Write Judge Dredd. Get printed. Win a Lawgiver!

[Molch-R]

Get your chance to write for the Judge Dredd Megazine!

Prose fiction was a staple of the 2000 AD and Judge Dredd annuals and specials over the years – in fact you can download right now from Amazon a Kindle edition of Sweet Justice, a collection of past Dredd and Anderson stories by the likes of Neil Gaiman, Peter Milligan, Alan Grant, Mark Millar and Dan Abnett, for a mere £2.22 – and now in the Meg we're reviving the tradition with a Judge Dredd short story competition!

Entrants are invited to submit a piece of fiction no longer than 2000 words set in Dredd's world – Old Stoney-Face should be the central protagonist, but you can use other established characters such as Anderson or Walter the Wobot for the supporting cast. The winning tale will not only be published in a future issue but the writer will also receive a replica Mark II Lawgiver courtesy of our friends at Planet Replicas! The two runners-up will also be published in future issues of the Meg.

Email your story as an attached rtf file, with your name, address and email address at the top of the document, to the Dreddlines@2000ADonline.com address. The closing date for entries is 23 May 2012, so get writing, creeps! Alas, this competition is only open to residents of the UK and Ireland.

No proof of purchase necessary. No cash alternative to prize will be offered. Winners will be notified by email. The editor's decision is final!

[a chosen rider]

Judge Dredd prose fiction.  I am all over this.

[Alski]

I have to do this, but want a good idea to surface!

[W. R. Logan]

Si Spurrier ran a writing comp once for the Class Of '79 and the winner went on to be Thargs right hand man.
So get writing and you never know what the future may hold.

[dweezil2]

Scojo's big chance! 

[Bat King]

No more than 2000 words you say...

[Hawkmumbler]

Right up my street.

[Alski]

Idea came to me whilst watching "The Hunger games" oddly... a classic style Dredd tale with humour and the return of an old friend.

You guys may as well not bother... lolz 

[The Enigmatic Dr X]

Forget the prizes, the real question is: do the printed trio qualify for five green star creator status on this board?

[Dash Decent]

VERY disappointed this isn't open to those of us outside the UK & NI, but I'm being manfully stoic about it.

[The Adventurer]

Alas, this competition is only open to residents of the UK and Ireland.

Well nuts to that.

[TordelBack]

...do the printed trio qualify for five green star creator status on this board?

Somewhere deep within Godpleton's twisted excuse for a heart, something stirred - a hunger, a need, perhaps a recognition that this could be one critical step towards the mod-hood he craved, nay, deserved.  It was time for RoboGuth to ride again.  The only question was who.

[Bat King]

Forget the prizes, the real question is: do the printed trio qualify for five green star creator status on this board?

Great question!!!

[Richard]

Alas, this competition is only open to residents of the UK and Ireland.

Well nuts to that.

A dedicated fan would sell their home and relocate to the British Isles.

When is the deadline for this?

[WhitBloke]

24th May.


Oh, okay.  23rd.  Worth a try.