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The second Writers Camp has begun! From July 9th to August 5th 2018 you have the chance to compete to become one of the four Writers Camp finalists. Two finalists will receive $500 plus a Tapas Premium publishing offer, and two will receive $1,000 plus a Tapas Premium publishing offer.

What is Writers Camp?

Tapas Writers Camp is a month-long community event and competition that will take place from 12:00 AM PST July 9th to 11:59 PM PST August 5th 2018. To participate, publish your new story on Tapas with the tag julywriterscamp and submit it to the Tapas editorial team (we have an online form for you to use linked in the rules below).

Once Writers Camp begins, we’ll build a collection of all the entries. Be sure to check them all out and vote for your favorites by subscribing to them. (Yes, you can vote for more than one! Subscribe to all the Writers Camp novels you love.)

What kinds of stories can I submit?

For this Tapas Writers Camp, we are open to receiving all kinds of novel submissions. There are no limits with regards to genre or writing style, so long as you submit prose and follow the other rules listed below.

We do ask that your submissions conform to our Terms of Service and our Content and Community Guidelines. It’s also a good idea to check out our recommendations regarding story and format, and the collection of stories submitted to previous Writers Camp. But aside from all that, feel free to submit whatever kind of story you want to write!

Can I submit more than one story?

Since we run multiple Writers Camps throughout the year, we’re asking writers for just one story per Camp. We are excited to read all that you have to offer, but we also want to be able to give everyone a fair shot, so save any other stories you have for the next Writers Camp or for non-contest submissions.

Can Premium creators participate in Writers Camp?

For this Writers Camp we ask that creators who have Premium series not submit a story to Writers Camp. While Writers Camp is running, we will still be open to regular submissions from Premium creators or anyone who does not want to participate in Writers Camp. Send us a query at submissions@tapasmedia.co  

What are the rules for participating in the contest?

1. The story you submit for the contest must be your own work.
2. The story you submit must not have been published previously on Tapas or elsewhere, either as a novel or a comic. In other words, your story should be an entirely new work, previously unpublished in any form or medium. 
3. You must publish your story on Tapas within the submission period of 12:00 AM PST on July 9th and 11:59 PM PST on August 5th, 2018.
4. Your novel must have at least 10 episodes that are at least 500 words each by the end of the submission period. You do not have to submit a complete story by August 5th, but it’s important to keep in mind that if you submit and win, you will need to finish the story at some point!
5. You must be 18 or older by 11:59 PM PST on August 5th, 2018 to submit.
6. You must submit your story via our online form here.

How will the finalists be chosen?

There will be four finalists.

Two finalists will be selected based on their story’s subscriber count. The stories with the highest and the second-highest number of subscribers will win these prize slots and receive $500 plus a Tapas Premium publishing deal. Disclaimer: Quality is important for all submissions. Tapas reserves the right to select another winner in the event that the story with the highest number of subscribers is not qualified for any of the reasons listed above and/or does not meet our editorial standards. If a story that is not of the kind of quality that Tapas is interested in publishing is the top winner in this category, we will move on to the second most subscribed series.

The two other finalists will be chosen by the Tapas editorial team. Each will be offered a Tapas publishing deal and will also receive $1,000 in prize money. Having a high subscriber count is great, but we will be reading submissions and searching for high-quality, entertaining stories that may have been overlooked by readers.

If a story that qualifies for a subscriber count prize is also chosen as an editors’ pick, that story will receive the editorial prize and the story with the next highest subscriber count will win a subscriber prize.

We will announce the finalists here in the Newsfeed on August 17th, 2018!

Questions?

Send them to writingcontest@tapasmedia.co

We’re so excited to start reading your stories!