Welcome to a new semi-regular feature of The Unwritten Word: Writerly opportunities! (Wherein I share links to contests and open submissions in lieu of giving you an actual update of my own work.)
The first comes by way of my friend Myssi: Harper Voyager will be accepting unagented science fiction and fantasy manuscripts for two weeks. (Oct 1–14)
[Writer beware, though: Voyager is a digital publishing imprint of HarperCollins, and the royalties you can earn by self-publishing digitally often far exceed what publishers will offer you. Then again, there is the big push that one gets from being professionally published. All of this is moot, of course, unless you have a manuscript to submit. I sure don't!]
The second is a contest called Fiction500 that my friend Elise is helping to judge: Write 500 words on a given picture prompt. (Deadline Oct 31) Past winners' stories are posted on the site, and are definitely worth a read. Strikingly similar to what I'm already doing here—maybe I should give this one a try...
Happy Friday!