CENTRAL OREGON WRITERS GUILD ANNOUNCES REDMOND SCHOOL DISTRICT’S 2013 4th GRADE BOOK CONTEST

                  

Redmond, OR, October 3, 2012—In partnership with the High Desert Society of the Arts, Redmond Rotary Club and Redmond Library, Central Oregon Writers Guild is proud to sponsor the annual Redmond School District’s 4th Grade Book Contest.

The contest is open to Redmond School District 4th grade students, including those who attend Christian schools and home schooled students who are at the 4th grade level. Rules governing the contest have been distributed to district administrators, principals and the 4th grade teachers who will coordinate the students’ participation. Home schoolers should contact Kai Strand for entry details, at kaistrand@yahoo.com or 541-410-3225. Local businesses or organizations that would like to provide financial support for contest expenses should also contact Ms. Strand. Participation in this important event is welcome!

HDSA and Central Oregon Writers Guild members are available to make classroom presentations to offer students guidance as they write and illustrate their contest entries. Books must be the child’s original work. Entry deadline is January 24, 2013. The winner and runner-up will be announced February 20, 2013, and all submissions will be available for viewing during the contest awards ceremony and reception at Redmond Library in March.

The panel of judges includes representatives from the Central Oregon Writers Guild, HDSA and the Redmond Library. For further information about the 4^th Grade Book Contest, contact Coordinator Kai Strand at kaistrand@yahoo.com.

Oregon Women's Report Writing Contest

Oregon Women's Report is givingaway a new Kindle Fire eReader
<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0051VVOB2/ref=famstripe_kf>
(7' color display screen w/WiFi) as part of our
"Inspiration"Writing Contest. The KindleFire was just released
last October and is the hottest eReader on the market.The Kindle Fire
gives you free online cloud storage and access to Amazon's 19million
movies, TV shows, songs, magazines & books.

Previous published material accepted: Includes book, magazine& blog
excerpts from the author. Subject Focus "Inspiration": We are
seeking non-fiction submissions that are inspirational, courageous,
memorable or enlightening. It can be about precious family moments, life
lessons, advice given, life changing events, stories of friendship, role
models, personal inspirations or motivations for you or someone you know.
If you have never taken the time to write about someonewho made a
difference in your life – now may be the perfect time.

Deadline: Noon. Thursday April 12th

Oregon Advantage: Writers must live in Oregon. This is not a cluttered
national competition but rather a local project designed to reward &
recognize the amazing women writers in our state – like yourself!
Our previous February 2012 contest received 32 entries, so your chances
of winning are friendly.

Word Count: Under 500words. Submissions can be longer, but not
recommended.

Requirements: No age limit. Please limit entries to no more than two
submissions.

Submit Articles: Two ways (1) inside an email and also (2) attached as
either Word, TXT or Rich TextFormat. Emails to
oregon[at]oregonreport.com with subject line "Kindle
Fire Contest".

For more information or to submit:

http://oregonwomensreport.com/2012/02/win-a-new-kindle-fire-inspiration-\
writing-contest/

Deep River Books Writers Contest

Deep River Books is excited to announce their 2011-12 Writers Contest. Editorial Director Kit Tosello sent this information for us to share: 

 

This year we are offering two royalty-based publishing contracts -- to the grand prize winner in both the Fiction and NonFiction categories of our 2011 Deep River Books Writer's Contest. The contest began November 1; submissions will be accepted through January 15th, 2012. 

 

Deep River Books is based in Camp Sherman, so we'd be tickled if one of this year's winners were to come out of our own region. As a small Christian publishing house, our focus is on mentoring, publishing and helping to launch talented new authors.

 

Contest details and submission guidelines are on our website.  

Approaching Deadline for Annual Literary Harvest

Deadline for the Central Oregon Writers Guild’s annual Literary Harvest Writing Contest is near: September 6, 2011. You may submit your entry at our August 25th meeting or mail it to:


Literary Harvest Contest Manager
4185 SW Ben Hogan Drive
Redmond, OR 97756

The contest is open to Guild members and Central Oregon writers who reside in Deschutes, Jefferson and Crook counties. Genres include fiction, non-fiction, memoirs, humor, poetry and excerpts from stand-alone book chapters. Entry fee is $10 for members, $15 for non-members. Deadline for entries is September 6, 2011, and they are not accepted online. A panel of local judges will select ten winners, who will read their entries at the Literary Harvest on Friday, October 14, 2011.

Contest guidelines, rules and entry details can be found on the Guild website:www.CentralOregonWritersGuild.com. Questions about the contest should be directed to the Contest Manager at LiteraryHarvest@gmail.com.

Central Oregon Writers Guild’s goal is to advance growth and success for area writers through meetings, workshops and events such as the Literary Harvest writing contest.

Writers of the Purple Sage Writing Contest

All Entries must be original work of entrant. None may be a prior winner in any contest. Categories are POETRY, FICTION and NON-FICTION, with a limit of one entry per category. There is a Junior Division for writers 17 and under that will be held to the same contest rules.

For more information and rules: http://writersof.thepurplesage.org/

Writing Contests and Calls for Submission

Writing contest links:


Kay Snow Writing Contest, deadline April 23, 2011:
http://www.willamettewriters.com/, sidebar link


Pacific Northwest Writers Association Literary Contest, deadline Feb. 18, 2011
http://www.pnwa.org/


Third Annual Cowboy Up Short Story Contest, March 1 – September 1, 2011
Guidelines: http://www.moonlightmesaassociates.com/



Calls for submission:

Oregon Humanities Magazine, “Belong” category, deadline Feb. 14, 2011
Guidelines: http://www.oregonhumanities.org/

Ooligan Press, deadlines vary
Guidelines: http://www.ooligan.pdx.edu/

Rae Ann Proost is seeking submissions for her book—contact Elsie Rochna for more information.

Smoke City Novel Pitch Contest

SCN ANNUAL NOVEL PITCH & FIRST 5 PAGES CONTEST

Sponsored by Smoke City Narrators
http://www.janicewiley-dorn.com/smokecitynarrators.html


ENTRY FEE - $8.50
DEADLINE - Postmarked or Emailed by November 15, 2010.

First prize - $150. Second prize - $75. Third prize - $40. 6 HM.
Feedback posted on website.

JUDGE - Agent Jeff Kleinman, Folio Literary Management, NY, NY.

Email/Snail Mail:
1. First 5 pages of a novel, 1,500 words max.
2. One-sentence synopsis of the novel, 25 words or less.
(Novel does not have to be complete.)

Entry pages not published. Authors keep all rights.

Open Internationally. Checks (US bank), Money Orders or PayPal.
Please see website for complete rules.

Family Circle 2010 Writing Contest

ENTRY: Submit an original (written by entrant), fiction short story of no more than 2,500 words, typed on 8-1/2x11paper. Entries must be unpublished and may not have won any prize or award. Include your name, address, daytime telephone number and e-mail address (optional) on each page and send to: Family Circle Fiction Contest, c/o Family Circle Magazine, 375 Lexington Avenue, Ninth Floor, New York, NY 10017.

More information on the Family Circle 2010 Fiction Writing Contest can be found at: www.familycircle.com/fictionrules. Entries are by mail and must be postmarked by September 8, received by September 15. All the details are in the rules.

The Writer 2010 Short-Story Contest

Forwarded by Lindy Jacobs:

The Writer is pleased to announce that its 2010 Short-Story Contest is now open!

This year, we're partnering with Gotham Writers' Workshop to bring you this contest, which offers great prizes to the top three finishers:

• First prize: $1,000; a free 10-week creative writing workshop offered online by Gotham Writers' Workshop ($420 value); publication in The Writer and on WriterMag.com; and a one-year subscription to The Writer.

• Second prize: $300; free enrollment in a four-week How to Get Published seminar taught online by a literary agent and Gotham Writers' Workshop ($150 value); publication on WriterMag.com; and a one-year subscription to The Writer.

• Third prize: $200; free enrollment in a four-week How to Get Published seminar taught online by a literary agent and Gotham Writers' Workshop ($150 value); publication on WriterMag.com; and a one-year subscription to The Writer.

Finalist judge: Susan Breen, author of The Fiction Class and frequent contributor to The Writer.

For more information: http://www.writermag.com/2010contest

Deep River is giving away $1000 to the winning manuscript submission!

Deep River Books in Sisters is looking for the next bestselling Christian book to publish from a new author. Both fiction and non-fiction manuscripts are elgible.

Offering a $1000 cash prize to the best manuscript submitted. Also offering a $500 award for the second and third place manuscripts accepted in these categories for publication. There will also be “Certificates of Merit” awarded for runner up contestants whose manuscripts are of merit but do not win the $1000 cash prize. Guidelines at http://www.deepriverbooks.com No entry fee.

Lilac City-Rochester Writers - Deadline Feb. 7, 2010

Forward from Paty Jager:

LILAC CITY-ROCHESTER WRITERS ANNOUNCES
1st & 10 in 2010

Are you a new writer, looking to see if you're headed in the right direction?

Are you published, wanting to reinvent yourself or considering a new genre?

Are you tired of hearing 'the story begins in the wrong place'?

Need a fresh fix? We can help!

Give us the first 10 pages of your unpublished work, any fiction genre; show us how you plan to hook an editor or an agent. With more than ten years experience sponsoring the Barclay Gold and Sterling Contests, LCRW has earned a reputation for providing detailed and personalized comments on our score sheets. No entrant goes away scratching their head, wondering what the scores actually mean!!!

Why come to us? We're cheap--$10.00 for 10 pages We're green—all entries are submitted electronically [including payment if you want].

Score sheets and the entry, with comments directly on the manuscript pages, are returned via email.

Judging: our first round judges have been trained via the RWA model; many are published in different fiction genres, alternate formats and length. Second round judges: An acquiring agent and an award winning, multi-published Harlequin and Berkley author. Let us help you to return that opening kick-off into a run for the end zone!!

FMI: www.lcrw.org for rules & regs, entry form*, and sample score sheet.* GOOD NEWS!!! WE ARE EXTENDING THE ENTRY DEADLINE TO:SUPER BOWL SUNDAY 2/7/10

For further questions, contact: Contest Coordinator at: www.lcrw.org

Haunted Astoria Seeks Haunted Stories

ASTORIA, OR – A new element of this year's Haunted Astoria event includes a short-story writing contest. There will be prizes for winners and the opportunity to read your story at the Open Mic Haunted Tales session taking place the evening of Saturday, October 24 at Pier 11 Steakhouse Restaurant. Stories should be no more than 1500 words. The genre is horror fiction that incorporates true facts or myths about Astoria and its intriguing heritage. First place winners receive $75, Second place winners receive $50 and third place winners receive $25. Pier 11 Steakhouse will also be providing gift certificates.

Mail entries to:Haunted Stories
c/o Astoria Sunday Market
P.O. Box 973
Astoria, OR 97103

Entries should be typed, double-spaced and include writer contact-information. Send unpublished works only. Deadline is October 19, 2009.

For more information call 503-325-1010

Haunted Astoria made its debut last fall with tours of local historic sites, a movie at Liberty Theater, psychic and paranormal fair at Pier 11, and an open mic session of ghost stories at a local restaurant. The fun continues in 2009 on Saturday, October 24, with added venues, a writing contest, and special underground tours of Liberty Theater and Clatsop County Heritage Museum.

Following Haunted Astoria, Talking Tombstones takes place on Sunday, October 25 – a hugely popular annual event presented by Clatsop County Historical Society at a different cemetery each year. Haunted Astoria is a collaborative effort produced by Astoria Sunday Market, Astoria-Warrenton Chamber of Commerce, Clatsop County Historical Society, and Liberty Theater. For more information contact the Astoria Warrenton Chamber at (503) 325-6311.

Reminder of Garden Verse Poetry Deadline

Garden Verse Poetry Competition, sponsored by Horticulture magazine. Deadline September 30. For details go to: http://www.hortmag.com/gardenversecomp

EPIC and New Voices ARE SEARCHING FOR WRITERS AND POETS

Our children are not only the readers and writers of the future. They ARE the voice of the future.

EPIC has given that voice a place and time. Here is that place. Now is their time. EPIC wants to share the excitement about e-publishing with young authors, introduce them to the variety and versatility of e-books. We want to encourage them to spread their wings and soar with the possibility of turning their creative dreams into reality, giving their voices a place in the books of the future.

EPIC’s New Voices Writing Competition Contest is their perfect opportunity. We established this competition to encourage writing among Middle School and High School-aged students. The New Voices Writing Competition has been an astounding success in its short history, welcoming talented young entrants from all parts of the globe. Help us continue to offer these authors the opportunity to fly.We invite your writers, poets, schools, and local organizations to participate in this ELECTRONIC COMPETITION and welcome all Middle School and High School aged writers attending public, private, or home schools.Winning entries are compiled into special anthologies. EPIC donates two versions of the current anthology (one copy on CD, the other in print) to each winning entrants’ school libraries, doing our part to promote e-book awareness within school systems. Additional electronic copies are available for download at no cost from our website:http://www.epicauthors.com/newvoices.html

You will find copies of our Guidelines and Entry Form attached to this email announcement.For more information, please go to: http://www.epicauthors.com/newvoices.html

Come on board the New Voices Contest Caravan!Help us guide the young writers of the future into this brave new world of e-publishingFor more information, please contactDebi Sullivan, EPIC’s New Voices Chairepic.nvchair@gmail.com

2008 Oregon Book Awards Winners!

Literary Arts is pleased to announce the winners of the 2008 Oregon Book Awards. From nearly 125 entries, the seven winners were announced by Oregon author John Daniel to a sold-out crowd of more than 500 people on Sunday, November 9 at the Portland Art Museum. In addition, special awards were presented to Barry Lopez of Finn Rock, Marlene Howard of Portland and Young Writers Association of Eugene for outstanding contributions to Oregon's literary community.

Angus L. Bowmer Award for Drama
Steve Patterson of Portland
Lost Wavelengths

Stafford/Hall Award for Poetry
Penelope Scambly Schott of Portland
A is for Anne: Mistress Hutchinson Disturbs the Commonwealth (Turning Point)

Ken Kesey Award for Fiction
Ehud Havazelet of Corvallis
Bearing the Body (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

Frances Fuller Victor Award for General Nonfiction
Steven W. Bender of Portland
One Night in America: Robert Kennedy, Cesar Chavez, and the Dream of Dignity(Paradigm Publishers)

Sarah Winnemucca Award for Creative Nonfiction
Lauren Kessler of Eugene
Dancing With Rose: Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer's (Viking Adult)

Eloise Jarvis McGraw Award for Children's Literature
Elizabeth Rusch of Portland
A Day With No Crayons (Rising Moon)

Leslie Bradshaw Award for Young Adult Literature
The judge declared a tie in this category

Sara Ryan of Portland
The Rules for Hearts (Viking Juvenile)

Linda Zuckerman of Portland
A Taste for Rabbit (Arthur A. Levine Books)

A program of Literary Arts, the Oregon Book Awards are presented annually for the finest accomplishments by Oregon writers who work in genres of poetry, fiction, literary nonfiction, drama and young readers literature. All finalists are promoted in libraries and bookstores across the state, and invited to take part in the Oregon Book Awards Author Tour. The tour brings public readings by finalists to a number of locations throughout Oregon including:

Eugene, January 20, 2009

North Bend, January 21, 2009

For more information, please visit www.literary-arts.org.

The Oregon Book Awards program is sponsored by the Oregon Cultural Trust, The Oregonian and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support is provided by Brian & Gwyneth Booth, Betty Bradshaw, Leslie Bradshaw Endowment, The Collins Foundation, Rocky & Julie Dixon, Gard Communications, Gray Family Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation, The Heathman Hotel, Robert & Cecelia Huntington, Keller Foundation, Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund, Mancini Family, Walt Morey Endowment Fund, Multnomah County Library, Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon Center for the Book at the Oregon State Library, Oregon Writers' Endowment, Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association, Regional Arts & Culture Council, Rick & Halle Sadle, Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust, U.S. Bank, Vibrant Table Catering and Work for Art.

Winners of Fall Literary Harvest Writing Contest Announced

Congratulation to the winners of the 2008 Fall Literary Harvest Writing Contest!

First Place: Mike Rettig, Last Run
Second Place: Cameron Prow, See, Hear, and Speak No Evil
Third Place: Suzanne Burns, Casting Call

The top submissions selected for reading at Fall Literary Harvest are:
Elsie Rochna, Split Decision
RaeAnn Proost, Cupcakes Cooling On The Counter
Alex Weiss, Wild Life; Rumble Ponies; Rootsteps; I Remember; Enough
Constance Gilbert, Dandelions of Life
Jo Ann Senior, Revenge of the Devilish Donut
Bill Baber, The Innocence of Summer; Next Nowhere; Your Blues
Carol Brian, How Canada Geese Behave; High School English Teacher; Standing in Line at the Post Office; Virtual Reality; Why Are You Weeping?

Alternate Readers:
Karen Wright, My Chilling Adventure
Robert Schultz, Delaney's Wake

The Nature of Words Announces Winners of Rising Star Creative Writing Competition

Winning Entries Showcase Talented High School and College-Age Writers

Bend, Oregon. September 30, 2008. With the observation, "There's a constant sense of rejecting the status quo, answering the call to adventure, leaving the safe known world behind", the judges for The Nature of Words Rising Star Creative Writing Competition have chosen the winning entries from high school- and college-age writers for 2008. More than 100 submissions in literary non-fiction, fiction and poetry were received from throughout Oregon, Idaho and Washington.

Prizes were awarded in the following categories:

Literary Non-fiction
Age 15 to 18 Category:
Winner: Mac Balder, Bend, OR, "Happy Shoes"
Honorable Mention: Annie Brinich, Bend, OR, "Untitled"

Age 19 to 25 Category:
Winner: Haley Poole, Kirkland, WA, "Breathing Injustice"Honorable Mention:
Erica Dietz, Bend, OR, "On the Human Condition and Canning";
Amanda L. Elliot, West Linn, OR, "The Crab Apple"

Fiction
Age 15 to 18 Category:
Winner: Madeline Gobbo, Hood River, OR, "The Old Masters"
Honorable Mention: Zoe Ballering, Portland, OR, "Grapes";
Sangeeta Ranade, Bend, OR, "David";
Alex Street, Boise, ID, "Pike Street Alley"

Age 19 to 25 Category:
Winner: Rachel Gallaher, Seattle, WA, "The Circus"
Honorable Mention: Claire Carpenter, Corvallis, OR, "El Plain Air";
Elizabeth Charles, Forest Grove, OR, "King Street Station"

Poetry
Age 15 to 18 Category:
Winner: Eleanor Ellis, Salem, OR, "Figuratively"
Honorable Mention: Karla Campos, Boise, ID, "Where I'm From";
Rachel Sims, Sisters, OR, "New"

Age 19 to 25 Category:
Winner: Kai Hoffman-Krull, Spokane, WA, "First Time at the Nursing Home"
Honorable Mention: Caityln Moe, Eugene, OR, "Warming";
Jamie Houghton, Bend, OR, "Searching for Champ"

Winners will be honored at a special reception and reading on November 5th in the Central Oregon Community College Robert L. Barber Library at the opening event for the fourth annual The Nature of Words literary festival in Bend, Oregon. Each first place winner will receive a cash award, a scholarship to a guest-author led workshop at The Nature of Words, and a trophy donated by Rising Star Stellar Home Furnishings of Bend. Honorable mention winners will receive a gift certificate. All winning and honorable mention submissions will be published in an anthology available for purchase at all festival venues.

Writer's Digest Short Story Competition

The 9th Annual Writer's Digest Short Short Story Competition is accepting entries!

We're looking for fiction that's bold, brilliant ... but brief. Send us your best in 1,500 words or less. But don't be too long about it-the deadline is December 1, 2008.

For more info: http://www.writersdigest.com/short

2008 Pitch Perfect Contest

2008 Pitch Perfect Contest (electronic contest)
Sponsored by the Mid-Willamette Valley RWA

The purpose of the Pitch Perfect Contest is to help polish your pitching package by judging a long synopsis, short synopsis and query letter. Synopses aren't the more interesting and entertaining part of the writing process, but they are necessary. With more and more agents and editors requesting these, it's crucial to be able to write them well. This contest is a wonderful way to get feedback on your synopsis and have the opportunity to get it in front of and agent or editor.

Not to mention the grand prize is FREE REGISTRATION TO RWA NATIONAL 2009 in Washington D.C.!

Eligibility
This contest is open to all members of the Romance Writers of America®, to both unpublished and published members. Published members cannot submit a query letter or synopsis used for a published book or a manuscript that has been sold to an RWA-recognized publisher. This contest only accepts entries on unpublished and unsold manuscripts.

MWV RWA reserves the right to limit the number of entries based on judge availability. If the contest reaches capacity, it will be announced on the contest Web site and any entries that come in after closure will be returned.

Entry Fees & Submissions
The entry fee is $20, or $15 for MWV RWA chapter members. You do not have to be a member of RWA to enter. To enter, you must send a one-page query letter, short synopsis (1-3 pages) and long synopsis (4-10 pages).

Entry Deadline
All entries and payments must be received by September 30, 2008. All entries and payment must be sent electronically. For complete requirements and details, please visit http://www.midwillamettevalleyrwa.com/contest.htm.

Categories & Final Round Judges

Contemporary - TBA

Futuristic/Fantasy/Paranormal - Leah Hultenschmidt, Dorchester Publishing

Romantic Suspense - Laura Bradford, Bradford Literary Agency

Romantic Elements/Chick Lit - Sha-Shana Crichton, Crichton & Associates

Historical - Kate Seaver, Berkely Publishing

Young Adult - Michelle Grajkowski, Three Seas Literary Agency

Inspirational - Kim Moore, Harvest House Publishing

Erotic Romance - Raelene Gorlinsky, Ellora's Cave



Enter today at http://www.midwillamettevalleyrwa.com/contest.htm

Questions? Contact the Contest Coordinator

Once Written 2008 Spring Fiction Contest

OnceWritten.com is hosting a short story, fiction contest. Pieces must be high-quality and unpublished.

First Prize: $1,000 and publication
Runner Up: $100 and publication

Reading Fee: $15 for Daily Writing Sparks Subscribers and $20 for general public

Word Count: 5,000 words

Deadline: April 30, 2008

You can find out more about the Once Written 2008 Spring Fiction Contest
at: http://www.oncewritten.com/Contests/FictionContest.php

Cindy