You Should Enter Stymie and ESPN’s Sport Fiction Contest

If you know me at all, you know that I am not exactly the sporty type. Nor will I probably ever put pen to paper to talk about a sporting event, unless it has somehow become vitally necessary to a character’s entire fibre.

I do, for some odd reason, enjoy reading about sports. Don’t ask. One of my fondest reading memories is finishing Field of Dreams for the first time as a kid and just wanting to weep with happiness. And odd sports, like cricket (odd to us Americans, anyway) fascinate me. I also enjoy baseball games at really great stadiums. I’m heading home for a few weeks this summer and one of the things I’m most excited about is going to a Twins game with my brother and his wife at the new Twins stadium. (No more dome! This is huge for Minnesota.)

So I guess that’s why I enjoy reading Stymie Magazine, despite being not the slightest bit of a sportswriter. And I wanted to let you all know about a contest Stymie is co-sponsoring with  ESPN The Magazine. It’s a sports-themed fiction contest. The deadline is June 1st and all the details are available at the Stymie Magazine website.

Go! Write! Show ESPN how killer really good sports fiction can be.