{"id":2705,"date":"2009-06-11T10:00:53","date_gmt":"2009-06-11T09:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=2705"},"modified":"2009-06-11T09:58:14","modified_gmt":"2009-06-11T08:58:14","slug":"become-a-published-sf-author-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/launch\/become-a-published-sf-author-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Become a published SF author!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/warofthewords2-300x1911.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2707\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 10px;\" title=\"warofthewords2-300x1911\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/warofthewords2-300x1911.jpg\" alt=\"warofthewords2-300x1911\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" \/><\/a>Are you the next Isaac Asimov? Or perhaps the new Douglas Adams? There\u2019s only one way to find out, and it starts with getting published\u2026 and SciFiNow and Tor are here to help.<br \/>\nMillions of sci-fi and fantasy fans across the world dream of having their own novel on sale but unfortunately getting your opus published has always been a much tougher task than even the most skilled wordsmith would like\u2026 until now. Demonstrating our commitment to both the best in sci-fi and fantasy as well as emerging literary talent, SciFiNow has teamed up with leading SF imprint Tor to offer an unprecedented prize for one lucky reader: to get your SF masterwork published.<br \/>\nFor many it will be the chance to realise a long-held ambition, to others it will be a totally new challenge, but the opportunity to prove yourself as one of the best new SF authors remains regardless of experience. SciFiNow and Tor are looking to champion the best new writers, and it\u2019s down to you to prove yourself worthy.<br \/>\nTo be in with a chance of winning this fantastic prize, readers must enter a full synopsis of their novel along with the first three chapters by 20 August. Needless to say the novel must sit comfortably within the sci-fi and fantasy genres.<br \/>\nAfter all the entries have been received, a shortlist of six will be drawn up. The winning entry will be decided on by a judging panel comprised of members of the SciFiNow team and Tor. The winner will be announced in SciFiNow #35 on sale 25 November.<br \/>\nAll entries should be sent to warofthewords@imagine-publishing.co.uk along with a name and contact details.<\/p>\n<p>For a full list of rules and regulations go to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/competitions\/war-of-the-words-rules-and-regulations\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/competitions\/war-of-the-words-rules-and-regulations\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more on War Of The Words go to<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/category\/competitions\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/category\/competitions\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you the next Isaac Asimov? Or perhaps the new Douglas Adams? There\u2019s only one way to find out, and it starts with getting published\u2026 and SciFiNow and Tor are here to help. Millions of sci-fi and fantasy fans across the world dream of having their own novel on sale but unfortunately getting your opus &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/launch\/become-a-published-sf-author-2\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Uncategorized","MSN_Publish_Option":false,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":""},"categories":[140],"tags":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/warofthewords2-300x1911.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2705"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}