Medgadget’s Sci-Fi Writing Contest: Return of the Prose – Sponsored by Epocrates

We are excited to announce the third annual Medgadget Sci-Fi Writing Contest! The competition is designed to present to the public talented writers, among our readers and beyond, who imagine the future of medicine through fictional stories. Whether it is a hitherto unknown ethical dilemma that will come up many years from now, or an imaginary technology, we can’t wait to see this year’s entries! Our readers will recall the amazing set of stories that dazzled and stirred the imagination last year. Lets take a look at the future of medicine together again!
Just like last time, here are the rules:

Your fictional essay has to be 250-2500 words. Text. English language. No mp3’s with you reading your story and cool sound effects in the background, (at least, not this time). And no videos, flash, or jpg’s either.

Top entries will be printed here and thus, must be safe for work. That’s not to say we don’t love artsy violence and gratuitous love scenes, however. Just keep the language clean.

Judges will be blinded. Blinded by your dazzling prose, yes, but also to your identity. We are assembling an all-star judging panel, so you can be assured your work will be reviewed by accomplished writers, physicians, and a few fans of Battlestar Galactica. To help the Medgadget editorial team with grading your papers, we’ve invited Dr. Allen Roberts from GruntDoc, Dr. Val Jones from the newly opened Getting Better, and our good friend Amy Tenderich from Diabetes Mine to join us.

Submissions from anonymous bloggers and writers are accepted, but we will need an address or PO Box to send your prize!

This year’s competition is sponsored by Epocrates, whose mobile medical software solutions have been used by hundreds of thousands of clinicians and have been recognized as the industry’s leading software for many years now. Epocrates is generously donating to the winner the latest version of Epocrates Essentials Deluxe, a premium mobile suite of drugs, diseases and diagnostics that also features a medical dictionary, coding reference, clinical calculators and more, as well as the latest Palm® Tungsten™ E2 handheld.

To learn more about the Epocrates Essentials Deluxe, check out this short product demo. All in all, Epocrates is offering an almost $500 package to the winner.
In addition, the winner will take home a box set The Complete Wreck (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Books 1-13) by Lemony Snicket, a gift from the Medgadget team.

Entries are due two weeks from now, on November 16th. Winners will be announced, and stories reprinted here on Medgadget, a week later. Send in your submissions to: scifi@www.medgadget.com.

That’s it! Get your thinking caps on and start typing! Feel free to browse our archives … for inspiration.