Here's a new fan fiction writing comp that has a different spin to it. It's the brainchild of Sean Ellis who has had several books published.

Sea Hunters writing competition

Try your hand at writing. You never know, you may be discovered!

If you wish to participate, please post the name of your mysterious ship or plane etc in this topic so others can see it has been nominated.

S.S. Vandalia

I like this idea!
I'm gonna tackle the Star Ariel, a British airliner that vanished in 1949.

I'm taking The Royal Tar she had fancy and comical passengers on her last voyage when she floated away to sea

USS Indianapolis! All the way!

Honorable mentions: USS Stephen Hopkins, Flight 19, and Gunter Prien's U-47!


Phew! Lucky I stumbled onto to this when I did! I've been gone a helluva while!





Maintain Speed and Heading!!!

Does anyone know whether or not I can find a printer friendly version of the outline and the rules? Just curious.

You can highlight and copy (Ctrl C) this text here ;


cussler.net is pleased to announce a fan fiction competition open
to all aspiring writers.

One of the hallmarks of Clive Cussler’s writing career has always
been his fascination with actual maritime history. His crew of NUMA
volunteers have searched for and discovered some of the most
famous wrecks in history. Some of these exploits have been
recounted in the Sea Hunters books. Some of the tales however,
have yet to be told…

That is where you come in. The goal of the Sea Hunters Fan
Fiction Competition is for you to earn your stripes as a NUMA
naval historian. It won’t be easy, but then nothing worthwhile
ever is.

The basic idea is to start with a real mystery of history; a
shipwreck, a missing plane, or some other tangible artifact which
might entice NUMA to comb the ocean floor or search remote
tropical islands.

It might be Amelia Earhart’s plane, or the Lost Squadron in the
Bermuda Triangle—the only requirement is that it be REAL and
REALLY LOST.

The ultimate aim of the competition is to create a FICTIONAL
account of a (real) NUMA expedition to solve the mystery in true
Sea Hunters fashion.

Here's what you need to do;

Part 1.

Research your myterious lost subject and create a fact-based
prologue with a splash of fiction.

Part 2.

Write a fictional account of a NUMA expedition to solve the
mystery by creating your own characters and storyline.

Your total word count should be between 5,000 and 10,000
words. (about 10 to 20 pages.) Please submit your entry
to cussler@gmail.com by November 31, 2005.

The entries will be judged by a panel and the winning entry
will be showcased on several Cussler websites for thousands
of fans to view. If you intend to take part in the competition
you are encouraged to declare your intention to participate
by posting the name of the ship, plane etc that NUMA will
be searching for.

One question. In part two, do we write in the first person as if we were Clive Cussler or someone else?

In part 2 you could introduce yourself as "John Smith" (NUMA Special Projects Director) and go on to write in the first person.

We also have a few surprises install for the winning entry ... for info coming soon! det:

Single Spaced? Double Spaced? How big should the margins be? Any other structural rules?

If the guidelines seem a little vague, it's only because we want to encourage creativity among the entrants. The key to this contest is integrating a factual maritime history into a work of fiction. How you do that is up to you; what ultimately works best is up to myself and the other judges on the panel.

Likewise, there aren't really any special technical requirements. You aren't mailing in a paper hard copy. The file that you submit should probably be .doc or .rtf but spacing and font size are pretty unimportant; we can reformat down the line to make it look better. That being said, do your own proofreading for spelling, grammar and style.

I'm pleased to see that this contest is already generating some interest. I am eager to read your stories, and predict this will be a stepping stone to even bigger adventures.

Well I'm in! I'll take the mysterious dissaperance of Flight 19 over ther Bermuda Triangle. p:

Ta16uva,

I found a website that might assist you in your story on Flight 19:

Here it is...

http://www.flight19appreciationgroup.org/

Enjoy!!!

I will try my hand at the O-9, a US sub that sank in 1941, cause undetermined.


Sandecker

I would like Lt. David Steeves T-33 Air Force trainer that was lost over the Sierra Nevada Mountains on May 9, 1957.

I'm in.. The name of the ship The Cardera lost in the 15th Century p:

I'll do USS Alligator, the first submarine, built before CSS Hunley. Lost at Sea 1863. p:

Looking good! th:

Summary of entrants so far ;

tonym5 ... SS Vandalia

Foss Gly ... Star Ariel

Empress ... The Royal Tar

BID RED ... USS Indianapolis

Ta16uva ... FLIGHT 19

sandecker ... USS 0-9

fossgly ... T-33

flscubaguy ... St.George

tsd113 ... Cardera

davyjones ... USS Alligator

There's more to this contest than you know ;) I know there are other talented writers out there and some of you that have a lot of potential, so think of a subject and nominate yourselves! beer:

*** The winning entry will be included in the debut edition of the Clive Cussler Online magazine ***

yike: yike: Thanks for the reminder, I got all messed up with the hurricane, I guess I need to finish the last 5-10 pages!!!!!

The Lexington, a steamboat sunk in the Long Island Sound in 1840.

I am interested in writing about the B25 that went down in the Mon River in Pittsburgh in 1959. Rumor has it that it is still there sunk under mud or the other theory is that the plane was removed in secret at night due to the sensitive nature of its cargo related to the cold war.... E. Toni Henderson eashtoni@yahoo.com det:

We really have quite the competition going now! th: th:

I'm Australian and Australia does have it's own NUMA division so I'm writing about J Class submarine (J2) "scuttled" of Port Phillip heads, Victoria, in 1926. I hope this is within the rules.

I will start looking for HMAS Sydeny loss during WW2

I'm going to try 2: The SS Senator that went down in Lake Michigan in 1929, and the missing Russian Jet from Traverse City, Michigan area in 1998!

Entries for the Sea Hunters Writing Competition need to be submitted ASAP! w:

cussler@gmail.com

Ok, the deadline has passed and we have the entries for the Sea Hunters writing comp all ready for judging. This process may take a few weeks and hopefully we'll have a result before Christmas. th:

Any news on the competition?


I've run out of things to read.And it's cold up here.

You should read Magic Mirror! :lol:

Nah!!!!!!! I want to read a good book :P :o


If I could find the damn thing I'd read it but no-one up here can get it.

www.amazon.com :P

Amazon.com I wonder who is the webmaster who need to look after that site! yike:

enough tomfoolery and shameless self promotion...

the contest is in the judging phase. All I can say is that all the entrants should be very proud of their work...all the stories were very good

I agree with Sean, the entries are great stories and are well written. One particular entry is so good its as if Cussler himself has anonymously penned it!

hmmmm.... det: