Calling crime writers! Carrick Publishing is welcoming submissions for our 2020 anthology of crime stories: A Grave Diagnosis!

Crime sub-genres will include: thrillers, cozies, suspense, mystery, detective, amateur sleuth, and police procedural.

Deadline: June 1, 2020, midnight ET.

Word count: Minimum 1,500 words; maximum 8,000 words.

Story must be original and previously unpublished. Author must own copyright. No public domain material.

There must be a clearly defined crime. No horror, no graphic sex or violence, no hate literature. Each story will feature an illness or disease of some kind. The illness can involve the protagonist, the antagonist, the victim or the solution of the crime.

Email Word.doc file to CARRICKPUBLISHING @ ROGERS . COM . (Remove spaces.)

Subject line: A Grave Diagnosis.

Note: Carrick Publishing will award prizes for the best short story and the runner-up. Prizes: $100 and $50 respectively, along with anthology prominence and bragging rights!