Sci-Fi Writers of Christianity Short Story Contest SFWC is currently on hiatus. Please don't send any new entries. Thanks and we're sorry. The Winners All winning entries are kept on the Xianworldview servers. You can see a list of winners here. The Contest This is a short story contest to encourage writers to explore the beliefs of Christianity in Science Fiction or Fantasy literature. Judged quarterly the contest takes submissions from anyone. Stories are judged on the quality of the writing and the power of the truth in them. We aren't looking for stories that are preachy, but rather that reveal the Truth of the Christian life in the fantastic settings of the SF genre. Each work will be read and scored by three judges. Highest average score will when the contest for a given quarter. The Rules Your story must be science fiction or fantasy. It must have a distinctly Christian flavor. In other words, it must be about a Christian, OR be about Christianity, OR be of great interest to Christians, AND not disparage Christianity, while it certainly may question traditional viewpoints or beliefs. It must be 12,000 words or less. However, we may read something longer if we think it is of exceptional quality. It must be original. In other words, it can never have been published or have won another writing contest. Send your short story in electronic format. We accept stories in the following format: Microsoft Word 6.0/98 or higher. HTML Rich Text Format Text - realize if you use text you will lose all formating, making the work harder to read. At the top of each entry please include the title of the work, the name of the author, and the author's email address. Entries should be sent as email attachments to HQ@xianworldview.com The History Sci-Fi Writers of Christianity is the brain child of Jay Carper. For years he ran the contest to allow Christians who write SF to have an outlet. Recently he has given over this responsibility to Xianworldview.