Our annual writing contest is back! Need details? See below....
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Category
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Who/Word count
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Prizes (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
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Entry Fee
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Adult*
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Age 20+
2000 words maximum
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$200, $150, $100
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$15/each entry
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Teen**
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Age 15-19
2000 words maximum
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$200, $150, $100
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None
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Youth**
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Age 14-under
1000 words maximum
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$150, $100, $50
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None
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* Open to writers age 20+
who reside in Canada
**Open to young writers who reside in Wellington, Waterloo,
Dufferin, Halton and
Hamilton-Wentworth counties/regions
Here’s what you need to know about
your entry:
· Sorry, no emailed entries
· Include your Title Page: category, story title, writer’s
name, address, email (Youth/Teen writers may use parent or teacher email for
contact information).
· Include your Story with title (writer’s name should not appear on any page of story). There's no theme, so anything goes.
· Adult Category: Please include entry fee of $15 (Cheque to Elora Arts Council)
· Teen and Youth Categories: Please indicate age on title page
· Deadline: Postmarked by Wednesday,
April 6, 2016
· Shortlisted authors will be contacted for electronic copy
Send double-spaced, printed entries
(with $15 entry fee for Adult category) to:
EWF
Short Story Contest, c/o Elora Arts
Council, Box 3084, Elora ON N0B 1S0
Winners will be announced 12 p.m. ET, Sunday,
May 22, 2016 on the Elora Writers’ Festival blogsite http://elorawritersfestival.blogspot.com and will have the
opportunity to have their winning stories published on our blogsite.
Winners will also be announced - and prizes presented to any winners present - during the intermission of Festival2016, Sunday, May 29, 2016. And no, you don't have to be present to receive your prize.
Get going! Get running! Get writing!
