"It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by. How else, indeed, to clap the net over the butterfly of the moment?" — Vita Sackville-West

Return to this site often, and keep watch for the latest news about the 2014 Elora Writers' Festival (our Twentieth Anniversary) Writing Competition.
     If you didn't start something yesterday, right now is as good a time as any...

One Step, One Word at a Time...

Photo: Tristan Mills (Tombstone Territorial Park, 2010)

Once more it's time to take advantage of the blank page we call the "New Year" and resolve to take all those scraps of thoughts and snippets of ideas that we know, deep in our souls, will one day turn into poems or short stories and commit them to paper.
     The 9th annual Elora Writers' Festival Writing Competition is up and running—so you now have a deadline to aim for: Friday, April 27, 2012. The theme of this year's competition is "A Journey."
     On your mark, get set, go...

     Have you had trouble accessing contest information? We've fixed it: find the links to all the info you need here... at Writer's Life, the blog of Contest Chair, Jean Mills.

     For tips on taking that first step go here...
  
     And here are some other articles that might help you get going: Start by starting... ; And now a word from our Judges... ; The Job of Writing; and "You cannot plow a field by turning it over in your mind." — Author Unknown

For information about the 2013 competition, go here...

          If you have even more questions, contact our Competition Chair Jean Mills at jrmills@rogers.com

Writing Contest 2011 Reminder: Deadline Friday, April 29

Hurry! Time is running out!

Are you planning to enter one of our writing competitions?

If so, here are the last-minute details to ensure you don't miss the (2011) deadline:

Elora Writers' Festival Open Writing Competition:

What: Short story (2000 words max) or 1-3 poems (75 lines max)
Where: Send to Julia Browne, 28-415 Morgan Avenue, Kitchener ON N2A 2V6
Include: Entry fee $15.00
Info: Julia Browne email: juliacbrowne (at) netscape.net
Entry form: Here

EWF Young Writers Contest:

Teen Category (13-18)
What: Short story (2000 words max) or 1-3 poems (75 lines max)

Junior Category (12 and under)
What: Short story (700 words max) or 1 poem (40 lines max)

Where: Send to Jean Mills, 1 Darren Place, Guelph ON N1H 6J2
Info: Jean Mills email:  jrmills (at) rogers.com
Entry form: Here and no entry fee required
More information: EWF Young Writers Contest


Enter as many times as you like, but be sure to include an entry form with each submission.  Winners will be announced on the day of the Elora Writers' Festival, Sunday, May 29, 2011.

For information about the 2013 Competition go here...

Entry Forms for Writing Competitions: Available right here!

Entry forms are available here for the Festival's two writing competitions. The deadline for submission is Friday, April 29, 2011.  Winners will be announced on the day of the Festival, Sunday, May 29, 2011.

Elora Writers' Festival Open Writing Competition ENTRY FORM

1 short story/personal essay (2000 words)
1-3 poems (75 lines maximum)


EWF Young Writers Contest  ENTRY FORM

Age 12 and under:

1 short story (700 words)
1 poem (40 lines maximum)

Age 13-18:

1 short story (2000 words)
1-3 poems (75 lines maximum)