OWC Writing Contest, 2007 Winners!

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

 

 

 

OWC Writing Contest, 2008, Deadline: Mid-August, 2008

Short Stories: Both True and Imagined

 

 

 

 

CASH AWARDS!

1st Place in each category:  $200 2nd Place in each category: $100
3rd Place in each category:  $50 1st Honorable Mention/Certificate of Achievement. 

Additional Honorable Mentions credited in Colonygram and on OWC website.

Deadline: Postmarked no later than August 20, 2007

 

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
» 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» For Writers of books:  the contest deadline can goad you into creating a marketable short story from y our unpublished book.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.  

 

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

 

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.

 

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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