restraining order away from Deadpool. [X-Men Origins]

Dedicate Your Brain To The Future Of Medicine

Charlie Jane Anders — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:40:05 PST

Got any great ideas about the future of medicine? Now's your chance to share them with the world — and reap fame and fortune, plus a free handheld computer, into the bargain. MedGadget, the internet journal of emerging medical technologies, is running its third annual Scifi Writing Contest, seeking stories about future medical technology, as well as future ethical dilemmas.

Here are the details of the MedGadget contest: stories should be between 250 and 2500 words. Entries should be in plain text, in English, and work-safe, since they'll be published on the MedGadget site. Entries will be blinded, meaning the judges won't know your identity. The winner gets published at MedGadget, plus a free Palm Tungsten E2 handheld computer loaded with Epocrates medical software. You also get a complete set of the Lemony Snicket Series Of Unfortunate Events books, to help console you if you accidentally kill one of your patients. A few runners up also get published at MedGadget. You only have until Nov. 16, so get cracking! Virtual medicine images by M. Spencer Green/Associated Press.

[MedGadget]

Get Published Alongside Your Favorite Authors!

Charlie Jane Anders — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:40:00 PDT

Are you ready for fame and fortune? Well... fame, anyway? If you're an unpublished writer, this could be your big break. Bantam Spectra is having a speculative fiction writing contest, and the winner gets published in Spectra Pulse, the publisher's free promotional magazine. (I saw a copy the other day, and it looks quite nice. It has short stories and excerpts from upcoming novels, including some of our favorite authors.) You also get $100. Stories must be under 2,000 words, and you have until Jan. 31. Details here, and I hope an io9 reader wins this! [Bantam Spectra]