Weekly Progress Update:

Weekly Progress Update:

Happy 4th of July!

This week had a lot of progress. I’ve finished going through Beta Reader’s feedback and making any necessary changes. The next step is to order a new set of Proofs and do a final pass for any additional edits, then it’s off to publishing.

In other news, I’ll be hosting a Fantasy Short Story Writing Contest sometime in the next week or so. This contest will be available to anyone and will have two prizes available – a $100 Amazon Gift Card for 1st place and a $25 Amazon Gift Card for 2nd place!

Here are the rules for submissions:

• Must be Fantasy-themed (any sub-genre is fair game)
• Must be under 5,000 words
• It can be in any world – either your own or an existing one
• There is no maturity restriction, anything goes!

Submissions will be under a deadline, to be determined – most likely 2-4 weeks. The winners will be announced 2-4 weeks after the submission deadline. I will have resolute dates at the time of the contest’s official announcement.

All submissions should be sent to bernard@bernardbertram.com to be considered for review.

Disclosure Details:
All work that you submit is your own. It will not be copied, claimed, or distributed in any way except in the case of the 1st and 2nd place works. Both winners will have their submissions shared via this website, my Facebook, Goodreads (due to an automated RSS Blog feed from my website), and – dependent on permission – the /r/fantasywriters subreddit community. To restate, this sharing of work will only apply to the winners of the contest.
I reserve the right to review and rate all submitted works based on personal opinion. There are only two winners chosen out of all submissions. If your work did not result in the top two positions, do not take this to mean your piece was bad, just that I considered others better. You are always welcome to submit to future contests at any time for more chances to win prizes.
Prizes will be delivered electronically via e-mail.

This contest is meant to bring Fantasy Writers together and have fun. Please enjoy yourself!