2021
CREATIVE WRITING CONTEST
for World of Inquiry (School No. 58)
Rochester, NY Students
sponsored by
GFWC ~ GFWC NEW YORK ~ WOMEN’S CLUB OF PITTSFORD
YOUTH POETRY AND SHORT STORY CONTESTS
Encouragement of creative writing skills in youth (grade 6-8) and recognition of outstanding achievement in writing to enhance self-esteem.
Category 3: Middle School – Grades 6, 7, 8
Rules:
Encouragement of creative writing skills in youth (grade 6-8) and recognition of outstanding achievement in writing to enhance self-esteem.
Category 3: Middle School – Grades 6, 7, 8
Rules:
- Youth (grades 6-8) may enter one poem and/or one short story on the District Level.
- Authors must be of amateur status: earnings from writings must not exceed $500 annually.
- Manuscripts entered must not have been published prior to the competition and must be an original work of the author.
- Entries must be written on word processors or typewriters, one side only, double-spaced, with minimum margins of 1”, on 8 ½” X 11” paper.
- Short stories are limited to 2,000 words.
- Poems can be any style with a minimum length of 8 lines and a maximum of 30 lines.
- All entries must be written during the contest year.
- Entries must have the following (single-spaced) in the top right corner of each page:
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Author’s name
Email address Mailing address Telephone number Name of Club & District (Women's Club of Pittsford, Lake District) Category: (Poem or Short Story) Title of Work Grade level category: (6-8) Not students grade level |
Judges would appreciate contestants numbering pages. SPELLING COUNTS
A panel of independent judges will select the winners.
Manuscripts will not be returned. Authors should keep a copy.
Deadline: All entries must be received by February 1, 2021
Entries are judged in February. 1st place winners will be sent on to the state competition.
Manuscripts will not be returned. Authors should keep a copy.
Deadline: All entries must be received by February 1, 2021
Entries are judged in February. 1st place winners will be sent on to the state competition.
Entries may be submitted to Ms. Brown
Kimberly.Brown@RCSDK12.ORG
OR mailed to:
Ann Van Bork
112 Washington Road
Pittsford, NY 14534
Kimberly.Brown@RCSDK12.ORG
OR mailed to:
Ann Van Bork
112 Washington Road
Pittsford, NY 14534
Questions? Please contact Ann Van Bork:
vanborkann@gmail.com
To download and print a copy of these instructions, please click below:
Please complete and sign the Creative Arts Waiver and include with your entry.
First place entries will be sent on to the state for judging and those winners on to the national contest. |
We do hope the winners will be able to read their entries at the April 8th WCOP meeting. If not, we may be able to provide it virtually, as we truly look forward to the students presenting their prized creative work.
Click logo above to go to the GFWC website
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Members of the General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC), the largest nondenominational, nonpartisan, international service organization of volunteer women.
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