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| (My winning photo...it was taken at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee) |
It's actually a really nice magazine...or I think it more appropriate to call it a "book" as it is more of a bound volume rather than the flimsier magazine cover. The cover price is $7.95. Of course, my copy was complimentary as winner of the contest. There are a number of short stories in it, but then that's what the predominant contents are. They take written submissions, so I think I might give that a go, as well. Who knows...maybe I can get something I have written published, too? Anyway, back to the photo...
The publication is called "Dark Moon Digest: The Horror Fiction Quarterly". The contest I entered was officially called the 'Cemetery Cover Contest'. All indications were that the winning photo would appear on the issues cover...but, it didn't work out that way. Initially, I was a bit bummed, but that feeling didn't last very long. After all, it was the first contest I have entered. I have no complaints. I received my copy yesterday. After leafing through the majority of the pages, I found my photo and the announcement of my win buried (*grin*) on page 117, of 124 pages. The blurb is below:
I still have as yet to receive the other half of my prize...my glow in the dark 'Ouija' board. What a hoot! It has been many years since I have owned one. I had one as a kid, but have no idea what happened to that particular one. Then, some time in the mid-1990's, I received one as a gift. I had mixed feelings about it. Spirit boards can be tricky things. Anyway, I expect the box of the board that's coming to me will look much like this one:
It is quite energizing to win a contest the first time out of the gate. Winning this one has motivated me to enter a couple more I found via Google. Both deal with weather and nature, which describes almost all of my photos.
Knocking wood...
