Group-Sponsored Dirty Realism Contest
Details
| Deadline: | Aug 31, 2020 |
| Fee: | Free |
The Transgressive Mind, in conjunction with the Crime Fiction group, is sponsoring a dirty realism contest. Dirty realism is a raw, often grimy, sometimes humorous, take on the human condition. Sparse, narrative tales of the invisible, the downtrodden, the less fortunate, the naked underbelly of society. The genre is unclean, inconvenient, undefined—just like the characters.
Perhaps your story is about a callous big city hustler, or a bored suburban trophy wife popping barbiturates. Maybe it’s about a Latina mother of three whose only escape is the Telenovela, or a former high school jock with big dreams, who changes oil by day and drinks beer in his trailer by night. Or it could be about a PTSD-stricken soldier who can’t forget no matter how many pills they give him.
It’s real. It’s ugly. It’s uncomfortable. It’s beautiful.
Prize money for this contest is provided by the Scribophile Writing Contest Prize Fund.
Winning entries
Winners have been announced! Log in to see them.
Prizes
| 1st prize: | $100 cash via PayPal |
| 2nd prize: | $75 cash via PayPal |
| 3rd prize: | $50 cash via PayPal |
Rules
Entries must be received before July 31st, 2020, 11:59 PM, UTC.
Short stories/flash-fiction only. Chapters, screenplays, and poetry will not be considered.
Entries must be 3,000 words or less by Scribophile’s count.
Only one entry per member, please. Multiple entries will all be disqualified.
Entrants may not submit an entry that has already placed in a previous Scribophile contest or is currently in another Scribophile contest.
Work must have Public visibility on Scribophile until winners are announced.
Entries will be judged by a three judge panel. Decisions are final.
Submission guidelines
To enter the contest, post your work to Scribophile and check the box that says “Enter this work into the Group-Sponsored Dirty Realism Contest”. Your work will automatically be considered.
The checkbox will be visible until the contest deadline, which is in UTC time.
Entry is free, but you will need karma points to post your work. You can earn karma points by writing critiques of work by other members.