Awards: $200 First Prize -- $100 Second Prize -- $50 Third Prize
(Prize money on deposit at Omni American FCU in Fort Worth, Texas.)
The First Place story is eligible for publication by ALTAIR Magazine or on the SFWoE Website.

Entry Fee: $5.00 -- The fee includes a one-year membership in SFWoE.*
Each additional submittal requires a fee of $2.00.

Eligibility: Unpublished members of SFWoE in good standing who are not serving on the 2002 contest nominating committee are eligible to enter.
Since the entry fee includes a one-year membership in SFWoE, the contestant on submitting the entry fee automatically meets the eligibility requirement.
(Note: "Unpublished member" is defined as a member who, prior to entering this contest, has never received money for a published piece of fiction writing.)

Submittal: Each manuscript entered must meet all of the following requirements:
Length -- 2,000 to 7,500 words
Typed -- double spaced on one side of the paper
Paper -- white, 8.5 by 11 or country's standard size
Title Page -- must include your name, address, phone number, story title, and length. Add e-mail address if available
Clear Copies -- do not submit originals. Manuscripts will not be returned
Deadline -- postmarked on or before 30 October 2002 (Advice: enter early -- avoid deadline crush)

Disqualification: A manuscript will be disqualified if in the judgment of the nominating committee the entry falls into any one or more of the following categories:
Manuscript fails to meet all of the contest submittal requirements
Story has been published and/or the author has received payment for the story or some other piece of fiction writing prior to the date of entry
Story is considered to be outside of the SF/F genre
Story contains sex for the purpose of arousal only
Story contains harsh or foul language for the purpose of shock only
Story is in bad taste
(Note: Entry fee will not be returned because of disqualification.)

Judging: A contest nominating committee will select the best stories from all of the qualified entries. An independent judge will determine the winners from the nominated stories. The decision of the judge is final.
Notification: The prize money will be awarded by SFWoE in accordance with the decision of the judge. Contest winners will be notified by first class mail in January of 2003. Each contestant in January of 2003 will be mailed the following information:
Name and location of the contest winners
Name and background of the judge
The 2002 contest statistics
Rules/Entry form for the 2003 contest
(Note: SFWoE will make a reasonable attempt to have the contest results reported in the better known SF/F trade journals.)

Address: Mail signed official entry form and your manuscript(s) on or before 30 October 2002 to:

SFWoE
P.O. Box 121293
Fort Worth, TX 76121

Australasian Region Contestants Save Postage (see website for more information)

The form is available at

http://www.flash.net/~sfwoe/intform6.htm

or I can email it to you as a Word document. Just email me <workshop@burgoyne.com> if you want a copy of the entry form.