Contest Begins: October 1, 2008
Contest Deadline: February 28, 2009
Theme based on Long Walk Up and Spiral: Courage
Entry Fee: None. No purchase necessary to enter contest
Age Limit: Must be 16 years or older to enter contest
Genres: Short story and poetry
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Grand Prize Short Story: $100.00
2nd Place Short Story: $50. 00
Grand Prize Poetry: $100.00
2nd Place Poetry: $50.00
Peoples from around the globe 16 years or older may enter the contest.
Pornographic, discriminatory nor hate related stories or poems will be accepted. Electronic submissions are preferred and encouraged. Entries should be submitted inside the body of an email (and not sent as attachments in order to avoid viruses) and sent to: soulfar@aol.com with 9th Annual Chistell Writing Contest Submission in the subject line of the email.
All submitted short stories and poems must be unpublished and under complete (100%) ownership to the author submitting the work.
No writer may submit the work of any other writer living or deceased.
Submitted short stories and poems must not be under consideration for publication by another editor or/and publisher at the time the short story or poem is submitted to the contest. Previous
winners in the Annual Chistell Writing Contest are not allowed to enter this years contest.
Winners will be announced in May 2009. A special page will be created at the Chistell website (http://www.chistell.com) to include the winning short stories and poems. In addition, a press release will be sent to global media informing them of the winning short stories and
poems.
All rights to all submitted short stories and poems remain with the writer submitting the work. At the conclusion of the contest, writers are encouraged to submit the work to other editors/publishers for publication.
It is our hope to help you advance and grow your writing career and to increase appreciation for reading, writing and literacy around the globe.
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