The Writers's Group Writing Contest

 

Welcome to The Writers' Group Writing Contest.

 

Eligibility:

The Writers' Group on Facebook is open to all writers, national and international, whether published or not, regardless of experience.  Current and former employees of The Writers' Group on Facebook or their relatives are not eligible. Previously published short stories, articles, essays, and poems in other contests, books, magazines, etc., are accepted and welcome as long as they are original to the contest entrant.


 All short stories may be on any subject or theme.  For example, any fiction, non-fiction, essays, diary, journal entries and short screenplays are accepted. All poems must be 30 lines or fewer, typed, single or double line spacing, on any subject or theme. Non-fiction may be no longer than essay or article length.

Deadlines:

All entries must be original works.  or if mailing by post, postmarked, by the last day of the month for which you are submitting. Entries received after the last of the month will be included in the following contest.

Contestants will enter their work either digitally by email or mailed or via postal serviece, typed, single or double line spacing, within a maximum of (10,000) words or less.  All entries must be original works. 


Multiple entries are accepted.

Winners from 8 categories selected:

    

Science Fiction

Fantasy

Horror

Drama

Humor

Romance

Poetery

Non-Fiction: (article, essay, one liners, etc., etc.)


Fees:


The entry fee is $1.00 (US dollars) per entry of 5000 words or less.


The entry fee is $2.00 (US dollars) per entry of 5000 words up to 10,000 words (max).

Now you can set up your credit card to maintain a $1 a month, unlimited entry, subscription.


These fees may be paid by PayPal (online payment service).  Each poem/story entry must be paid individually if using the PayPal payment option. The Writers' Group will not accept any foreign currencies as payment.  Cash in the form of U.S. Dollars or International money orders may be used for international entries.


If sending entry fees via mail, The Writers' Group ABC Writing Contest accepts cash, money orders, cashiers checks, and personal checks. All fees paid must be in the form of US dollars. All money orders, cashiers checks, and personal checks MUST BE MADE OUT TO: ABC.

 

Poetry/Writing Entries Via Mail:
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1.  Print out the Mail in entry form (word .doc file; print from web page).


2.  Please make out checks and money orders to ABC.


3.  Included Contest entries must be submitted with writer's name, phone number, and email address (if applicable) in the upper left-hand corner of the entry.  Repeat method for multiple submission.


4. Include payment $1.00 ($2 for 5000-10,000 words) for each seperate work entered. ENTRIES ARE NOT RETURNED!


5. There are no limits to your entries.


6.  Make personal checks, cashier's checks or money orders payable to: "ABC".  Cash payments are accepted, but will be sent at your own risk.  (Entries from outside the United States are fine, but entry fees must be made in US dollars.  Foreign entrants are strongly urged to use international money orders rather than personal checks).  Personal checks must be cleared-- entries will not be considered valid until they do.  The Writers' Group is not responsible for lost entries or payments. 

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Poetry/Writing Entries Via PayPal:


1.  Please use the PayPal link on the bottom of the "Enter Now!" page to enter.


2.  The entry fee of $1.00 for each entry with up to 5000 words and $2.00 for each submission with 500-10,000 words will be entered.  After completing the transaction, send your entry electronically by email.


3.  Entries sent electronically must be sent as email attachments from a word processing document such as,  Microsoft Word  (.doc), Rich Text Format (.rtf), Open Document Format (.odt), etc. ABC Writing Contest Entry should be typed in the subject line of the email. Submission email link on page provided after entry submitted. 


4.  There are no limits to your entries. Entrants cannot send payment by mail and submit electronically.  Either both payment and entry must be sent by mail or both must be sent electronically.  Entries will not be returned.


 All Prize Winners will be notified and posted on Facebooks The Writers' Group!


Decisions:

Judges are members of The Wriers' Group Selection Committee.  All poems are judged on the basis of originality, creativity, characterization, artistic quality and finish (grammatically ready to publish).  All short stories are judge based on originality, creative imagination, character introduction and development; plot development, adherence to the (10,000) word limit, and finish (ready to be published).  All decisions of the judges are final.

Privacy Policy:
Neither The Writers' Group nor The Writers' Group ABC Writing Contest release or sell customer or contest entrant information to third parties or mailing lists, nor will you receive telephone solicitations, whatsoever. We occasionally send customer, contest entrants and members of our mailing news about The Writers' Group contests (no more than twice a month). You may opt out of these notices at any time by sending a request to
roguebard1@yahoo.com.


Rights:

All entries remain the property of the artist who wrote or created them.  By submitting a poem/story for this contest, the artist may also be eligible for the publication of her or his work by The Writers' Group on Facebook or, with permission of the writer, future publications from The Writers' Group.


Notification:

All Prizewinners will be notified by email or by telephone. The top winning entries, writers, their names and brief biographical information will be published in The Writers' Group pages at The Writers' Group and The Writers' Group ABC Writing Contest website (http://writersgroupcontest.yolasite.com) upon the completion of each contest run. 


For further information, contact:


c/o Brad Combs

The Writers' Group

P.O. Box 705

Indian Springs 89018


email us at: roguebard1@yahoo.com

 

Entry options:
Facebook User Name:
Monthly subscription - Name:
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