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Guidelines

To request a free critique, write “free critique” on your title page.

(Optional: To receive a thorough line edit, enclose an additional $1 PER PAGE, plus 9 X 12 SASE with enough postage for returning your chapter.)

DEADLINE: Postmarked by April 30, 2010.

ENTRY FEE: $10 per entry, maximum of three entries. Checks payable to: The Write Helper.

PRIZES: 1st Place $100
2nd Place $50
3rd Place $25

RULES:

• Open subject, open genre. (No graphic sex or gore.)
• Unpublished at time of submission, original work of contestant.
• Standard manuscript form: 81/2 x 11 paper, typed and double-spaced, pages numbered, 12 point Times New Roman.
• First chapter of a novel only.
• Attach paper clip to your chapter, no staples.
• Cover sheet for each submission, with contestant’s name, address, phone number, email (if you have one), and title of entry.
• Postmarked no later than April 30, 2010. DO NOT SEND BY CERTIFIED MAIL!
• Mail flat, not folded, with sufficient postage to:

Novel Beginning 1st Chapter Contest
c/o Amy Harke-Moore
104 Harke Lane
Old Monroe, MO 63369

• Checks payable to: The Write Helper.
• For free critique, provide either an email address or business-sized SASE so we can get your critique to you. For optional line edit (additional $1 PER PAGE), enclose 9 X 12 SASE with enough postage to return your story.
• Online entry available at: thewritehelper.com.

For a list of winners, check our website: thewritehelper.com after June 1, 2010.

Decision of the judges is final. Not responsible for lost or misdirected entries. Winning entry has the opportunity to be published on our website, along with a profile of the author. Manuscripts will not be returned.

Guidelines

NOTE: Open theme. Dead of Winter is the name of the contest, NOT the theme.

Request a free critique by writing “free critique” on your title page.

(Optional: To receive a thorough line edit, enclose an additional $5 per story, plus 9 X 12 SASE with enough postage for returning your story.)

DEADLINE: Postmarked by February 10, 2010.

ENTRY FEE: $5 per entry, maximum of three entries. Submissions without entry fee or inadequate fee will be returned to contestant if SASE is provided.

PRIZES: 1st Place $70
2nd Place $35
3rd Place $20

RULES:

• Open subject, open genre. (Nonfiction only—memoir, essay, articles, opinion piece, prose, etc.) Facts must be verifiable. (If you feel the need to make things up to “enhance” the story, then this contest is not for you.)
• Unpublished at time of submission, original work of contestant.
• Standard manuscript form: 81/2 x 11 paper, typed and double-spaced, pages numbered, 12 point Times New Roman.
• No more than 2,000 words, excluding title.
• Attach paper clip to your story, no staples.
• Cover sheet for each story, with contestant’s name, address, phone number, email (if you have one), and title of entry. (Name may only appear on cover sheet, not manuscript.)
• Postmarked no later than February 10, 2010. DO NOT SEND BY CERTIFIED MAIL!
• Mail flat, not folded, with sufficient postage to:

Dead of Winter Nonfiction Contest
c/o Amy Harke-Moore
104 Harke Lane
Old Monroe, MO 63369

• Checks payable to: The Write Helper.
• For free critique, request “free critique” on your title page and provide either an email
address or business-sized SASE so we can get your critique to you. For optional $5 line edit,
enclose 9 X 12 SASE with enough postage to return your story.
• Online entry available at: thewritehelper.com.

For a list of winners, check our website: thewritehelper.com after March 1, 2010.

Decision of the judges is final. Not responsible for lost or misdirected entries. Winning entry has the opportunity to be published on our website, along with a profile of the author. Manuscripts will not be returned.

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Submission Guidelines:

For a free critique, simply write “free critique” on your entry.

1) Any style, any subject, any form allowed. Poem should fit on one page.

2) No identification should appear on the entry. Attach a separate coversheet with title, name, address, e-mail, and phone number.

3) Entry fee: $5 per poem, maximum of three entries.

4) Poems must be unpublished at time of submission, original work of contestant.

5) Deadline: October 31, 2009, postmarked.

6) Prizes: 1st place – $100, 2nd place – $50, 3rd place – $25.

7) For free critique, write “free critique” on entry and include a business size, self-addressed envelope or provide email address. Optional: For a thorough line edit, include $3 per poem.

8)Winners will be posted on the website by the first week of December. Cash prizes and critiques will be mailed or emailed in the month of December.

9) Mail entries flat, not folded, to:

Burning the Midnight Oil Poetry Contest
c/o Amy Harke-Moore
104 Harke Lane
Old Monroe, MO 63369.

Do NOT send by certified mail!

10) Checks payable to: The Write Helper

11) Now accepting online entries on our website: www.thewritehelper.com.

Open to all poets and writers. Winning entry published, winner profiled on The Write Helper. For a list of winners, include a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Or check out our website. Decision of judges is final. Not responsible for lost or misdirected entries. Poems will not be returned.

What do we mean by “Amazing Story,” you ask? A story that grabs us by the throat, demanding we pay attention. A story that tugs at our heartstrings. Beautiful words with a lyrical quality. A well-told tale, showing the author is a master storyteller. These are some of the elements we’re looking for in an Amazing Story.
Guidelines

Free critique available upon request! Write “free critique” on your entry and provide either a SASE or an email address. (See note below.)

(Optional: To receive a thorough line edit, enclose an additional $5 per story, plus 9 X 12 SASE with enough postage for returning your story.)

DEADLINE: Postmarked by July 31, 2009.

ENTRY FEE: $5 per entry, maximum of three entries.

PRIZES: 1st Place $100
2nd Place $50
3rd Place $25

RULES:

1. Open subject, open genre. (No pornography or gratuitous violence.)
2. Unpublished at time of submission, original work of contestant.
3. Standard manuscript form: 81/2 x 11 paper, typed and double-spaced, pages numbered, 12 point Times New Roman.
4. No more than 2,000 words, excluding title.
5. Paper clip your story, no staples.
6. Cover sheet for each story, with contestant’s name, address, phone number, email (if
you have one), and title of entry.
7. Postmarked no later than July 31, 2009. DO NOT SEND BY CERTIFIED MAIL!
8. Mail in 9X12 or larger envelope with sufficient postage to:

Amazing Story Contest
c/o Amy Harke-Moore
104 Harke Lane
Old Monroe, MO 63369

9. Checks payable to: The Write Helper.
10. For free critique, enclose either a business-sized SASE or email address so we can get your critique to you. For optional $5 line edit, enclose 9 X 12 SASE with enough postage to return your story.
11. Online entry available at thewritehelper.com.

For a list of winners, check our website: thewritehelper.com after September 1, 2009. Decision of the judges is final. Not responsible for lost or misdirected entries. Winning entry has the opportunity to be published on our website. Manuscripts will not be returned.

Note: Because some writers don’t want free critiques, we only want to give them to those who truly want them. So please write “free critique” on your entry to request this service.

“For today’s prompt, I want you to write a farewell poem. After all, we are saying farewell to another wonderful National Poetry Month. Say farewell to this month; say farewell to a vacation spot; say farewell to a bad relationship; say farewell to work; say farewell to school; say farewell to saying farewell even. Hopefully, I won’t be saying farewell to you; please stay in touch and let me know of your successes as we keep poeming toward the horizon.”

“For today’s prompt, I want you to title your poems ‘Never (blank)’ with you filling in the blank with a word or phrase. Then, write a poem based off your title, which could be ‘Never look both ways when crossing the street’ or ‘Never blush in public’ or ‘Never ever’ or ‘Never write a poem with the word never in the title.’ You get the idea, right?”

“For today’s prompt, I want you to write a sestina. So start figuring out your 6 end words and get writing.

“But wait! Today is Tuesday, so you have one other option. You can write a poem about the sestina (your love, hate, frustration with, etc.).”