White Wolf Publishing, Inc. today announced a contest in which entrants submit ideas for novels set in the World of Darkness, the company’s wildly popular contemporary horror setting. Run in three rounds, the contest asks prospective writers to first submit a one-page synopsis of their novel, then a first chapter, and finally the entire manuscript. The winning manuscript will be published by White Wolf as part of their World of Darkness fiction line in late 2006.

Cash prizes also occur in all three rounds. One hundred winners of round one will receive $50.00 each and an invitation to enter round two. Five winners of round two will receive $1,000.00 each and an invitation to enter round three. The grand prize winner will receive $10,000.00 as an advance on royalties for publication of his or her novel. Other contestants may also be approached about publishing their novels. Full details of the contest are available at http://www.worldofdarkness.com/novelcontest/.

This contest coincides with the launch of White Wolf’s new line of novels based on the World of Darkness. The first novel in the series, Greg Stolze’s Vampire: A Hunger Like Fire, releases on December 13th and further novels are scheduled throughout 2005. This fiction line comes on the heels of the hugely successful launch of the World of Darkness Rulebook and Vampire: The Requiem last August.

Vampire: A Hunger Like Fire
by Greg Stolze
WW11235; ISBN 1-56546-862-3; MSRP $6.99
288-page mass-market paperback

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