Hello All and Welcome to All of Our New Readers! The last two weeks have been wild ones. For those of you who do not know, publishing this magazine is not my only job. I am also a private Christian school librarian, help my family's 53-year running weekly paper, co-lead the music program at our church, and my most time-consuming job of all, raising our 3 young children. ALL of these came together to create a bit of chaos over the last two weeks. I ran an in-person book fair at the school while finishing the latest magazine layout, dealt with the weekly struggles of organizing a bunch of people to sing, juggled the phone and increased traffic of the Spring season at the paper, and managed to deliver my paper route last Thursday before heading to States for Archery with our 10-year-old and the rest of my family for the weekend. Needless to say, I am still recovering (heh heh). All of this was not to brag, but to explain why I have been a bit spotty on email and social media these past couple of weeks. Now, with that out of the way, let's move on to our contest news!
Our Next Contest is Our Quarterly Writing Contest:
WINDOWS INTO THE MULTIVERSE
The photo above is what I prefer to call a “Window”. In a way paintings, photos, and other visual arts are “Windows” into another space. Whether it is in the artist’s mind or a recreation of an actual place, these “Windows” allow us to pause for a moment and see someone else’s view. Why the “Multiverse” then? Many authors use paintings, photos, and other visual arts in order to inspire them to create whole new universes and times for us to enjoy. When you look at this image where do you go? What do they see through the window?
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
You are asked to write a micro-story beginning with “Through the window, I saw...” using the photo below as inspiration. The only restriction on your creativity is that you keep your micro-story clean. All genres are accepted. Submissions will open April 1-30. Please keep your submission to between 1,000 and 1,500 words. To submit your story fill out the form found on the “Contests” page of our website. We will not use your micro-stories without your permission and the winner/s will be sent pages for approval. The winners will appear in our June 20th Summer Edition along with the image on this page. Depending on the number of submissions we receive, there will be either winners in several genre categories OR an overall winner. Winners will be announced on May 8th Each winner or the overall winner will receive a $20 Amazon gift card, a printable winner’s certificate, a 3D printed “medallion”, and an author feature ($40 value).* The winners will be decided by the Clean Fiction staff and excerpts of each submission may be used for promotional purposes. We cannot wait to read what you write about this new image and are excited to read your submissions!
This Contest is Sponsored by the Strangers & Aliens Podcast (StrangersAndAliens.com).
We have room for one more sponsor for this contest. More information can be found here: https://www.sunsetvalleycreations.com/contest
* Prizes will not be distributed until after the magazine goes to print. Medallions are only shipped in the continental United States.
I just finished packing up the last magazine's medallions and will be mailing them out soon. I can't wait to see what you do with this quarter's image. I expect a lot of interesting micro-stories about the man, the girl, and the dog. You guys are great so I am sure they will be good reads!
Tune in next week to hear more about this contest and the upcoming quarterly Cover Art Contest or pop over to our website to learn more now! (cleanfictionmagazine.com)
May your day be bright and your reading be epic!
~ Amy Lynn McConahy, Clean Fiction Publisher
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This Week's Community Activity:
Work on Your Micro-Story
I can't wait to read your 1,000 to 1,500 words! Feel free to submit your micro-story here:
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