Rules For the 12th Annual Okanagan Short Story Contest
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PRIZES
1st Prize: $500
2nd Prize: $200
3rd Prize: $100
Prizes are awarded for the best new short stories in the Okanagan. Entries will be judged by Okanagan College and UBC Okanagan Creative Writing Faculty and an external judge, a published professional writer of national stature. After administrative costs, any additional funds will be donated to the George Ryga Centre.
RULES:
1. This contest is open to all residents of the southern interior served by CBC Radio One Kelowna, east of Hope, west of the Alberta border, north of the US border and Williams Lake and south.
2. Entries must be original, unpublished works of fiction, submitted on plain 8 1/2 X 11 white paper, double-spaced and typed.
3. Short stories should range from 1000 to 4000 words. We encourage writers to abide by these limits. The judges reserve the right to disqualify stories that are too long.
We are looking for adult short fiction. If you submit chapters from novels, work for children, non-fiction articles or memoirs, screenplays etc. you're probably wasting your money!
4. Entries must be accompanied by a $15 entry fee, a money order or cheque payable to the University of British Columbia.
5. No name, address, phone number or any identifying mark should appear on the pages of the manuscript. Attach a separate page with the author’s name, address, phone number and the name of the story. Authors whose stories make it to the short list stage should be prepared to submit to the administrators of the contest an electronic version of the story and biographical information.
6. Entries must be postmarked on or before Friday, January 22, 2010 or must be received at the Creative Studies Office of the University of British Columbia Okanagan by that date.
7. There are no age limits or no limits on the number of entries, but each entry must be accompanied by a $15 entry fee.
8. Entries will be judged solely on artistic merit. Decisions of the judges are final.
9. Because of time restrictions and quantity of entries, no manuscripts will be returned. No phone calls or other communication will be entered into regarding the contest. The administrators of the contest do not take responsibility for lost manuscripts. Please keep a copy. We do not accept electronic submissions.
10.The winners will be announced in March 2010 at at a public reading where the winning writers are invited to read from their work.
11. Mail entries to:
Okanagan Short Fiction Contest
c/o Irma Ronkkonen, CRWR Support
Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies
University of British Columbia Okanagan
ART 173 -- 3333 University Way
Kelowna BC V1V 1V7
For more information, visit the website at www.okstorycontest.org, see the Contact Page
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