Submit entries at meeting or send to: 2009 Fall Writing Contest Winners Guild Prize (poem of any style up to 28 lines) 1st place—Elsie Holcombe—“Dawn Awaking” 2nd place—Opal Anderson—“The View: Tantalus Speaks” 3rd place—Margaret Hayes—“Mourning in June” Honorable Mention—Deborah Ponder—“Nativity” Honorable Mention—Craig Johnson—“Fountain” Jean Brabham McKinney Prize (poem concerning our relationship to nature or to each other) 1st place—Craig Johnson—“Sentinel” 2nd place—Anne Wright—“Uncensored” 3rd place—Elsie Holcombe—"Photo" Honorable Mention--Deborah Ponder--"Piedmont Runway, November Early" Muses Prize (lyric poem) 1st place—Deborah Ponder--"Mountain, Underneath" 2nd place—Jay Wright—“Trains, Planes, and Sunsets” 3rd place—Elsie Holcombe—“South Carolina's Royal Garden, Circa, 1980"s" Arrows to Atoms Prize (short fiction) 1st place--Deborah Ponder--"Silent Sanctuary" Freedom Prize (short non-fiction) 1st place—Deborah Ponder—“Hens and Goats” 2nd place—Craig Johnson—“A Measure of Grace” 3rd place—Opal Anderson—“It Rained All Night the Day We Left” Honorable Mention—Violet Kelemen—“Sophie, the Vagrant Hummingbird” President’s Choice Prize (short memoir) 1st place—Jay Wright—“1950's Health Care" 2nd place--Lawrence Webb--"One Knocked Me Down, Another Built Me Up" 3rd place--Deborah Ponder--"Ishmael's Iris" Honorable Mention--Fred Zengel--"A Swim with the Fishes"
Judith Polson
116 James L. Orr Drive
Anderson, SC 29624
jpolson29624@yahoo.com
FWG Competition Guidelines
1. Competition is open only to active members.
2. Late entries or entries submitted without a cover sheet are automatically disqualified. No exceptions.
3. Prose manuscripts should be typed and double-spaced on plain, white, unadorned 8 1/2 x 11 paper, no bold or color print. Poetry manuscripts may be single-spaced. Font size is limited to 10 - 12. Manuscripts that are not in agreement with the category for which submitted or exceed word or line lmits may be disqualified by the contest judges.
4. ONLY the title of the piece and category for which submitted should be typed at the top of the first page of the manuscript. (What the judges read must be anonymous.) See sample below.
5. The cover sheet for the manuscript should show the year, spring or fall contest, the author's name, address and phone number, the title of the manuscript, and the category for which submitted. Also show email address if possible. See sample below.
6. An entry consists of two printed copies of the manuscript. Each copy should be stapled separately and then paper-clipped to one cover sheet, with the cover sheet on top. If an entry is chosen for First Place, and it is convenient for the winner, please send an electronic file to the yearbook chairperson. If this cannot be done, a member of the yearbook committee will be glad to re-enter the manuscript for them.
7. Only one entry per category per member may be submitted. Entries that do not win first place may be revised and re-submitted at a later competition in the same category or in a different category.
8. First place ($30.00), second place ($20.00), third place ($10.00) and honorable mention may be awarded at the discretion of the judges.
9. All entries must be unpublished works. Entries that have won first place in previous FWG competitions are not eligible.
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Sample information to be typed on the cover sheet:
Year + Spring or Fall Competition
Author's name
Complete address
Telephone Number
E-mail address
Title of story/poem/essay
Prize for which submitted
Note: Attach this cover sheet to 2 copies of the manuscript for submission to the Contest Coordinator.
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Sample information to be typed at the top of the first page of manuscript:
Year + Spring or Fall Competition
Title of story/poem/essay
Prize for which submitted
Note: No other information should apear on the manuscript.
Fall Competition Categories
POETRY
Guild Prize
Poem of any style or genre . . . . . 28 line limit
Jean Brabham McKinney Prize
Poem concerning man's relationship to nature or mankind . . . . . 16 line limit
Muses Prize
Lyric poem of any style . . . . . No line limit
Children's Poetry Prize
Poem specifically written for children . . . . . No line limit
PROSE
Fiction:
Arrows to Atoms Prize
Short story . . . . . 2,000 word limit
Nonfiction:
Freedom Prize
Any genre . . . . . 1,000 word limit
President's Choice Prize
Theme set by President . . . . . 2,000 word limit
(2007 Theme: A mystery)
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Spring Competition Categories
POETRY
Archibald Rutledge Prize
Poem of any style concerning nature . . . . . 16 line limit
Pegasus Prize
Poem of any style, no tipic restriction . . . . . 28 line limit
Dramatic Poem Prize
Poem with dramatic elements such as dialogue . . . . . 50 line limit
Carolina Prize
Lyric poem of any style . . . . . No line limit
PROSE
Fiction:
Betsy Byars Prize
Children's short story . . . . . 2,000 word limit
Sandlapper Prize
Short story . . . . . 2,000 word limit
O. Henry Prize
Short story with O. Henry type ending . . . . . 2,000 word limit
Nonfiction:
Gus Wentz Prize
Any subject, any style . . . . . 2,000 word limit
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