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OWC Writing Contest, 2007 Short Stories: Both True and Imagined |
| Nonfiction Short Stories -- 28 entries | |
| 1st place ($200) | Lisa Loving, Portland OR, The Good, the Bad, the Tunnel Paladium |
| 2nd place ($100) | Dorothy Blackcrow Mack, Depoe Bay OR, Sixteen in the Badlands |
| 3rd place ($50) | Tonia T. McConnell, West Linn OR, Big Chance |
| 1st Honorable Mention (Certificate) | Cindy McNutt-Kaestner, Philomath OR, I’m Not at This Address! |
| 6 Honorable Mentions in alphabetical order: | |
| Irene Parikhal, Portland OR, Knowing | |
| Gigi Rosenberg, Portland OR, Monster in the Closet | |
| Charity Tahmaseb, Minnetonka MN, The Year of the Rat | |
| Wendy Thompson, Portland OR, Pieces of Eggshells | |
| Mary Kay West, Portland OR, Dear Diary | |
| Shura Young, Portland OR, My Nuclear Mother | |
| Fiction Short Stories -- 59 entries. | |
| 1st place ($200) | Rosanne Parry, Portland OR,The Man of the House |
| 2nd place ($100) | John Transier, Portland OR, Spiral |
| 3rd place ($50) | B. J. Bateman, Damascus OR, In the Shadow of the Lone Star |
| 1st Honorable Mention (Certificate) | Nina Bayer, Bothell WA, Bob and Ted and Gerald and James |
| 11 Honorable Mentions is alphabetical order: | |
| Kristy Athens, White Salmon WA, Fighter | |
| Jean Braden, Gresham OR, The True Dirt | |
| Margaret Chula, Portland OR, The Voyeurs | |
| Lakshmi Jagannathan, Beaverton OR, Strawberry Fever | |
| Bernice Johnston, Portland OR, The Red Telescope | |
| Laura Loomis, Pittsburg CA, Repentance | |
| Anna Peerbolt, Portland OR, Victoria’s secret | |
| Tracy Prince, Portland OR, Manifesto | |
| Patricia A. Smith, Corvallis OR, The Proposal | |
| Geronimo Tagatac, Salem OR, Streak | |
| Charity Tahmaseb, Minnetonka MN, Six Weeks | |
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OWC Writing Contest, 2008, Deadline: Mid-August, 2008 Short Stories: Both True and Imagined |
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CASH AWARDS! |
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| 1st Place in each category: $200 | 2nd Place in each category: $100 |
| 3rd Place in each category: $50 | 1st Honorable Mention/Certificate of Achievement. |
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Additional Honorable Mentions credited in Colonygram and on OWC website. |
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Deadline: Postmarked no later than August 20, 2007
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FUN FACTS |
| » First place winners are featured on the cover of the Colonygram. |
| » All winners are invited to read excepts from their stories at OWC Presents in October |
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Several
contest-winning stories have since been published
» For Writers of books: the contest deadline can goad you into creating a marketable short story from y our unpublished book. Publishing a story from the book attracts agents and editors to your whole book. |
| » Entering the contest supports the Oregon Writers Colony – whose mission is to support you. |
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Judging Criteria (not necessarily in order of importance) |
| Plot (hook, complications and satisfying resolution) |
| Sensory detail |
| Originality |
| Depth of character |
| Evokes emotion in reader (e.g. chuckle, sadness) |
| Tension |
| Theme (what story is about beyond the plot, e.g. duty, change) |
| Mechanics (grammar, point of view, showing/telling etc) |
| Follows the contest director's nit-picky Contest Rules |
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Contest Rules |
| Original, unpublished submissions, postmarked and submitted now thru August 20th. |
| Word limit – 2500 max, fiction and nonfiction |
| Enter as many stories as you like. |
| One story, one entry, per submission packet |
| Fees per entry: $10/OWC member, $15/non-member, $10 optional fee for a brief, supportive critique. |
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Submission packet check off list: ( ) SASP (Self addressed stamped postcard) for receipt/your peace of mind ( ) Four stapled copies of one story. ( ) Standard manuscript format (double-spaced, .5" paragraph indents, at least one-inch margins, 12 pt. Courier or Times New Roman font).5" paragraph indents, at least one-inch margins, 12 pt. Courier or Times New Roman font)( ) On first page, specify word count and category (fiction, nonfiction). ( ) NO author information on story. This is an anonymous contest.( ) One business envelope labeled fiction or nonfiction, with the following sealed inside:( ) Check for entry fee, can combine with optional critique fee. ( ) 3x5 card (please, no odd-sized cards) with 1. Category (fiction, nonfiction) 2. Your name, address, email address, phone 3. Title of entry 4. Where you found out about this contest ( ) #10 SASE for contest results and optional critique (additional $10) which will be mailed in early October Mail to: OWC Contest, C. Lill Ahrens, 306 NW 32nd St., Corvallis OR 97330.
Questions? Contact: C. Lill Ahrens, contest coordinator. cclill@comcast.net |
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