Some cryptids are so elusive that they even vanish in the midst of a writing challenge…
As an apology to those submitted an entry for Cryptid Writing Contest, but were lost due to technical issues, we are creating a new challenge: The Lost Cryptid Writing Contest. We will read all the lost stories and put them to our panel of judges. The winning story will story have the chance of being fully narrated with sound editing in a video on the Creative Horror Youtube page.
If you sent in an entry, but your story was not listed as one of the winners or read in the UCA episode, published on November 23, 2021, and you were not emailed about being disqualified, send your submitted story to our NEW email, Creativehorrorwriting@outlook.com, with an attached screenshot of the initial email with the time code to prove that it was sent to the previous email, midnightmarinara@gmail.com, before the original Cryptid Writing Contest deadline (we will take time zones into consideration, so please let us know the time zone from which it was sent in the email).
Once you sent your story, we will send an email back, letting you know we received it. You have until Tuesday, November 30th, 11:59PM PST to email your submitted story.
We will not accept any new submissions. Just as before, the subject line must contain: “Cryptid Writing Contest: Story Title - Author Name.” Stories may be submitted as a Word doc, pdf, pasted into the body of the email, or as a Google Doc link. (Please make sure any Google docs have permissions open for anyone to view). Make sure your name is nowhere in the actual document or story itself. By submitting your story you are also granting Creative Horror and UCA permission to possibly use it in future episodes. Any entries over the original 1500 word limit will be disqualified.
Thank you, and let’s get tracking!