Creative Competition

After the release of chapters one through fourteen, I have given my readers a month to digest the story so far and possibly buy it online as I know some people did. 

Now, I would like to suggest a creative writing competition for anyone who is interested. Since chapter fourteen ended on a cliffhanger, I would like to present you with the opportunity to decide what happens next according to your own imagination. 

Here is the end of chapter fourteen, as a reminder: 

Suddenly, just as he was about to scream at her for being so insolent, Max behind me collapsed on the bottom of the vent noisily. I turned around to see what had happened and was confronted by a wall of white gas. I gasped, but that was foolish.

With sleeping gas you should never try to breathe it in.

I sank to the floor in despair but managed to stay awake just long enough to see that the person picking me up was Sparkal, wearing a hideous gas mask.

The winner of the competition will receive a 'BIA standard issue' t-shirt (I'll put up a picture next weekend), their entry on this blog for all of my readers to see, and a chance to create a character of their own to appear in book number four, Dance by the Flame. Runners-up may also get a chance to have their entries shown on the blog. 

Terms and Conditions: 

• All entries must be between 500 and 2,000 words of prose. 
• All entries must be from the perspective of either Serena or Max. 
• No sexual content, offensive discrimination or spam.
• Open to all ages, professions and nationalities. 
• All entries must be written in Times New Roman size 12. 
• All entries must be original, unpublished works, and not extracts from longer works. 
• Writers may submit one entry only. 
• Entries must be submitted to 'j.m.hart.spy@gmail.com' with 'CC2013' as the subject line of the email.

Please include your email address in the word document if submitting as an attachment. Otherwise, submit your entry in the body of the email, clearly marked. A title is not necessary, but may be included. 

The closing date for entries is the 10th June 2013. Entries will not be accepted after that date. 

A shortlist of entries will be posted on the blog. The winner will be decided upon by 30th July 2013. The decision of the judges will be final and no subsequent correspondence will be entered into.

I reserve the right to change the rules of the competition at any time without notice. I cannot accept responsibility for entries which are not received, or are received after the closing date due to technical failure or any other reason. 

By submitting an entry, all entrants thereby grant J. M. Hart the right to publish their entry on spyfiles.blogspot.co.uk in the event of their entry being shortlisted and/or winning the competition. 

If you have any competition queries, please use the comment section below.