PWI's American Title Short Story Contest
Writing instructors everywhere tell us how important it is to get those first couple sentences right. If you want a reader to keep reading, you've got to get his/her interest, "set that hook," as they say.
However, for this contest we at Pacific Writer's Institute want to also point out how very important it is to get your title right! Your title has to interest, amuse, or draw in your reader before he/she even starts reading the story. It has to tickle their curiosity bone.
So we came up with PWI's American Title short story contest.
Guidelines:
As usual our judges will use a number score to judge the entries, and the title will get up to ten points, so make it good. Of course, the story has to be good as well if it's to get to the finals. Clean copy, (always keep a copy for yourself), double space, easy to read font, white paper only. 1200 word maximum for Adult Category. 1000 for Children's Category.
Mail entries to: Pacific Writer's Institute, 60894 Willow Creek Loop, Bend, Oregon 97702. Entry fee is $15 for Adult Stories (no gratuitous sex please), $10 for Children's Stories. Please include a self-addressed stamped envelope. Deadline postmark is July 4. In cases of ties earliest postmark wins. You must have a U.S.A. address to enter this contest.
Cash prize for first place winner, amount to be determined by number of entries. Other prizes include PWI Tuition Credits, PWI Plaques, PWI Certificates and PWI Tee-Shirts.
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