ARKANSAS WRITERS' CONFERENCE CONTESTS
________________________Contests_______________
CONTESTS 1,2,3,4, LIMITED TO THOSE WHO ATTEND
AT LEAST ONE DAY OF CONFERENCE SESSIONS
CONFERENCE SESSIONS
1. GRAND CONFERENCE AWARD ($150/$100/$50)
WIT & WISDOM: ”Give Me My Money’s Worth!” (1000 word max.) Humorous essay about sports in general or a sport. Be creative. Uses the following phrases: “could go all the
way,” “one game at a time,” and at least three other clichés.
Sponsor & Chair: Vic Fleming
2. GRAND CONFERENCE AWARD II($150/$100/$50)
CHAMBERLIN FAMILY FOUNDATION:
A Haibun (short poetic prose, concise and with precise wording, plus a haiku, loosely related to the prose.)
Chair: Shannon Chamberlin
3. Historical Fiction Award ($100/$60/$40)
Write a short story based on an actual Arkansas historical event. (1500-2000 words) Chair: Phillip H. McMath
4. FWCA Potpourri ($50/$30/$20) Short Story, any genre (no erotica or gratuitous violence). (1500 word max.)
Chair: Fiction Writers of Central Arkansas
Contests 5-28 are open to all writers
5. The Unlikely Hero Award ($100/$60/$40) Fiction story about heroism shown by a loner in town to save someone in danger. (3000 word max.)
Chair: Brenda Iannacone (aka Breanna Cone)
6. Hot SpringsVillage Writers’ Club Award ($75/$50/$25) Fictional potpourri, short story, any genre, (1500 word max.)
Chair: Madelyn F. Young
7. Minute Award ($50/$30/$20) A slice of life in a 60 syllable, 12 line poem, iambic meter, 8444,8444,8444, rhymed aa-bb-cc--dd--ee--ff, capitalized and punctuated like prose.
Chair: Verna Lee Hinegardner.
8. Rita Goodgame Award ($50/$30/$20) Free verse poem;
Title “The First Time” (40 line max.)
9. Gale S. Gill Award ($50/$30/$20) Essay: Something I discovered about myself, “Who I Am, Really.” (1500 word max)
10. Bob & Faye Williams Jones Poetry Award ($50/$30/$20) Free verse, any subject. (40 line max.)
11. Robbi Rice Dietrich Award ($50/$30/$20) Fiction, short story about a disastrous family vacation (1500 word max.)
12. Food, Glorious Food Award Essay with subject food: cooking, eating, or any situation revolving around food. (1st place: $100 plus automatic approval forgeneral residency for 2010. (No application fee required, but $45 day rate applies.) Runner up, $50.
Sponsor & Chair: CA/The Writers Colony at Dairy Hollow Awards 13-36 are all $25/$15/$10
13. W. H. & Anne Holland Award Essay about homelessness. (1000 word max.)
14. Voices International Award: Poem, strong image, any form, any subject. (40 line max.)
Chair: Clovita Rice
15. Christian Poetry Award: Any form honoring the Lord Jesus christ. (32 line max.)
Chair: Kitty Yeager
16.Lawrence L. May Memorial Award Prose, use words “I believe,” “faith,” “future.” (500-750 words) Chair: Mary May Larmoyeux
17. Lucille R. Longstreth Memorial Award Coming-of-age story for teens. (1500 word max.) Chair: Barbara Longstreth Mulkey
18. Arkansas Pioneer Branch NLAPW Prose Award Humorous fiction story with ghost or witch or vampire as a main character. (2000 word max.) Chairs: Vicki & Gary Fountain
19. Arkansas Pioneer Branch NLAPW Poetry Award A ballad (a story in song, rhymed with chorus after each verse) (48 line max.) Chair: Harding Stedler
20. Mildred McKinney Award Humorous poem about a first love, any form, (24 line max.)
21. Sarah Presson Runnells Award Pick your favorite Jane Austen characters and breathe life into them with a story in modern times. (2500 word max.)
Chair: Ellen Withers
22. The Erdel Family Award Humorous short story, (1500 word max.)
Chair: Ellen Withers
23. Delta Poets Award Traditional Haiku (3 lines) Chair: Betty Heidelberger
24. Association of Senior Arts Programs Award Short play (one act) emphasizing senior citizens and concerns of seniors. Chair: Jerry L. Davis
25. “Look What the Cat Dragged In” Award Short story featuring an unexpected visitor. Chairs: Christine Henderson & Rhonda Roberts
26. Arkansas Writers’ Conference Prose Award Write a reverse top ten list of reasons (#10 least , #1 best) for attending a writers’ conference. Chair: Patsy Pipkin
27. Arkansas Writers’ Conference Poetry Award Lyric, any subject, any form (36 line max.) Chair: Pat Laster
28. Flights of Fancy, Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Award Honoring Tricia Johnson-McDuffie. Synopsis & pivotal chapter of novel. No excess gore/sex.(15 pg. max.) Chair: William Dobbins
CONTESTS 29-36 OPEN TO Arkansas writers only. 29. Dell Garrett’s “Gimme the Creeps” Prose Award Must be comical. (250 word max.)
30. Arkansas My Arkansas Award Essay (1000 word max.) Chair: Margaret Thompson
31. Arkansas Impressions Award by WhiteCounty Creative Writers. Descriptive essay on the NaturalState, a park, garden, recreation area, your own backyard, etc. (1500 word max). Chair Peggy Sanders
32. AR Poet Laureate Award Traditional Shakespearean Sonnet. Subject, a favorite holiday. Chair: Petty Vining
33. Swann Kohler Award Essay on something about Little Rock, the state of Arkansas, or an Arkansas person. (1000 word max.)
Chair: Marcia Camp34. Humane Society of Pulaski County Award "Our shelter Dogs or Cats" - True story about pets(s) from a shelter (2500 word max.) Chair: Corell E. Mullins35. High Cotton on the Bayou Award Short story set at the Scott Plantation Settlement (2500 word max.) Chair: The Scott Connection36. Student Poetry Award: Any form or subject (20 line max.) Open to grades 9-12. Give school and English teacher, follow contest rules. Chair: Nina Tillery
LITERARY AWARD RULES
1. AWARDS made only if contest fee of $10 (enabling one to enter any and all contests), check made payable to Arkansas Writers’ Conference and mailed on or before APRIL 30, 2010to Clovita Rice, 1115 Gillette Drive Little Rock, AR72227 Must Include Contest Registration Form with entry fee. Registration to attend conference does not include this entry fee.
2. DEADLINE for postmarking manuscripts is April 30, 2010. Entries destroyed two weeks after conference. AWC not responsible for manuscripts lost, delayed in mail,
or received too late for judging. Do not send SASE. No manuscript returned. No winners’ list mailed.
3. ONLY ONE TYPED, UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT may be entered in each contest. Double-space prose, single or double-space poetry. Standard manuscript form must be followed.
4. NO ENTRY MAY BE ENTERED IN MORE THAN ONE CONTEST. No one may enter contest for which he/she is sponsor, chairman, or judge. Winners last year may not enter same contest this year if it is identical. If contestants do not adhere to all rules, entries will be disqualified.
5. PUT CONTEST NUMBER AND NAME OF AWARD in upper left corner of each entry. Do not put your name on any manuscript. Attach a 3x5 card to each entry with (1) Number and name of contest; (2) Title of entry; (3) First line of entry; (4)Your name and mailing address.
6. MAIL ALL ENTRIES (together or separately) to Clovita Rice, 1115 Gillette Drive, Little Rock, AR72227. Winners not attending will be notified by mail the week following conference.
THIS FORM MUST ACCOMPANY FEECONTEST REGISTRATIONARKANSAS WRITERS’ CONFERENCEJune 4-5, 2010Enclosed is my $10 contest registration fee. I understand this allows me to enter as many contests as I choose (see brochure for restrictions). This contest fee does not include the conference registration fee.
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City: ______________________________________________ Zip Code: ______________
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Send this form by April 30, with check or money order made payable to AWC to: Clovita Rice, 1115 Gillette Drive, Little Rock, AR 72227 More information about the 2010 Arkansas Writers' Conference can be found at www.arkansaswritersconference.org