RULES
- You may enter as many times as you wish, as long
as you send a cover sheet and entry fee for
each entry.
- Entries must be original and unpublished, and not
entered in any previous InScribe or ACWF contest. Simultaneous
submissions are NOT acceptable.
- Your name must not appear on the manuscript. Type
your name, address and title of your manuscript on a separate cover
sheet for each manuscript submitted. Important!
- Type your manuscript in proper submission form
with 1" margins and double-spacing (except for poetry).
- Send a SASE (self-addressed, stamped envelope) of
a sufficient size with sufficient Canadian postage (OR International
Reply Coupon) to return your entry, unless you plan to be at the
Fall Conference in Edmonton in September and can pick up your
entries then. If you mailed it in a 9” x 12” envelope, please send
SASE the same size.
- Entries must be postmarked August 5, 2008. Late
entries will be discarded.
- Mark clearly on envelope “ICWF Fall Contest.”
- Failure to comply with any of the above rules may
result in disqualification of your manuscript with no refund of your
entry fees.
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PRIZES
- First: $100 plus publication in FellowScript
- Second: $50
- Third: $30
- Certificates included with all prizes and
Honorable Mentions.
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ENTRY FEES
- Youth writers (under 18): No entry fee if age is indicated on
entry form.
- Winners will be announced at the Fall Conference in Edmonton AB,
September 26 & 27, 2008.
- Winning entries may be read or displayed at that event.
- Acceptance of a first place prize grants FellowScript
publication rights to the award winning manuscript, at the
discretion of the editorial staff.
- Awards are at the discretion of the judges and all prizes will
not necessarily be awarded. This is to encourage quality workmanship
in your entries.
- Judges and officials will not enter into discussion or disputes
regarding decisions or awards.
- Entry fee is $10.00 per entry. Anyone wanting a critique must
submit an extra $5.00.
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- Entry form is required. Click
HERE
for the form. (Acrobat Reader, a
free program, is
required to open this .pdf file) If you cannot download our form, or open it,
email
us.
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TELL YOUR STORY
2007 WRITING CONTEST
WINNERS |
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Diane Stephenson
Lorrie Orr
Teresa Wiedrick
Donna Fawcett
Janice Dick |
“Three Little Scallywags”
“Reflections”
“A Child’s Grace”
“A Span of Time”
“Kolya” |
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Judith Frost
Mary Waind
Janice Dick
Eulene H. Moores
Lynn Kowal |
“Two Hundred Pounds of Puppy Love”
“Never Too Much”
“Rabbit Trails”
“The Great Shepherd”
“My Name’s Not in the Book” |
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Sharon Espeseth
Donna Fawcett
(none given)
(none given) |
“The Stuff of Life”
“Query for Horse Journals” |
- Rhymed poetry • up to 40 lines
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Elizabeth Volk
H Maxwell Butcher
Jan Wood
Diane Stephenson |
“Because of Who You Are”
“The Horsemen”
“Spring Rivals”
“Do You Hear Them Crying?” |
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Joanna Mallory
Alethiea Chiang
Mary Waind
(none given) |
“The People’s Choice”
“The Diagnosis”
“Tansy Rising” |
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Alice Klopstra
Fern Boldt
Patricia Anne Elford
(none given) |
“The Tale of Slappy Jack”
“Bald is Cool”
“Perpetually Peter vs. Mickey the Mallow-Monster” |
- Satellite Groups Contest • for those attending one of our
groups, prize is one year membership
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Linda Prickett |
(title unavailable) |