Deadline: July 31, 2022
About the competition
Just because the days are getting brighter, doesn’t mean there isn’t darkness lurking in the shadows… This summer we want you to write your scariest stories to keep our 3 million active reader’s hearts racing.
Submit your horror, thriller, or mystery novel for the chance to win a publishing contract, social media spotlights, and an Inkitt-certified badge for your story!
Competition guidelines
- The contest will run from June 1st to July 31st 2022. Winners will be chosen no later than August 7th 2022.
- Entering the contest is free; all that is required is to upload your book onto Inkitt and submit it on the contest page.
- Stories can be in any language and must be original works. No plagiarism will be tolerated.
- Entries must be brand new stories to Inkitt.
- Stories must be written within the genre of Horror, Thriller, or Mystery. However, other genres, can also be involved in the story-line,
- Winners will be chosen by our unique algorithm based on 1200 reader behaviors.
- Authors cannot enter the contest more than once with the same story, but an author may submit as many books as they want.
- The minimum word count per submission is 10,000 words. There is no maximum word limit.
- Submit your entry here.
