Death at 666 Rounds is the new horror short story contest held by letteraturahorror.it in collaboration with Skan Magazine, the free magazine of fantastic fiction, and Dunwich Edizioni, the publishing house specializing in digital genre literature.
Death in 666 Rounds fuses horror literature with music and is dedicated to long, unpublished short stories with word count between 5,000 and 10,000. The theme of the works must necessarily blend music with horror. The jury that will evaluate the submitted writings will consist of the editorial staff of letteraturahorror.it, the editorial staff of Skan Magazine and writer Mauro Saracino, editor of Dunwich.
The winner of the contest will enjoy the inclusion of their work in Luigi Milani's novel "The Night I Killed Jim Morrison" in its print version. Among other things, the first prize winner will be entitled to a 10% royalty on the cover price of the book. Finally, the winner will receive two complimentary copies of Luigi Milani's work.
The top ten stories will be published digitally in the e-book Death at 666 Rounds published by Dunwich Editions and may request an e-book of their choice from this publisher's catalog.
To participate in Death by 666 Rounds, a short story with the above characteristics must be submitted by noon on April 4, 2014 via the e-mail address concorsi@letteraturahorror.it.
The title of the e-mail should read "Death at 666 Rounds." In the body, on the other hand, you must specify your name or possible pseudonym, the title of the work and telephone, e-mail and postal contact information.
The story should be attached to the e-mail in .doc, .dox, or .dot format.
It will also be necessary to attach a short biography of up to five lines.
