Hounding: A Horror Hound Celebration & CONTEST!!!

The "Hounding After Hours" thread is over a year old and is over 20,000 posts. I thought, as a fun little celebration of being a horror hound, I could host a little contest.

The theme is "Hounding" and entrants must write a quick, 500-700 word snippet based on someone being hounded by someone or something.

Contest launches today. You have three weeks to write, revise and edit your snippet. Please remember to polish, polish, polish. The prizes are worth that effort. Trust me. All stories must be turned in to me, via PM, by July 26, 2010. I will, however, be lenient on those with time differences.

Once the stories are complete, PM them to me and I will post them anonymously in the horror SYW three weeks from now. Voting will commence after (I will post voting instructions when that time comes) and the winners will receive:

1st place: A one year subscription to Necrotic Tissue gifted by me, a copy of issues 1 & 2 of Shock Totem Magazine, a twenty dollar gift card to B&N and $30.00 cash (paid via paypal).

2nd place: A fifteen dollar gift card to B&N, a gently used copy of "The Keepsake" by Tess Gerritsen, a copy of the issues 1 & 2 of Shock Totem magazine and $20.00 cash (via paypal).

3rd place: A gently used copy of "Phantom Prey" by John Sandford, a copy of issues 1 & 2 of Shock Totem magazine, a ten dollar gift card to B&N and $10.00 cash (via paypal).

Thanks to an anonymous donor (who wishes to remain so), each place winner will now also receive a cash prize. Thank you to this very sweet person for their generosity and kindness.

K. Allen Wood, editor of Shock Totem magazine has offered to give all three place winners a copy of both issues one and two of Shock Totem magazine. A big, HUGE thank you to Ken for his generosity. He totally rocks.

I love all my fiendish friends here in the Horror Hound Compound. This is for you guys.

Now start frigging writing!!! What are you waiting for???

ADDED NOTE: Voting will begin on Tuesday, July 27th and will continue for one week. The winners will be announced the following Thursday and prizes will be sent out that Friday. Instructions for voting will be posted next Tuesday, after I post the stories in SYW for your consideration and reading pleasure.

Check the original thread post for an update.

You have until the 26th to get your entry in. Steve, if you need to get yours in early, I'll make sure it is entered into the running--and I'm sure we can arrange to get your prizes to you should your story be one of the top three.

There's a B&N gift card for first prize too, I just forgot to put it in there yesterday. It's been added now, as well as the amounts for the cash prizes.

Oh and no time differences don't apply to you, Boston. You're in the same timezone as I am. You get no breaks, bro. Sowwies.

And, yanno... if y'all want to pimp this contest out here on AW, I wouldn't mind. I'd love to see some (more) new faces in the horror section.

Those all apply to me, but nope. I meant that our friends in the UK and other such areas will get a bit of leeway, bub.

You, my friend, are a card.

Something anyway, Bos.

I got my fingers crossed for you, Steve.

You guys know what I meant LOL. I meant people in other time zones across the pond that are ahead of us. I'm having a rough day today. It's hot as billy blue blazes and I have no AC anymore.

Heck yeah!

K. Allen Wood, editor of Shock Totem magazine has agreed to give all three place winners a copy of both issues one and two of Shock Totem magazine.

A big, HUGE thank you to Ken for his generosity. He totally rocks.

These prizes have been added to the original list.

Yes, yes, but three weeks from yesterday is easy enough to figure out. You people know what it means.