Springfield Writers’ Guild 21st Annual Prose and Poetry Contest
Prose and Poetry Division
Fee $5 per entry. No limit to number of entries, but the same entry may not be entered in more than one category.
Prose: Maximum 1,000 words, double-spaced
1 – Fiction, any genre
2 – Nonfiction, any subject
3 – Humorous
Poetry: Maximum one page, single-spaced
4 – Humorous, any form
5 – Any subject, any form
Awards each category 1-5: First Place $50, Second Place $25, Third Place $15, Two Honorable Mentions.
Jim Stone Memorial Poetry Division
Fee $5, one entry per person. Entry must not have been entered in categories 4 or 5.
Poetry any subject, any form. One page, single spaced.
Awards this division: First Place $150, Second Place $75, Third Place $50, Two Honorable Mentions.
Deadline: September 15, 2014