Beginning February 17, 2011, submit, via the form on the contest page, the title and synopsis of an imaginary book you think would be found at Lost Pages, the imaginary bookshop in Claude Lalumière's The Door to Lost Pages, which stocks books never seen anywhere before: bizarre bestiaries in arcane languages; histories of forgotten lands; theological essays on mysterious religions; dictionaries of dead, obscure languages; maps to lands that may never have been; antediluvian mythologies; accounts of wars unknown to recorded history...

Two grand prizes will be awarded—the Author’s Choice selected by Claude Lalumière and the Readers’ Choice voted on by you!

How it works:

• The winners and runners-up will be featured on the CZP website and on the Lost Myths blog.
• The two grand-prize winners each get a free, signed, limited-edition hardcover copy of The Door to Lost Pages, and ten postcards featuring their winning entry. CZP will take even more postcards on the road for as long as they last.
• Three runners-up will get eBooks of The Door to Lost Pages.

Format

• Title of book
• Book's author(s) (not your name, but the imaginary author or authors of the imaginary book)
• Publisher (be creative with the publisher name also!)
• Synopsis
• Remember that all fields together must be under 150 words.
• Example from Lost Myths
• Submit text only, no art.

The Nitty Gritty

• Participants may submit up to three entries each.
• Entries can be up to 150 words, including the header.
• Vote and encourage others to vote on their favourite entries.
• Claude Lalumière will choose his top picks from the submitted entries to be posted on the contest website. Voting for the Readers’ Choice will take place from March 21 to March 31, midnight (EDT).
• Deadline: The contest begins February 17, 2011. Final submissions must be made by midnight (EDT) on March 15, 2011.
• Final winners will be announced on April 4, 2011 by ChiZine Publications.
• Entries may be edited in minor ways for publication.
• All entries remain the property of the submitting authors, however ChiZine Publications and Lost Myths both retain the nonexclusive right to make use of the entries for promotional purposes for a period of one year. After which time, submitting authors may request that their entries be removed from the websites of ChiZine Publications and Lost Myths.

Dates To Remember

• February 17, 2011 - Contest Opens
• March 15, 2011 - Contest Closes
• March 21- March 31, 2011 - Reader Voting
• April 4, 2011 - Winners Announced