SUPPORT YOUR FELLOW AUTHORS

Here are two opportunities to support authors featured in Separate Worlds.

Writing Raw

Weeb, the author of the Really Bad Shakespeare serial also runs an online fiction magazine called Writing Raw, and he
is always looking for new material. Writing Raw accepts all sorts of fiction not just speculative fiction so if you have any
other genres you like to write in, this is a good place to get published. Check them out at http://writingraw.com/.

Flights of Fantasy

Separate Worlds has launched a new series of anthologies highlighting some of the most prolific authors for the ezine.

Our first edition features the works of D.H. Aire and Barry Nove.

You can read a sample and purchase the anthology here: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/139871
Available in pdf, Kindle, iBooks and more.

More anthologies to follow soon.

Highmage's Plight

You can purchase D.H. Aire's Highmage's Plight for Kindle here. Excellent writing by a talented author.

Separate Worlds is now the official title of the magazine. Nothing else about the magazine has changed and all links will continue to work normally. You will find the magazine website at the following links:

http://www.speculativefictionstories.com

http://www.spectacularspeculations.com

http://http:separateworlds.com

In other news, you can now get Separate Worlds free by email every month. Just sign up at our home page.
(http://www.speculativefictionstories.com)
The form is on the right. Once you've signed up you'll get all the content free as long as you want to keep receiving it.
There are, of course, still benefits to getting the full version, so keep those entries coming for your free author's copy every time we publish you.

The April contest is now closed. The May contest is now open. Deadline is May 15, 2012.

Closing Date is the 15th of each month.

Welcome to the Separate Worlds publication contest. By submitting a work of fantasy, science fiction or other form of speculative fiction, you can win gift points, and get your work published in our bimonthly speculative fiction electronic magazine.

April Winners

First Prize:

ID: 1811579   (Rated: 13+) Human Mage: Petitioner's Challenge  It's time for the archeologist to join his peers in the Mage Guild, Story 5 by Highmage - D.H. Aire

Second Prize:

ID: 1705967   (Rated: ASR) The White House on the Hill   A Paranormal Experience. (1st. Twisted Tales Contest & 1st. Memorable Stories Contest) by Christina in Brazil ♡

Third Prize:

ID: 1858088   (Rated: 13+) River of Death  Police search an American river for a shark but encounter something far worse. by Futrboy

Honorable Mentions

a) "April entry for Separate Worlds Monthly Contest"  

b) "Drawn Away"  

c)

ID: 1855098   (Rated: 13+) "The Willing Spirit "  Waving my final goodbye, for the remembrance with this lonely cry! by embe

Every month we will award the following prizes:

First Prize: 50,000 GPs
Second Prize: 20,000 GPs.
Third Prize: 15,000 GPs
Honorable Mention: Up to three awards of 5000 GPs.

In addition all entries will be considered for publication in Spectacular Speculations at a future date.

There are only two restrictions on work entered:
1) The work must be speculative fiction in some form, in other words it must strongly feature at least one element of fantasy or science fiction, in other words, something unreal.

2) The work must not have been published in Separate Worlds before. (I may be a bit disorganized, but I will notice eventually.)

Otherwise, all work, be it stories, poems, song lyrics, or artwork, is eligible.

By submitting a story to the contest, you agree to the standard terms of Spectacular Speculation, which are that you give us the right to publish your work and keep it in circulation in perpetuity. You retain all other rights, including right of simultaneous submission. We will accept work that has been published elsewhere as long as you have the rights to offer it for publication again.

If your story is accepted for publication we will send a full terms list at that time, and you will be free to refuse, but this will also render your work ineligible for contest winnings.

Good luck and good writing to everyone.

Colin Neilson, Spectacular Publishing