ROBERT SHELSKY ~ Writer/Novelist

Hi everyone!

This is just a heads up on a new contest now open at AlienSkin Magazine.  It's a Horror in Science Fiction Contest.  Entry is free, prize is $50.00 USD and an AlienSkin Magazine T-Shirt.  The cash is pro rates for this length of story, which should be 1,000 words or less (but as close to the 1,000 word limit as possible, without going over it). 

Check it out.  Just go to AlienSkin Magazine's website:

http://www.alienskinmag.com/ 

There, read my current article on Horror in Science Fiction, so you know what we're looking for, and then click on the link to the guidelines for the contest.  Please make sure you read the guidelines thoroughly and follow them closely.  Failure to follow the guidelines, which are easy, will mean possible disqualification. 

So, let's see how good you can do!  Send us your entries!  There will also be several honorable mentions, but only one winner.

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Well, it's that time of year, and my Christmas present was an early release by Awestruck E-Books, of my time travel romance novel, LOST ECHOES. Here's the link to Awestruck's home page and my novel: http://www.awe-struck.net/index.html

I've had great advance reviews on it, every one of them very positive and high in praise. And rather than bore you with them here, you can read them on my home web site, at:

http://home.earthlink.net/~robngeorge/

So, am I happy? You bet! And, I'd also again like to take this opportunity to congratulate the winner and honorable mentions of the Alien Skin Magazine Science Fiction Good Writing Contest! Special Congratulations to our first place winner, GERRY SONNENSCHEIN. The article announcing the winners and the honorable mentioned, can be found at:

http://www.alienskinmag.com/articles1.htm

And, just as an update, my short story, time-travel romance, entitled, Miss Annabelle's Yankee, is due out with Uncial Press in April of 2007. Here's the link to Uncial Press:

http://uncialpress.com/

So, here's wishing everyone a Happy Holiday Season, and a very Prosperous New Year. Take care, everyone.

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Hi Everybody,

Just a heads-up on a new contest at Alien Skin Magazine.  It runs from now (October,2 006) through November 15, 2006.  The contest ends at midnight on that day.  It is a Science Fiction Good Writing Contest with accent on good writing, rather than subject matter.  However, sci-fi should figure into the story in some way.  Other genre elements can be added, but the category is sci-fi.  1,000 words long -- no more, and the prize is a professional rates payment of $50.00, and an Alien Skin T-Shir, plus getting your story published at Alien Skin Magazine.  Go To Alien Skin Magazine and check out the contest page for all the rules and guidelines.  And, give it a shot!

Rob

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