FALL CONTEST 2008

 
 

 

 

YOUR READERS ARE WAITING!

WRITING CONTEST
2008 Fall Contest Categories

Devotional • maximum 500 words
Nonfiction • maximum 1500 words
Free Verse • up to 40 lines
Short Short Story • maximum 400 words.
Story for Children • maximum 1000 words

 

 

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  • Entries must be original and unpublished, and not entered in any previous InScribe or ACWF contest.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.
PRIZES
  • First: $100 plus publication in FellowScript
     
  • Second: $50
     
  • Third: $30
     
  • Certificates included with all prizes and Honorable Mentions.
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.
  • 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.

 

 TELL YOUR STORY

2007 WRITING CONTEST WINNERS

  • Creative Nonfiction • maximum 1500 words

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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”
  • Devotional • maximum 500 words

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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”
  • Query for Article • one page

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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?”
  • Short Story • maximum 2000 words

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Joanna Mallory
Alethiea Chiang
Mary Waind
(none given)

“The People’s Choice”
“The Diagnosis”
“Tansy Rising”
  • Short Story for Children • maximum 1000 words

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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
  Linda Prickett (title unavailable)

Congratulations to our Winners!

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