Writing Contests
Here is a contest to enter. Take note of the rules and closing dates.
1st: Ian Harrison, for Four Feet (topic word; horse)
2nd: Jacqueline Smart, for Castles in the Flames (topic word: castle)
Runners up:
Annaleise Byrd, for Less Predictable (topic word; painting)
Karen Hendricks, for Tilly and Cabbage (topic word: cabbage)
Sonya Simonds, for Samuel the Nightingale (topic word: tune)
Affordable Manuscript Assessments
2020 Short Story contest CLOSED
Please read the rules carefully. Print out this sheet and tick off each one before submitting your entry.
Rules
1. Length: Up to 1500 words excluding title.
2. New, unpublished, short stories of any genre, written in English.
3. Authors of any age over eighteen.
4. Audience: Children, YA or General.
5. No depressing stories. We get enough of that on the news.
6. Topic: Each story must include one of the following items.
Cabbage
Castle
Cave
Coin
Horse
Key
Painting
Ring
Rose
Ship
Star
Tune
This item should form an integral part of the story, and it can be used in any creative way the author chooses. (You can use more than one item in one story.)
7. The author’s name should not appear on the ms.
8. Submission: Each story is to be sent via email attachment to [email protected] and accompanied by a separate attachment giving the title, the audience (Children, YA or General), the object(s) from the list, the author’s name and email address. It should also have a note to say the contest rules have been read and followed. (See sample submission at the end of this page.) Use AFFA PRIZE ENTRY as the subject line.
9. Entry fee. Each story is to be accompanied by a $7.00 (AUD) entry fee paid via direct deposit to Sally Odgers BSB 06 7015 Account 10081826. Use Affa Prize as your reference. Overseas authors may use Paypal to [email protected]
10. Format: Get this right! Font: Times New Roman, size 12 (title and all). First line of every paragraph except the first one indented. Ragged right margin. No spaces between paragraphs. Double or 1.5 spacing. See sample format below. Note: the double spacing doesn't show up on a web page.
11. Deadline: Midnight, November 30th, 2020.
Prizes:
First
Small trophy +
$150 cash OR assessment/editing services of up to 30,000 words from Affordable Assessments OR $150 book voucher from an independent bookshop
Second
$75.00 cash OR assessment/editing services of up to 20,000 words from Affordable Assessments OR $75.00 book voucher from an independent bookshop
Three Runners-up
Assessment/editing services of up to 10,000 words of a ms from Affordable Assessments
Special Topic Awards: Ten Best Use of Topic Certificates
Sample Submission
Title Ruth’s Revenge
Genre: Children’s story
Topic word: Coin
By Jane Smith [email protected]
I have read and followed the contest rules before submitting my story.
Sample Format
Ruth’s Revenge
Ruth Bizworth was fed up with having blonde hair. It drove her nuts when Amelia Duke commented on it for the fifth time in a week.
“What do you expect me to do—dye it?”
“I don’t think losing weight will help,” Amelia said seriously.
Ruth stared at her. There must be something wrong with Amelia’s brain. Seriously. She wanted to say so, but of course she couldn’t. She knew better than to make personal remarks, even if Amelia didn’t.
2nd: Jacqueline Smart, for Castles in the Flames (topic word: castle)
Runners up:
Annaleise Byrd, for Less Predictable (topic word; painting)
Karen Hendricks, for Tilly and Cabbage (topic word: cabbage)
Sonya Simonds, for Samuel the Nightingale (topic word: tune)
Affordable Manuscript Assessments
2020 Short Story contest CLOSED
Please read the rules carefully. Print out this sheet and tick off each one before submitting your entry.
Rules
1. Length: Up to 1500 words excluding title.
2. New, unpublished, short stories of any genre, written in English.
3. Authors of any age over eighteen.
4. Audience: Children, YA or General.
5. No depressing stories. We get enough of that on the news.
6. Topic: Each story must include one of the following items.
Cabbage
Castle
Cave
Coin
Horse
Key
Painting
Ring
Rose
Ship
Star
Tune
This item should form an integral part of the story, and it can be used in any creative way the author chooses. (You can use more than one item in one story.)
7. The author’s name should not appear on the ms.
8. Submission: Each story is to be sent via email attachment to [email protected] and accompanied by a separate attachment giving the title, the audience (Children, YA or General), the object(s) from the list, the author’s name and email address. It should also have a note to say the contest rules have been read and followed. (See sample submission at the end of this page.) Use AFFA PRIZE ENTRY as the subject line.
9. Entry fee. Each story is to be accompanied by a $7.00 (AUD) entry fee paid via direct deposit to Sally Odgers BSB 06 7015 Account 10081826. Use Affa Prize as your reference. Overseas authors may use Paypal to [email protected]
10. Format: Get this right! Font: Times New Roman, size 12 (title and all). First line of every paragraph except the first one indented. Ragged right margin. No spaces between paragraphs. Double or 1.5 spacing. See sample format below. Note: the double spacing doesn't show up on a web page.
11. Deadline: Midnight, November 30th, 2020.
Prizes:
First
Small trophy +
$150 cash OR assessment/editing services of up to 30,000 words from Affordable Assessments OR $150 book voucher from an independent bookshop
Second
$75.00 cash OR assessment/editing services of up to 20,000 words from Affordable Assessments OR $75.00 book voucher from an independent bookshop
Three Runners-up
Assessment/editing services of up to 10,000 words of a ms from Affordable Assessments
Special Topic Awards: Ten Best Use of Topic Certificates
Sample Submission
Title Ruth’s Revenge
Genre: Children’s story
Topic word: Coin
By Jane Smith [email protected]
I have read and followed the contest rules before submitting my story.
Sample Format
Ruth’s Revenge
Ruth Bizworth was fed up with having blonde hair. It drove her nuts when Amelia Duke commented on it for the fifth time in a week.
“What do you expect me to do—dye it?”
“I don’t think losing weight will help,” Amelia said seriously.
Ruth stared at her. There must be something wrong with Amelia’s brain. Seriously. She wanted to say so, but of course she couldn’t. She knew better than to make personal remarks, even if Amelia didn’t.