The Clive Cussler Collector's Society is proud to present:

The Adventure Writers' Competition

$1,000 grand prize: The Clive Cussler Award.

Unpublished writers in the adventure genre can vie to be the next Clive
Cussler by submitting their original fiction manuscripts for a chance at the
$1000 grand prize - The Clive Cussler Award.


Eligibility:

(1) Participants must be 18 years of age by March 1, 2008.

(2) The Adventure Writers' Competition is open only to unpublished writers.*

* An "unpublished writer" is defined as: an author whose fictional work has
not appeared in book, magazine, or periodical format via a Fortune 500
recognized publishing firm. Self-published/Vanity Press authors are eligible
as long as their work has not appeared in any of
the formats listed above.

(3) Clive Cussler Collectors Society' Officers, Panel Judges, and their
families/relatives are not eligible for the contest.


Rules & Submittal Requirements:

(1) Full-length submittals must be original and cannot include characters
from another authors' work - i.e. fan-fiction is not allowed.

(2) The length of the manuscript shall not exceed 100K words or less than
50K words.

(3) Format: 12 pt.-Times New Roman font, paginated and double-spaced with
one-inch margins, and numbered pages.

(4) Writers may only submit one manuscript.

(5) Submitted manuscripts must be of the action-adventure genre.

(6) The deadline of the competition is March 1, 2008.

(7) Attendance to the Clive Cussler Collector's Society Convention is not
required to claim the Grand Prize.


Judging:

(1) The first fifty submitted manuscripts (which meet the requirements of the
competition) will be judged by a select panel composed of members from the
Clive Cussler Collectors Society. Those fifty will be down selected to the top
three finalists.

Competitors' Rights:

(1) By submitting a manuscript to the competition, the author (i)
certifies their eligibility per the contest eligibility rules, (ii) grants the
Society the right to publish excerpts on the web site and in
conference material, (iii) grants the Society the right to forward the
winning manuscript to participating Literary agents for consideration, (iv)
represents or warrants their work to be original and to have not used licensed
material owned by someone else - thus being libelous, or
infringing or violating the rights of any third parties, (v) and agrees to not
submit their work to any other publisher or competition until notified of
their elimination from the contest.

(2) By entering this competition, the author (i) acknowledges the
competition will be conducted in good-faith by members of the Clive Cussler
Collectors Society acting as judges and overseers of the process, and (ii)
agrees to not hold the Society responsible for violating copyright
infringements both during and beyond the competition.

The Prize:

(1) The Clive Cussler Award winner will receive a $1000 cash prize and
additional amenities to be named at a later date.

(2) The winner will be announced at the 2008 Clive Cussler Convention in
Denver, Colorado, hosted by The Clive Cussler Collector's Society.

How to Enter:
A website for the competition is forthcoming and clarification of where to
submit manuscripts will be finalized at that time. In the meantime-
information on the contest can be solicited through Kerry Frey - c.o. the
Clive Cussler Collectors Society at: aceroberts@charter.net.

Ummmmm, I will have to think about this. Do they do this every year?

Wooohoooooo........An opportunty like this is what every writers' dreams of. I already have my main characters and only need a good story to highlight them in. Just need to work on my descriptions, motivations and write the best story of my life! w:

Riyukco - this is the first contest presented by the Clive Cussler Collectors Society. There have been other contests in the past - for instance, on this board they had a Seahunter's Writing Contest a few years ago that was well received and contained excellent stories - and the Simon & Schuster Cussler Forum's members sponsored 4 contests over a 5 year period that evolved into last year's Literary idol Contest that I was the spokesperson for.

This will be the inaugural Adventure Writers Contest - so only time and success will dictate whether it becomes a yearly event. As the Society's spokesperson for this event, I'm certainly biased in my desire for it to succeed as I see it as a marvelous opportunity for a talented unknown writer to be discovered. If you're thinking about entering - I'd say think no more and start typing!! Jack DuBrul once told me to write for the love of it - and I'd say that was pretty darn good advice.

Not so easy while i'm in school. What I was wanting to know is if there will be future ones when I have more time to write. I have a story I wrote for my honors english class that I am slowly expanding on. I think it falls under this catagory. Like I said with school I doubt I will have it done in time.

I guess the only thing you can do is wait until after March next year to see if this one was successful and if they will be doing it again. I hope so, as I think it's a great idea th:

Anyways, I doubt I could compete with

I bet ya could ;)

We'll see. :)

I'm sure you could. Everybody has different tastes. Anyway, don't count on having more time once school is out for good. Perhaps summer vacation, but not real life.

Yeah, you are right especially since I intend to go to college.