Contests:

Whidbey Writers Workshop Short Form Student Choice Award
Whidbey Writers Workshop

• "Think Poetically" for April! Submit your entry for the April contest here - Poems or prose welcome!
• Student Choice Contest Checklist Suggestions Below

THE RULES

1. The contest is open to all writers of any age and at any stage of their writing career.

2. The competition is open to manuscripts of 1,000 words or fewer in fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and children/ young adults. Entries outside the word limitation will be disregarded.

3. Type the genre and word count in the subject line of your entry. All other identifying information will be posted at the end of the entry, including name, email address, postal address to send the $50 prize, and the writing organization or newspaper to send the press release if your entry receives the Student Choice Award.

4. All entries must be in English, original, unpublished, and not submitted elsewhere until the winners are announced. Whidbey Writers Workshop reserves the one-time electronic publication rights to the winning entry, which will be posted on the WWW Students website.

5. All entries must be double-spaced and in the body of the email. No attachments will be opened by the judges.

6. No confirmation of receipt will be sent.

7. Entries will be read in the month of submission, in order of submission. The student judge will continue reading entries until he/she finds one that “knocks his/her socks off.” No other entries will be read.

8. Winners will be notified by email and a $50 check sent by US post. Please check the Whidbey Students website for the announcement of the monthly choice.

9. If a piece is not selected, authors may submit the same entry in subsequent months.

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Originating Website: http://www.whidbeystudents.com/WSContestChecklist.htm