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GALAXY MAGAZINE

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SIMON and SCHUSTER

announce

The Richeat Science Fiction \ovel Content in History

*6500

minimum

Guaranłeed ło the author of the besł ORIGINAL Science Fiction Novel Submitłed

... To raise thc litcrary lcvcl of the field still higher___

... To augment the already high standards with ncw writing talent...

... To focus morę attention on this increasingly important form of literaturę.

Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine and one of the leading book publish-ers, Simon and Schuster, Inc. have joincd to ofifer by far thc LARGEST CASH PRIZE ever awarded a science fiction novel.

The author of the prize-winning novel will receive AT LEAST $6500 in outright cash gifts, paymcnts and guaranteed advance royalties.

... The award novel will appcar as a serial in Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine...

... It will be publishcd in book form by Simon and Schuster . ..

... It will be republished in pocket size by Dell Publishing Co.

The prize-winning author will thus rcceive a GUARANTEED MINIMUM of $5500 for the purchase of First World serial and T.V. rights by Galaxy Science Fictjon Magazine and guaranteed advance royalties for book and reprint publication . . . plus AN OUTRIGHT GIFT of $1000.

The entire $6500 award will be paid to the winner at the time his (or her) name is announced—certainly the largest single payment to any author in the history of science fiction.