The contests keep on coming this month.
The Writer Magazine has a couple great opportunities to win some extra gas money, beginning with the New Writers’ Exchange Contest. The deadline is coming up in one week so you’ll need to get busy to enter this one.
Deadline: May 31, 2008
Writing is serious business. But funny things do happen. We all make silly mistakes, some more humiliating than others. At the time, your blunder probably seemed unbearably embarrassing, but looking back on it – it was pretty funny.
Here’s a chance to show your sense of humor by sharing a favorite faux pas from your writing career. Send us your story and we’ll publish the most entertaining entries in a future issue of The Writer and/or online at WriterMag.com.
Word length: 50 – 250 words
Payment: $50, plus publication and one year subscription to The Writer
How to submit: Send email with Word attachment to: exchange@writermag.com
The Writer 2008 Short-Story Contest
Genre: Mystery
Word length: 2,000 words or less
Deadline: June 30, 2008
Prizes:
1st Place - $1,000; The first-place entry, along with the finalist judge’s comments, will be published in The Writer magazine.
2nd Place - $300
3rd Place - $200, third place
All three winning entries will be posted on The Writer Web site.
Finalist judge: Mystery novelist William G. Tapply
Entry fee: $10 per entry, payable to The Writer.
How to submit: Click here to download the entry form
Or by mail to:
2008 Short-Story Contest
The Writer
PO Box 1612
Waukesha, WI 53187-1612
Thanks, Peggy, for spreading the word about the contests that The Writer is sponsoring. We’d love to get more entries, so please send them in!
Sarah Lange, associate editor, The Writer
You hear that writers? Sarah wants more entries. So get on it already. Always happy to spread the word. Thanks for visiting the Caterpillar, Sarah. I’m honored.
Peggy