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Oregon Writers Colony Congratulates the 2010 Winners! |
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Oregon Writers Colony Congratulates the 2010 Winners! |
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True Story Winners 1st -- Samantha Ducloux Waltz: "Turning Sixty Thinking Thirty" 2nd -- Gary Gibson: "A Tale of Two Tortoises" 3rd -- Roxana Pitzer: "For All the Ducks in Georgia" 1st Honorable Mention -- Kristy Smith: "Tax Day" Other Honorable Mentions in alphabetical order: Gail Balden: "A Red Hot Fire" Elaine G. Jordan: "Polio" Genny Lynch: "Breakup Dancing" Irene Parikhal: "Dad's Plan" Shura Young: "The Living Room"
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Fiction Story Winners 1st -- Sue Parman: "All Hallow's Eve 2nd -- Anastasia K. Bond: "Charlie Mike" 3rd -- Lois Rosen: "Papa in the Pool" 1st Honorable Mention -- Erin Polpelka: "My Eyes Adjust" Other Honorable Mentions in alphabetical order: A. Lee Greene: "Called Upon" Bernice Johnston: "On the Edge" Lynn Veach Sadler: "The Book That Came in Hard Cover and Hardcore" Morgan Songi: "The Dance" Jan Underwood: "At Sunset" Nancy Woods: "That Day on the River"
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Twenty-three poems were entered in the second annual Elizabeth Bolton Poetry Contest, which was coordinated by Judith Massee. Oregon State Poetry Association president, Marie Buckley, acted as final judge. Her comments about each winner are included here. The winners poems will be featured in upcoming Colonygrams, and they will read their winning poems at the November 23rd OWC Presents! First Place: “Awakening” by Marian Shapiro, Lexington, MA The writer enfolded classical mythology seamlessly into the poem, which made what could have been expressed as common experience stand out. The poem’s language lured me into it with the same lyrical beauty one imagines the Sirens used in their attempt to capture Odysseus and his men. Second Place: “Villanelle for Selo” by Dorothy Mack, Depoe Bay, OR I was struck with the haunting refrains in this poem and impressed with the writer’s variations on the recurring lines. I think a villanelle should offer an experience so memorable that it lingers on repeating itself in a reader’s mind. This villanelle did that for me. Third Place: “In Bed with Edgar Allan at the Sylvia Beach Hotel” by Ellaraine Lockie, Sunnyvale, CA The first stanza pulled me into this poem with delight and anticipation of what was to come. The writer offers an innovative view of what gothic writing might do for us, and the description put me right into the room with her. I admit to being an Edgar Allan fan myself. Honorable Mentions: First Honorable Mention: "Rebellion” by Ellaraine Lockie Second Honorable Mention: “Lullaby for Marguerite” by Martha Ragland Third Honorable Mention: “The Daily Presentation of Things” by Mike Aspros |
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ABOUT THE ANNUAL CONTEST--DEADLINE, AUGUST 15TH EACH YEAR
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Story Awards:
~ 1st/$200, 2nd/$100, 3rd/$50, 1st Honorable Mention/Certificate of Achievement, ~ Additional Honorable Mentions credited in Colonygram and on OWC website. ~ First place winners are featured on the cover of the Colonygram. All winners listed inside Colonygram and on this website ~Winners are invited to read from their winning entry at the awards ceremony
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Poetry
awards
~ 1st /$100, 2nd/ $ 50, 3rd/ $ 25 ~ First, Second and Third prize poems will be published in OWC Colonygram. All winners listed inside Colonygram and on this website ~Winners are invited to read their winning entry at the awards ceremony
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Story Contest Rules:
Original, unpublished short story, fiction or nonfiction. Word limit: 2500 max. Fee per entry: $10/OWC member, $15/non-member $10 optional fee for judges’ constructive critiques. Standard manuscript format (double-spaced, one-inch margins, 12pt. Courier or Times Roman font) Title, word count and category (fiction, nonfiction) on first page. NO author name on story. This is an anonymous contest Multiple entries okay. One entry per submission packet |
Poetry
contest rules
Up to three poems per entry, any form or style, original and unpublished. Fee per entry: $10/OWC member, $15/non-member NO author name on poems. This is an anonymous contest Multiple entries okay. One entry (up to three poems) per submission packet.
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in Short Story submission packet:
Four stapled copies of one entry. (Keep originals; entries will not be returned.) One business envelope -- labeled fiction or nonfiction -- with the following inside: ~Check for entry fee, can combine with optional critique fee. ~3x5 card (please no odd-sized cards) with 1. Category (fiction, nonfiction), 2. Entry title, 3. Name, address, phone, email, 4. OWC member or non-member, 5. How you heard about this contest -- specifically. E.g. if online, where?, 6. Critique request if you include optional critique fee. SASP (Self-addressed stamped postcard for receipt/your piece of mind) # 10 SASE if you request judges’ constructive critiques (mailed to you in early Oct.)
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Include
in Poetry submission packet:
Two copies of each poem. (Keep originals; entries will not be returned.) One business envelope with the following inside: ~Check for entry fee. ~3x5 card (please no odd-sized cards) with 1. Your name, address, phone, email. 2. Poem titles 3. How you heard about this contest -- specifically. E.g. if online, where? 4. Whether OWC Member or non-member. SASP (Self-addressed stamped postcard for receipt/your piece of mind)
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Judging Criteria (for fiction and nonfiction short stories only, not necessarily in order of importance. No criteria for Poetry ► Plot (hook, complications, climax, satisfying resolution) ► Evokes emotion in reader (e.g. chuckle,sadness) ► Theme (what story is about beyond the plot (e.g. courage/fear, loss/gain) ► Mechanics (grammar, point of view, showing/telling etc) ► Sensory detail ►Originality ► Depth of character/character arc ► Tension ►Follows contest director's nit-picky Contest Rules |
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Mailing address for Short Stories, Both True and Imagined: OWC Contest, C. Lill Ahrens 306 NW 32nd St., Corvallis OR 97330 Direct inquiries to: C. Lill Ahrens, at cclill@comcast.net
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Mailing addresses for Elizabeth Bolton Poetry Contest OWC Contest, Judith Massee, 3415 S.E. Steele Street, Portland, OR 97202-4161 Direct inquiries to Judith at jtmassee@comcast.net
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