2025 Graphic Novel GPS Writing Contest

GPS Writing Contest 2025 -- Graphic Novel
Rules
1. All entries must be original unpublished works by nonprofessional (amateur) authors.
2. All entries must have science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural, or alternate history elements.
3. Only one entry per person for the short fiction divisions (Open, Youth 1, and Youth 2), and you may only enter one short fiction division.
4. Only one entry per person for the poetry and graphic novel (comics) divisions. Because these are different formats than short fiction, writers may enter these divisions in addition to one of the short fiction divisions.
5. There is NO entry fee for any submission.
6. Division winners from the previous year are not eligible to win in the same division the following year but are allowed to enter a different division.
7. Entries must meet the contest rules and submission requirements or they will be refused.
8. Entries are allowed from all countries.
9. By entering the contest, the author of a winning entry gives permission to GPS to publish their entries both online and in print as determined by GPS and any future anthologies of winning entries. Copyright for the entry remains with the writer.
Graphic novels (comics) entries

Entries must be submitted in digital format. You may collaborate with one other person. Since the prize is one $50 Amazon gift card, this award may be shared or we can divide it into two $25 Amazon gift cards.

Digital entries must be black and white, A4 size and 10 pages or less.
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