!!!READ THE RULES WELL BEFORE REGISTERING!!!
Conditions of participation • Entry form • Contest procedure

Welcome to the AniNite 2022 short story contest, hosted by CatMint Publishing! This year’s theme is “Curious Japan – I Love You!” This theme may be interpreted freely.

Conditions of participation:

  • If you cannot be present at the awards ceremony, you must report this to the information desk and provide contact information. The short story awards ceremony will be held on Sunday (8/14/2022).
  • Prizes will NEVER be sent abroad!
  • The entry form must be filled out COMPLETELY.
  • By entering the contest you give us permission to exhibit your short story at the CatMint booth at the AniNite, including the name of the author.

Rules

  • Closing date: 07/13/2022
  • Your story has to be between 500 and 3000 words.
  • The theme “Curious Japan – I Love You!” may be interpreted freely.
  • The genre may be chosen freely.
  • The story has to be written in German.
  • Please send us PDF documents only. The artwork will be printed and displayed at the CatMint booth at the AniNite – to avoid paper waste we ask you to not use oversized fonts (10-12pt is enough), line spacing or indents and to keep the amount of visuals as low and small as possible.
  • Please do not use obviously pornographic, glorifying violence or similar image material.
  • By participating, you acknowledge that any images you use are your property.
  • The layout of your PDF document:
    • Author’s name (a pseudonym is also welcome)
    • Genre
    • If necessary, trigger warnings (e.g. violence, death, sexual content, etc.)
    • Title
    • Short story

Registration Form

To participate, the participation form must be filled out completely.
You can send in your works until July 13 (until midnight). If your submission is successful,
you will receive a confirmation email.

Competition and evaluation procedure

There are 50 points to be achieved.
There are 5 judges consisting of the founder of CatMint Publishing and 4 beta readers, all with different genre preferences.
There are 5 judges consisting of the founder of CatMint Publishing and 4 beta readers, all of whom have different genre preferences. The judges will each award up to 10 points for a short story, taking into account grammar and spelling skills, red thread, expression, idea, and personal liking. Image material will not be considered!
The three short stories with the highest scores will each receive a prize.
Should two short stories by the same author be among the first three places, the story with the second highest score will not be considered for placement and the next place will move up.
In the event of a tie among the top 3 places, the number of points awarded by the founder of CatMint Publishing will be used to determine the placement. Should that also be the same, from beta reader*in 1, then 2 and so on.

Only the scores for the first 5 places will be announced publicly, because writing should not be about constantly comparing oneself with others or titling something as “good” or “bad”. We do already know: Every story submitted is wonderful simply because the author has the courage to publish it <3