Our February book of the month A Beautiful Evil by Kelly Keaton features all sorts of awesome twists on Greek mythology — so we’re using that as our inspiration for this month’s writing contest!
The Contest
In 250-500 words, write a short story that is inspired by Greek mythology. Your story should be set in the present day, but should feature some element that is based in classic Greek mythology.
Submit your short story (or story excerpt) in the Novel Novice & A Beautiful Evil Greek Mythology Writing Contest Entry Form to enter.
The Prize
Up to four (4) winners will each receive a set of finished copies of Darkness Becomes Her and A Beautiful Evil courtesy of Simon & Schuster!
The Rules
- U.S. only
- One entry per person
- Use the entry form
- Entries should be 250-500 words in length
- You may submit an excerpt from a longer story
- Use proper grammar & spelling
The Deadline
All entries are due by midnight (PT) on Wednesday, February 29th!
Questions? Leave ’em in the comments & we’ll reply!
Novel Novice 
OMG — only one entry??? 🙂 I’m gonna have to throw a hundred names in a hat and randomly pull one to decide!
US only? Boo!
Oh, so evil! I got started and wrote a 1,200 some-odd words story and then had to chop it down to 566, and then whittle it to exactly 500. I’m not sure if I could have found another word I was willing to cut out!
Well, we always say it’s okay to submit just an EXCERPT if your story is longer than 500 words! 🙂
Hi there, I was wondering when the winners of this contest, ditched, and the hunger games contests might be announced. I know this one ended at the end of february and I was just wondering. Thanks for all the great contests. I love this site!
Were the winner announced yet? Sorry to be a bother, but I was just wondering 🙂
Were the winners announced? 🙂 just wondering.
Thanks!