Maxi Literature Competition 2012
Burst of creativity? Wonderful! Then get to the keys: Together with the S. Fischer publishers we are looking for up-and-coming talents who write a short thriller about "The beautiful appearance" for us. Whoever writes the best story wins a weekend for two in Dublin!
HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE
Write us an exciting thriller about "The beautiful appearance"! The text must be unpublished and should not exceed 12, 000 characters (30 lines of 60 characters per page). So let your murder fantasies run wild! You will also find tips for writing in an interview with thriller author Tana French (right), the godmother of our competition. Please send your story by July 11, 2012 with a short CV, photo and address:
Editor Maxi, keyword "literature competition", 20707 Hamburg.
By submitting the manuscript, you agree to the full or partial publication in Maxi.
These four literature professionals rate your short story:
THE JURY
JAN COSTIN WAGNER
The Frankfurt has received numerous prizes for his thrillers around a melancholy Finnish investigator (including "The light in a dark house"). The books have been translated into 14 languages.
NICOLA FÖRG
... offers excitement with local flavor: Both the Irmi-Mangold thrillers (including "Mordsviecher") and the Kommissar Weinzirl series ("Hundsleben") play in Förg's home in Upper Bavaria.
SONY BAULIG
The freelance journalist is responsible for the literature tips in Maxi. Book fairs are her second home. And this is already the twelfth Maxi literature competition that she accompanies.
SUSANNE HALIBLE
The editor of the fiction department looks after writers from Germany and around the world at the S. Fischer publishing houses. Including the successful Irish crime writer Tana French.
YOU CAN WIN THIS!
Our jury selects the best text from all submissions - which will then be published in Maxi. In addition, there is another highlight awaiting the winner: He or she travels to Dublin in late summer with a companion and can spend a weekend there in the footsteps of Tana French's mystery heroes. Like all books of the best-selling author, her fourth novel, "Shadowstill", also plays in the Irish capital. The book is on sale now. Exclusively for our readers there is an excerpt on the next page with the first chapter of the thriller!
