Dinopunk Deathmatch!

A project of Human Echoes Podcast (see other related projects).

Permanently Closed: This project is permanently closed to submissions. We provide the following information as an archive.

About

There are two universally acknowledged truths (okay, there are probably more than two, but none of the others are germain to this prompt): 1. Everything is better when appended with the suffix “-punk”. Steam is boring. Steampunk is the bees knees. Ditto, diesel, cyber, robo…whatever. This works, because “-punk” implies taking a cool concept beyond what is possible in the real world and making it even more radical. 2. Everything is better with dinosaurs. Everything. Space ships. Zombies. Baby showers. All you’ve gotta do is chuck a little bit of dino-flavored awesomeness in and your on your way to being more metal than a rock-n-roll robot. So naturally for this contest we’re gonna want you to write us up some dinopunk. What that means exactly is up to you, but this hardly seems like the time to resort to subtlety. If there aren’t zombie dinosaurs fighting in space with lasers you might be doing it wrong (okay you don’t have to do this exactly, but you see where we’re going with this.)

No Fees! This contest does not charge mandatory fees.

Country of Publication

United States

Publication Media & Contest Frequency

Audio Publication Audio Publication: One-time contest
Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: One-time contest

Fiction Closed

Audience:

Unknown

Genres:

General Open to all/most Subgenres
Fantasy Subgenres: Bizarro, Retrofuturism
Science Fiction Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Bizarro, Retrofuturism

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: Up to 1,000 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles.

Topics:

None found.

Winner's Prize:

Semi-pro payment (1-4.9 US cents per word) Semi-pro payment (1-4.9 US cents per word).
Note: We list broad pay categories rather than prize specifics. Check with the publisher for details.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Multiple entries: Multiple entries are NOT allowed.
Media: Text.

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Dates

Last Updated: 22 May 2026