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CANNON PUBLISHING 2025 HIGH CALIBER NEW WRITER AWARDS

Updated: Jul 29




CANNON PUBLISHING 2025 HIGH CALIBER NEW WRITER AWARDS


Cannon Publishing is happy to announce the 2025 Second Annual High Caliber Awards for new writers!


• AWARDS


- First Prize $250

- Second Prize $150

- Third Prize $100

- Four honorable mention $50 each

- Publication in a contest winners anthology in Spring of 2025, with five free copies to each winner.

- Possibility of working with Cannon to expand your novella concept into a full length novel or even a shared universe. Please send us a complete stand alone story though!


The High Caliber Awards are judged by an independent panel of writers and people in the indie / small press publishing industry.


ACCEPTING WORKS IN THE FOLLOWING GENRES:


 Military Science Fiction

 Military Fantasy

 Military Thriller

 General Science Fiction

 High Fantasy (Tolkien, / Jordan etc)

 Urban Fantasy

 Sword & Sorcery Adventure


• RULES


- Story length 10,000 to 15,000 words.

- Authors themselves must not have been published other than in short story format. This includes self published.

- There are no requirements to fit any demographic as an author or include any specific demographic in the plot. Just tell a good story.

- All work must be human written. Any work that is even suspected of being AI will be rejected out of hand.

• SUBMISSION GUIDELINES (If you can't follow them your entry will not be considered.)

- Submit all stories to contact@cannonpublishing.us (Please send us a preliminary email with intent to submit so we can remind you as the deadline gets close!)

- Email header '2025 High Caliber'

- Word Doc as attachment with story summary in email.

- TNR single space 12 pt

- Link to any Amazon Author Page or social media held by the author.

- Short author bio.

- Must be a previously unpublished work.

- Deadline is December 20th, 2024

- Feel free to send an "Intent to submit" email to contact@cannonpublishing.us and we'll send you a reminder of the deadline a few weeks out.


• PUBLISHING DETAILS


- Cannon Publishing will own exclusive publishing rights for one year. After one year author and Cannon will share rights.

- Cannon Publishing will hold no rights to creative concept, characters or universes.

- Cannon Publishing will offer signed contracts for publication in Awards Anthology.


Cannon Publishing is a veteran owned Indie press specializing in developing new authors and telling great stories. We have several highly praised series and shared universes, good sales and a lot of great ratings. The CEO is himself a two time Dragon Award finalist and a pretty dang good writer.


P.S. Please don't write in present tense. Just don't.

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