2014 Burlington
Writers Club Adult Contest Rules
RULES
1. Adult writers living in Alamance, Caswell,
Chatham,
Durham,
Guilford,
Orange,
Randolph, and
Rockingham Counties are eligible.
2. Manuscripts, including poetry, must be the original, unpublished work of
the contestant, not pending publication, and
must not have received a first
place award in any competition.
3. Writers may submit one (1) entry in each category. No entry may be placed
in more than one category.
4.
Poetry requirements – (original or clear copies) Two (2)
copies of entry – NO Index cards. 1st Copy of entry includes:
Member/non-member, county, title, category, name, address, telephone, e-mail
address at
top right of page.
2nd Copy – NO name on entry, TITLE ONLY at top of page 100 lines maximum,
11 or 12 font size, Single Spacing, 8 ½ x 11 white plain paper (no designs
on the paper)
No illustrations. Keep copy for your records.
Please
follow instructions to ensure judging.
5.
Prose requirements (original or clear copies) Two (2)
copies of entry – NO index cards. 1st Copy of entry includes: Member/Non-member,
county, title, category, name, address, telephone, e-mail address at
top right of page.
2nd Copy – NO name on entry, TITLE ONLY at top of page.5,000
non-fiction and 5000 fiction word maximum, 11 or 12 font size, Double spacing,
8 ½ x 11 white plain paper (no designs on the paper)
No illustrations.
Keep copy for your records.
Please follow instructions to ensure judging
.
6. Burlington Writers Club members may enter free. Deadline for $15.00
membership dues is
Dec
31, 2013. Non-member entry fee is $8.00 per entry for
Poetry and $10.00 per entry for Prose. No cash will be accepted through the
mail. Checks or money orders are to be made payable to the Burlington Writers Club
and attached to your entries.
7.
Deadline for entries is March
8, 2014. No entries
postmarked after that date
will be accepted. Entries may be brought to the
March 8th meeting. All inquiries, requests for manuscripts, judge’s
comments and winners’ list must be accompanied by a self-addressed envelope
(SASE) with correct postage. Entries without SASE or not picked up at the
Awards Banquet on
May 13th will be destroyed.
8. First place winners will receive $25.00 and a Certificate of Merit. They
will be asked to read their winning entry or designate a reader.
Time limit
is seven (7) minutes or four (4) double spaced pages for prose. Second
place winners will receive $15.00 and a Certificate of Merit. Third place
winners will receive $10.00 and a Certificate of Merit. Honorable mentions will
receive a Certificate of Merit.
9. The Awards Banquet will be held on Tuesday, May 13th at
6:30 p.m. – the specifics of
location and price will be announced along with notification to the winners.
Reservations are required. Cost of meal per person, or change of location of
banquet will be announced at least one month before banquet, if not before.
Any category which does not have at least six (6) entries will be
eliminated. First place winners of the 2013 contest
are not eligible to
enter the categories in which they won. A category manager
is not eligible
to enter the category she/he manages. Manuscripts may be written upon by the
judges.
CATEGORIES AND MANAGERS
Contest Committee: Lisa Reittinger,
Seena Granowsky and Doris Caruso
Banquet Committee: Seena Granowsky,
Doris Caruso, Carolyn Councilman, Liz Solazzo
1. Stories for Children
– Maximum 2500 words. See Prose
Requirements.
Designate on entry if either
for 5 – 8 year olds, or 9 – 12 year olds. (Age group
appropriateness
will be considered in judging.)
Manager: Carlene
Morton, 2866 Brookwood Drive, Mebane,
NC 27302
2. Non-Fiction –
Maximum 5000 words. See Prose Requirements.
Includes magazine article, feature story, memoir and essay.
Manager: Jean Bailey Robor, 912
North Main Street, Burlington, NC 27217
3. Fiction – Maximum 5000
words. See Prose Requirements
Manager: Sandra Redding, 1600 Efland Drive, Greensboro, NC 27408-4208
4. Poetry – Maximum 100
lines. See Poetry Requirements.
Manager: Robert DeMaree, 2080
Sullivan Park Circle, Burlington,
NC 27215
5. Light Verse –
Maximum 32 lines. See Poetry Requirements.
Manager: Carolyn Councilman, 7022 Bethel
South Fork Rd., Graham, NC 27253
6. Poetry for Children
– No line limit. See Poetry Requirements.
Designate
on entry if either for 5 – 8 year olds, or 9 – 12 year olds. (Age
group
appropriateness will be considered in
judging.)
Manager: Doris Caruso, 3015 Winston Drive #110, Burlington, NC 27215
For additional information, call 336-227-2351 Seena Granowsky or
336-229-7104 Doris Caruso. For copies of these rules, send a
self-addressed stamped envelope to Doris Caruso,
3015 Winston Dr. #110, Burlington,
NC 27215
or email your request to lreittin@rtelco.net. Rules are also available at
our Website
www.burlingtonwritersclub.org.
The Burlington Writers Club is a Member Group of the Alamance County Arts
Council
