We're back!
After taking a year off, the 10th EWF writing contest
returns to welcome local writers of any age or experience to win prizes for
their unpublished short stories exploring the theme Home.
Writers in Wellington, Waterloo, Dufferin, Grey-Bruce, Halton and Hamilton-Wentworth
counties/regions are encouraged to submit their short stories to the new and revamped 2014
EWF Short Story Contest, a feature of the 20th annual Elora Writers’ Festival taking
place on Sunday, May 25 in Aboyne Hall at the Wellington County Museum and
Archives.
The winners will be
announced here, on the Festival blogsite at noon on Saturday, May 24, 2014.
Prizes will be presented to any winners attending the Elora Writers’ Festival
on Sunday, May 25, 2014. Attendance at the Elora Writers’ Festival is not
required in order to win a prize.
Contest judges
include Kitchener-Waterloo writers Sharon Blomfield, whose travel articles have
appeared in many Canadian and international publications, and Heather Wright,
author of Writing Fiction: A Hands-On
Guide for Teens. Also among the judges are Guelph’s Kira Vermond, whose book
for young readers, The Secret Life of
Money was nominated for the OLA’s Red Maple award; short story author Lisa McLean; playwright and author Heather Debling; Wellington Advertiser reporter and columnist Kelly Waterhouse; and
Fergus’s Lisa Dalrymple, author of the children’s picture book Skink on the Brink.
Why this year’s local
focus? Past EWF writing contests attracted submissions from writers across
North America and around the world, but this year – the Festival’s 20th
Anniversary – the focus is on celebrating the community that has faithfully
shared in the annual afternoon of readings by such diverse Canadian literary
stars as Nino Ricci, Louise Penny, Terry Fallis, Thomas King, Priscilla Uppal,
Jean Little – and so many more. This year, The Elora Writers’ Festival welcomes
readers and writers Home.
Contest Details
Eligibility: Residents
of Wellington, Waterloo, Dufferin and Hamilton-Wentworth counties
Deadline: Entries must be postmarked by Friday, April
4, 2014 Thursday, April 17.
Categories: Adult (20+) 2000 words; Teen (14-19) 2000 words; Youth (13 and under) 1000 words.
Categories: Adult (20+) 2000 words; Teen (14-19) 2000 words; Youth (13 and under) 1000 words.
How to Enter: Mail your story – typed, double-spaced (double-sided
is acceptable) – to EWF Short Story Contest, c/o Elora Arts Council, PO Box
3084, Elora ON N0B 1S0. Include a title page with name, contact information
including email, and title of submission. To ensure blind judging, the author’s
name should not appear anywhere on the story manuscript. Writers of shortlisted
stories will be asked to send an electronic copy of their story for final
judging.
Entry Fee: Please note that submissions to the Adult
category (20 and older) must include a $15 entry fee.
Prizes: Cash prizes will be awarded for first, second
and third place in each category.
Adult:
$200, $150, $100
Teen: $200,
$150, $100
Youth:
$150, $100, $50
Contact: For more information, contact Jean Mills, the
Contest Chair, at EWFwritingcontest@gmail.com
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