Judging Process:
Our contests are judged by our four Judge Panel, with two weeks of online Fan Voting counted as an additional Judge vote.
One Grand Prize vote counts as two Runner-Up votes.
In the event of a draw, the fan-vote becomes the tie-breaker.
Meet the Judges:
Allison Floyd is happy to reprise her participation in the literary community by serving as a judge for this contest. Her work has appeared on Defenestrationism.net, the Submittable blog (where she wrote a post entitled, “Rejection Rules!”), On Spec Magazine, and in the Dark Hearts and Chlorophobia anthologies by Ghost Orchid Press. Her latest attempt at writing a book is an essay collection about becoming a homeowner and turning into Vice Principal Vernon from The Breakfast Club in the process. She was on a maenad bender circa 2021, which you can read about on this very website. She is currently based in Vancouver, Washington (aka The Other Vancouver)..
Glenn A. Bruce, MFA, was associate fiction editor for The Lindenwood Review. He has published nine novels and two collections of short stories. He wrote Kickboxer, episodes of Walker: Texas Ranger and Baywatch, and was a sketch-writer for Cinemax’s Assaulted Nuts. His stories, poems, and essays have been published internationally. He won About That’s “Down and Dirty” short story contest and was a two-time finalist in the Defenstrationism annual short story contest. He has judged film contests, art shows, and short story contests. He was the final judge for Brilliant Flash Fictionin 2015 (which has included one of his stories in their first print collection) and currently for Defenstrationism (2016-2019). Glenn left 12.5 wonderful years of teaching Screenwriting at Appalachian State University to concentrate on fiction.
Lady Moet Beast, the Beast From Southeast. What can’t be said about this interesting lady? Godmother of D.C. Rap, multi-genre lyricist, producer, poet, musician, writer, singer, actress, and the list goes on. Performing live since the age of 5, determined to be heard, adored and admired, Lady Moet Beast has performed all over the U.S. for the past 25 years. Not your average HipHop Femcee she has grown along with her husband obtaining her own band The Cruddy Crankerz, Beast & Monster Ink, Drama City Records/Draztick Measurez., Cruddy Rite Publishing, Cruddy Rite Radio, Monster Graphix, and Lioness Filmz. Lady Moet Beast has set a lot of trends from green dreadlocks to hardcore femcees in Washington, D.C. and abroad.
A.M Gautam is a columnist and the author of Indian Millennials: Who Are They, Really?(August 2025, Aleph Book Company). His fiction has appeared in prestigious anthologies like A Case of Indian Marvels, The Greatest Indian Stories Ever Told, and 100 Indian Stories : A Feast of Remarkable Short Fiction from the 19th, 20th, and 21st Centuries. His literary interests lie primarily in speculative fiction, cultural commentary, and personal essays.
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