"Let's Write" Literary Contest

2009 Winning Entries

GCWA's Twenty-second Annual

"Let's Write"

Literary & Photo Contest 2010

Contest opens -- January 15, 2010

Entries must be postmarked no later than -- April 15, 2010

All categories--Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction are open to all writers, published or unpublished. We will accept most genres, except pornography, erotica, graphic violence/horror, or anything racial or biased toward any religious or moral preference.

LITERARY RULES:

Maximum entry length: 36 lines (poetry), 2500 words (fiction and non-fiction).
All entries must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration for publication during this competition, (this includes submissions to our Magnolia Quarterly Magazine) and submission must not have been a winner of a previous "Let's Write" Literary Contest.
All entries must be typewritten, 12 pt. Times New Roman font, double-spaced, poetry may be single-spaced, on one side only of 8^1/2" x 11" white paper.
For each entry, include a COVER PAGE. (See Cover Page requirements below)
On each entry, put title only on the first page, then title and page # in the upper right hand corner of each additional page. Please put No Other identification on your entry.
Keep your originals. Send only copies. Entries will not be returned. GCWA cannot be responsible for entries lost in the mail or damaged due to natural catastrophe.
GCWA retains the rights to publish the winning entries in the Magnolia Quarterly and on the web site.
Multiple entries in all categories are welcome and may be mailed in one envelope.

ENTRY FEE:

Include $8.00 for each Fiction or Nonfiction entry

Include $5.00 for each Poetry entry

Include $8.00 for each Photo

PHOTOGRAPHY RULES:

TWO divisions, one color, one black and white.
All entries must be a 5x7 photo delivered by U.S Mail. Entries sent electronically will be disqualified.
Photos don't have to be cropped to fit a 5x7 format.

Mail Photos to:

GCA Photo Contest

PO Box 10294

Gulfport MS 39505

Any subject matter, any technique, as long as the photo was created by the artist, except for Pornography. Pornography (in the eye of the judge) will be disqualified.
Winning photographs may be published in the Magnolia Quarterly magazine, on the GCA web site, and displayed at the awards ceremony at the discretion of the GCA board.
Photos will not be returned.

■ COVER PAGE must include the following information:

1. Name

2. Address

3. Phone Number

4. E-Mail address

5. Title of Entry

6. Category ( Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Photography )

7. Word Count (Literary pieces not to exceed 2500 words or 36 lines of poetry)

Mail entries to:

Gulf Coast Writers Association

"Let's Write" Literary Contest

P.O. Box 10294

Gulfport, MS 39505

Click here: To Enter On-LineØ

$ Contest Prizes $
Categories	POETRY	FICTION	NONFICTION	PHOTOGRAPHY black/white	PHOTOGRAPHY color
Maximum	36 lines	2500 words	2500 words	5x7 only	5x7 only
1^st PLACE	$80	$80	$80	$80	$80
2^nd PLACE	$50	$50	$50	$50	$50
3^rd PLACE	$20	$20	$20	$20	$20

To receive acknowledgment/receipt of your entry, include a self-addressed stamped post card.

For a list of winners and/or information about the awards banquet, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the above address before May 1, 2010. The SASE may accompany your entry.

Please note that all of our officers are volunteers from our local community, and participate out of love and dedication to the craft of writing. We are a not-for-profit organization. The funds collected cover our operating and publishing expenses.