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GCWA's Twenty-first Annual
"Let's Write"
Contest opens --
January 15, 2009
Entries must be postmarked no later than --
April 15, 2009
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are open to all writers, published or unpublished.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.
RULES:
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Maximum entry
length: 36 lines (poetry), 2500 words (fiction and non-fiction).
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All entries must be original, unpublished, and not under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.
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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.
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For each entry, include a
COVER PAGE. (See Cover Page
requirements below)
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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.
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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.
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GCWA retains the rights to publish the winning
entries in the Magnolia Quarterly and on the web site.
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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
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COVER PAGE must include the
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1.
Name |
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2.
Address |
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3.
Phone Number |
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4.
E-Mail address |
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5.
Title of Entry |
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6.
Category
( Fiction,
Nonfiction, Poetry )
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7.
Word Count
(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
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Categories
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POETRY |
FICTION |
NONFICTION |
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Maximum |
36 lines |
2500 words |
2500 words |
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1st
PLACE |
$75 |
$75 |
$75 |
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2nd
PLACE
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$50 |
$50 |
$50 |
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3rd
PLACE
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$25 |
$25 |
$25 |
Click here:
To
Enter On-LineØ
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, 2009. 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.
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