Contest

KANSAS WRITERS ASSOCIATION

2011 PROSE AND POETRY CONTEST

The contest is now closed. Thank you to all who entered! Winners will be notified by March 1 so they can make arrangements to receive their award/certificate and anthology at our Scene Conference, which takes place March 16-17 at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Wichita.

All winning entries will be published in our Words out of the Flatlands anthology, which will be available at the conference.

Many thanks to our sponsor, Susan’s Floral, for supporting the 2011 KWA Contest

FEES PER ENTRY
Adult KWA Member: $5
Nonmember Adult (over 18): $8
College students (full time, any age): $5
Youth (Grades K-12): $2.50

PRIZES
First Place: $50
Second Place: $25
Third Place: $10
Honorable Mention certificates will be awarded at the judges’ discretion.

Categories

ADULT DIVISION – PROSE

• FIRST CHAPTER – Or chapters, up to 3,000 words. If you wish to include a prologue or synopsis, it will count toward the word limit.
• SHORT FICTION – Any subject, 2,000 word limit
• SHORT STORIES FOR YOUTH – By adults for young adult/youth audience. 2,000 word limit. Fiction or non-fiction.
• NON-FICTION – Articles, essays, memoirs, etc. with a 2,000 word limit. Any subject.

ADULT DIVISION – POETRY

• RHYMED POETRY – 40-line limit, firm. Single spaced, double between stanzas.
• FREE VERSE – 40-line limit, firm. Single spaced, double between stanzas.

YOUTH DIVISION – writers age 18 and under

• PROSE: FICTION/NON-FICTION — 2,000 word limit, any subject
• POETRY: RHYMED/FREE VERSE (denote style) — 40-line limit. Single spaced, double between stanzas

ENTRY FORMATTING

• Use 12 point Times New Roman font on 8 ½ x 11-inch white paper.
• Double space all prose. Single space poetry stanzas.
• Attach cover page to include contestant’s name, address, email and phone number, along with title and category of each entry included.
• Omit name from pages of work to be judged.

RULES
All entries must be original and unpublished work.

Five entries (minimum) are needed to qualify for judging any category.

Entrants’ work will be judged on literary merit and judges’ decisions will be final. All places may not be awarded.

Entries will be graded down for poor grammar or disregard for common writing practices (unless it’s part of the writing theme). Enlist others to help in proofreading your work. Disregard for any of the rules will not be condoned.

The entry and judge’s critique sheet will be returned if a proper sized, self-addressed envelope with adequate postage is included with the entry. If only the critique is desired, please enclose a self-addressed, stamped #10 envelope with entry.

No obscene or X-rated material will be judged. If you aren’t sure about the suitability of your work, don’t send it in.

Questions? Email contest@kwawriters.org.

Mail entries to:
Ray “Grizzly” Racobs
401 N. Lorraine
Wichita, KS 67214
Attn: KWA Contest

Congratulations to the winners
of our 2010 Contest!

Front Row: Conrad Jestmore, Lu A. Ross, Sara Jenlink, Marsha Lytle. Back Row: Ray “Grizzly” Racobs, H. B. Berlow, Vincent Omni, Bill Goodwin

First Chapter

1st – Sid Hamer, Poor Man’s Daughter
2nd – Patsie Sweeden, Cinderella Dressed In Yella
3rd – Vincent Omni, Loose Strands
Honorable Mention – Marsha Lytle, Passion For Glory
Honorable Mention – Cathy Callen, Running Out Of Footprints

Short Fiction

1st – Marilyn Hope Lake, “Harry’s Stone”
2nd – Bill Goodwin, “Ghost Door”
3rd –Dennis Smirl, “The Last, Fast Chevrolet”
3rd – Marsha Lytle, “The Box”
Honorable Mention – Lu A. Ross, “Saving The Light”

Non-Fiction

1st – Don Marler, “West Coast Swing”
2nd – Ray Racobs, “What’s Up With That”
3rd – Steven Laird, “Confusing Logos”
Honorable Mention – Sara Jenlink, “A Solitary Trust”

Poetry – Adult

1st – Conrad Jestmore, “Wish”
2nd – Marilyn Page, “On Waking”
3rd – A. Emerson Wiens, “The Old Barn”
Honorable Mention – H. B. Berlow, “Last Diary Entry”

Youth Prose

1st – Shaina Hoffman, “An Unwanted Gift”
1st – Heather Silveira, “Pretty Good”
2nd – Carly Prior, “Through His Eyes”
2nd – Emily Jordan, “Perspective”
3rd – Cristan Vitkus, “The Musing Of The Red Oak Tree”
3rd – Zora Jenny, “Deprive Me”
Honorable Mention – Shaina Hoffman, “Valley Of The Dolls”
Honorable Mention– Newton Cheng, “One Man’s Dream”

Youth Poetry

1st – Sydney Schlueter, “Dreams Of Awakening”
2nd – Haley Chester, “A Naïve Fairytale”
3rd – Clare Warrington, “Lonely Beauty”
Honorable Mention – Sydney Schlueter, “The Last Encounter”
Honorable Mention – Jennifer Morgan, “The Journey”
Honorable Mention– Clare Warrington, “Winter’s Bane”