Long Short Story Contest

[T.Allen.Smith]

Many scribes seem to be writing shorts nowadays. This contest may interest some of you.

The top 3 prizes are substantial.

Win Prizes of over 20K in this Short Story Contest (Free Entry)

 

[Feo Takahari]

$15,000 for no entry fee seems really, really sketchy.

 

[Devor]

It looks legit to me. Freeditorial is sponsoring it, and from what I can tell from a google search, they're trying really hard to make a name for themselves right now.

But man, freeditorial is such a scammy looking name, isn't it?

Also, if anyone submits to this, pay careful attention to whatever their rules say about their rights to use your submission.

 

[T.Allen.Smith]

$15,000 for no entry fee seems really, really sketchy.

I've heard of WriteToDone. However, I don't know much about the organization. I can't say if it's bonafide or not, but figured someone here might know more about them.

What harm can it be considering there's no entry fee? The writer should still be protected by copyright.

 

[skip.knox]

Here's where the dirty details are
https://freeditorial.com/writers/new

What concerns me is the statement that every contract will be written individually. IOW, there's no way for you to know ahead of time what you're getting into. The fact that the work becomes the property of Freeditorial, to be offered for free there (in perpetuity?) does not make me happy. In many other arrangements, rights revert back to the author after a period of time.

Now, maybe that's what their contracts say, but they're holding those cards face down, so ... I won't take that bet.