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SUMMARY:FN - A Midsummer Tale Narrative Writing Contest. Theme: Heat Wave
DESCRIPTION:A Midsummer Tale is open April 1 – June 21 annually. \nAMT is a summer-themed narrative writing contest open to non-genre1 fiction and creative nonfiction. \nThe theme of the 2025 A Midsummer Tale writing contest is: Heat Wave. \nClimate change has led to more erratic and extreme weather events in recent decades. For this year’s A Midsummer Tale\, set your story during a heat wave or heat dome. \nYour story must be set during the hot summer months and the theme must play an integral role in the story. \nIdentify your story as fiction or creative nonfiction. For CNF entries\, please indicate whether names have been changed. \nLength: 1\,000 words minimum; 5\,000 words maximum. \nDeadline for entries: 11:59 PM Pacific Time June 21\, 2025. \nSend entries to amtcontest25@toasted-cheese.com with the subject line: A Midsummer Tale Contest Entry \nEntries are blind-judged by Beaver. Decisions are final. Winners are announced July 31. \nWinning stories are published in the September issue of Toasted Cheese. \n\nIf 50 or fewer eligible entries are received\, first place receives a $35 Amazon gift card\, second a $10 Amazon gift card & third a $5 Amazon gift card.\nIf 51 or more eligible entries are received\, first place receives a $50 Amazon gift card\, second a $15 Amazon gift card & third a $10 Amazon gift card.\n\nQuestions? Ask on the contest announcement post\, on Twitter @toasted_cheese or Bluesky @toastedcheeselj. \n1“Non-genre fiction” means literary or mainstream fiction. No science fiction\, fantasy\, mystery\, horror\, thriller\, romance\, western or other genre fiction\, please. \nGeneral Writing Contest Rules\nRead these first. These rules apply to all Toasted Cheese writing contests.\nNote: These guidelines are for contest entries only.\nFAQ answers: \n\nNo entry fee.\nNo registration.\nNo geographic restrictions.\nUse the email address (see note below) that you’d want a winning gift certificate sent to or include that email address in the bio paragraph.\nOne entry per author or set of authors. Only one gift certificate will be sent per entry (i.e. gift certificates will not be split between authors who share a credit for a single winning entry).\n\nDisqualifiers: \n\nNo attachments of any kind.\nNo simultaneous submissions.\nNo plagiarism or AI-assisted entries.\nDo not send before contest opens. Do not send after contest closes.\nDo not send to any email address other than the one specified for the contest.\nDo not send more than one entry. If you find an error in your submission after sending\, indicate “corrected version” in the subject line.\n\nTips: \n\nIf a genre contest\, write in that genre.\nFollow the theme(s).\nStay within the word count parameters.\nStories must be original and previously unpublished.\n\nHow to submit:\n\nFormat your submission as you would a regular submission to the journal. Your entry should include the following elements in this order: \n\nTitle (Word Count)\nStory\nName or byline and brief bio\n\nAbout six weeks after the contest closes\, you will receive a reply to your entry email with a notification of the winning entries. If your story is a winner\, it will include information about your gift certificate. Public announcement of winners is made first on the TC page\, then on social media. Toasted Cheese and its staff are not responsible for any electronic transmission problems. \nDue to the volume of entries we receive\, judges can’t provide feedback on individual entries. We also close the email address after sending the notification so replies won’t be read. If you need to contact us\, the notification will tell you how to do that or you can go here. \nFine print:\nBy entering a contest\, you grant TC exclusive electronic rights for a period of 90 days\, should your work be chosen as a winner\, as well as a non-exclusive right to maintain a copy of published work in the literary journal archives indefinitely. \nEffective January 2008\, you also grant Toasted Cheese the right to post an audio version (podcast) of your work on the site (authors of work published 2001–2007 will be contacted to obtain permission for this use). You retain all other rights\, including the right to re-publish the work in non-electronic form at any time. Any subsequent publication should include the credit “originally published in Toasted Cheese.””Exclusive electronic rights” means that you agree not to re-publish your work elsewhere online while the issue featuring your work is current. “Publish” means any public display of your work\, and includes your personal website and posting to message boards. You are welcome to link to the page featuring your work instead. Once the issue has been archived\, you are free to re-publish your work online. \nAbout email addresses: \nAmazon gift cards sent to winners who use AOL\, Yahoo\, and Comcast email addresses more often than not do not make it into the winner’s inbox. All three also have a history of bouncing replies/notifications and making submissions look unusual or unreadable on our end. Our recommendation is to use an email address from another provider when submitting any work to Toasted Cheese (or any other literary journal).
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