The theme is paranormal, stories have to be 2500-3000k in length. They had to be turned in by September 1st, and today they emailed me to say that I am one of the 32 finalists who will move on to judging by readers starting October 1st!!!!!!!!!!<\/p>\n I am beside myself with glee \ud83d\ude00 I seriously do not care if I lose in the first round, I am beyond ecstatic that I made it this far! ^_____^<\/p>\n Other Shinies<\/u><\/p>\n Various and sundry authors are hosting giveaways, and while it’s impossible to keep up with them all I am listing here are the two I saw today on twitter:<\/p>\n Little Magic Kickoff Contest<\/a> by Piper Vaughn and M.J. O’Shea. It’s for their new series, check it out! ^__^ <\/p>\n I, Omega<\/i><\/a> by Kari Gregg. If I reach my writing goal this week, I get to buy this one!<\/p>\n And keep an eye out on It’s Raining Men<\/a> because tomorrow my darling friend T.T. Kove is doing a giveaway for her first published release Forest of Fenris<\/i><\/a>, coming next week to Less Than Three Press!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m a finalist!!! ^_____^ All Romance is having a short story contest: The theme is paranormal, stories have to be 2500-3000k in<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n