Institute for Writers: Science Fiction First Pages Contest
Bring on the Science Fiction! Are you grabbing your readers? If you can't get your reader past the first pages, they won't ever get to the rest of your story. The first page or two needs to be dynamic, grab our attention, and make us want to know more.
Science fiction first pages need to set up why the story is different than our everyday world. Send us your first pages and let's see if it's doing the trick to win! For this contest, we want to see the first 1,000 words of your science fiction novel aimed at an adult audience.
Deadline December 15, 2021. Prizes - 1st prize - $650, 2nd prize - $350, 3rd prize - $100, 4th prize - $100, 5th prize - $100