SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
ENTRY FEE: Members may enter for FREE. Nonmembers will
be charged $10 per entry.
COVER SHEET: Use a separate cover sheet for your entry. Put your name, complete address, telephone number, and email address in the upper left-hand corner. Double space, six times, and center the title. Double space again and type the first line of your story (to avoid confusion in case of a title being used by more than one member). DO NOT PUT YOUR NAME ON ANY OTHER PAGE! Cover sheets will be kept in a special envelope by the President for identification of the winning entries and will not be sent to the judges with the submissions.
ALL ENTRIES: This must be your original unpublished work. Publication on the Internet is publication. Fiction or creative nonfiction of up to 2,500 words may be submitted. Entries must be typed and double-spaced with one-inch margins. Use font size 12 and Times New Roman only. Text should be on one side of each page. For the first page, double space eight times from the top of the page, center the title, double space again, and begin the story. On each succeeding page of story, type title and page number in the upper right- hand corner WITHOUT AUTHOR’S NAME.
COVER SHEET: Use a separate cover sheet for your entry. Put your name, complete address, telephone number, and email address in the upper left-hand corner. Double space, six times, and center the title. Double space again and type the first line of your story (to avoid confusion in case of a title being used by more than one member). DO NOT PUT YOUR NAME ON ANY OTHER PAGE! Cover sheets will be kept in a special envelope by the President for identification of the winning entries and will not be sent to the judges with the submissions.
ALL ENTRIES: This must be your original unpublished work. Publication on the Internet is publication. Fiction or creative nonfiction of up to 2,500 words may be submitted. Entries must be typed and double-spaced with one-inch margins. Use font size 12 and Times New Roman only. Text should be on one side of each page. For the first page, double space eight times from the top of the page, center the title, double space again, and begin the story. On each succeeding page of story, type title and page number in the upper right- hand corner WITHOUT AUTHOR’S NAME.
Each person may enter ONLY
ONE SHORT STORY: one fiction OR one creative nonfiction, but not both! Entries
will be judged by outside professionals. Each entry needs three copies. One
goes to each of the three judges. However, to reduce paper waste there only
needs to be one cover sheet.
DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: Printed copies must be turned in to the TGCW President by the close of the August 11 meeting!
Emailed entries are not accepted. If a contestant lives out of town, he/she may mail in their submission to the PO BOX in the right column. Fasten cover sheet to your submission with a large paperclip. DO NOT STAPLE ANYTHING! Entries which do not conform to these rules will be disqualified and not judged. Judges often write comments directly on the submission. Each entry will be judged but we cannot guarantee all judges will write comments on either a score sheet or submission. Decisions of the judges are final.
DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: Printed copies must be turned in to the TGCW President by the close of the August 11 meeting!
Emailed entries are not accepted. If a contestant lives out of town, he/she may mail in their submission to the PO BOX in the right column. Fasten cover sheet to your submission with a large paperclip. DO NOT STAPLE ANYTHING! Entries which do not conform to these rules will be disqualified and not judged. Judges often write comments directly on the submission. Each entry will be judged but we cannot guarantee all judges will write comments on either a score sheet or submission. Decisions of the judges are final.
PRIZES: First place will receive a cash prize in the
amount of $50, second place will receive a cash prize in the amount of $25, and
third place will receive a certificate.
Winners and awards will be presented at either the Sept or Oct 2014 meeting.
Winners and awards will be presented at either the Sept or Oct 2014 meeting.
