To all the aspiring writers out there, read here! It’s time to sharpen your quills and unleash your stories as our short story competition opens its doors to your brilliant works. Take a seat at your desks, let your creativity flow and send us your best stories. We search for the hidden gems of literature, for stories that touch hearts and make people think. So, dear authors, show us what you’ve got! It’s time to showcase your talent and enchant the world with your words. Sign up and be part of this literary adventure, exclusively at AniNite 2024!
The theme of this year’s short story competition will once again be determined in an online survey. The survey runs until 1.-25, March.
Closing date: 15 July 2024
The date of the award ceremony will be announced soon!
Conditions of participation:
- You are at least 16 years old. If you are under 16 years old, please present a permission of your legal guardian.
- A maximum of 2 stories per person may be submitted.
- By registering for the competition, you confirm that your work was written explicitly for the competition and will not be published elsewhere, even in part, at the time of submission until the award ceremony.
- By entering the contest, you grant AniNite and CatMint Publishing permission to display your work(s) or excerpts thereof (including in modified formatting) at the convention itself or its web and social media presence.
- By entering the competition, you also agree that your short story will be offered for download as part of the AniNite 2024 short story collection in the form of a free eBook from CatMint Publishing.
Your short stroy
- The theme may be freely interpreted.
- The genre may be chosen freely.
- Die Geschichte muss einen – zumindest entfernten – Bezug zu Japan haben.
- The story has to be written in German.
- Trigger warnings must be listed.
- Bitte sende uns ausschließlich Word-Dateien. (PDFs make it difficult for us to edit and thus publish your story).
- The layout of your PDF document:
- Author’s name (a pseudonym is also welcome)
- Genre
- If necessary, trigger warnings (e.g. violence, death, sexual content, etc.)
- Title
- Short story
Registration Form
To participate, the participation form must be filled out completely.
You can send in your work until 15 July 2024. If your submission is successful,
You will receive a confirmation e-mail after submitting your entry.
Competition and evaluation procedure
There are 50 points to be achieved.
Depending on the number of stories submitted, there are 5-20 jury members from different professional fields and with different genre preferences. Each story is read by 5 jury members and rated with up to 10 points.
Grammar and spelling skills, common thread, style, idea and personal favour are taken into account.
The three short stories with the highest scores will each receive a prize.
If two short stories by the same author are among the first three places, the story with the second-highest score will not be considered for the ranking and the next place will move up.
In the event of a tie between the first 3 places, the number of points awarded by jury member 1 will be used to determine the ranking. Should be the same, from jury member 2, then 3 and so on.
The scores will only be publicly announced for the first 7 places, because writing should not be about constantly comparing yourself with others or labelling something as “good” or “bad”. We already know that every story submitted is wonderful simply because the author has the courage to publish it <3
Jury
To be announced!
Prizes
To be announced!
Where can you read the story?
The stories will be summarised in the form of a free eBook, which will be available for download on the CatMint Verlag website for a limited period after the AniNite.
We reserve the right to exclude individual stories from publication without giving reasons.
Have fun!
