2009 Write Action Contest

Write Action is pleased to announce its Fifth Annual Writing Contest. There
will be a $50 book gift certificate to a local bookstore for the first place
winners in each of the two categories, short story and poetry, and $25 book
gift certificates for each of the second and third place winners in each
category.

New this year will be a youth category for ages 18 and under. There will be
a first-place winner in poetry and prose, and honorable mentions in each
category. The winners will be awarded a $25 gift certificate to a
Brattleboro book store. Entries should indicate on the cover page that they
are for the youth category.

There are no assigned topics. To qualify each entry must be submitted in
four typed hard copies rather than one; prose should be double spaced. Short
stories will be limited to 1500 words, poems to no more than one page each
but there may be up to two poems (two pages) counting as one entry; each
poem should be printed on a separate page and each will be judged
separately.

Entries will be judged by distinguished panels of published authors. The
first entry by each writer is free but each additional entry (for a maximum
of three) will require a $5 fee. All entries must be postmarked by June 30,
2009. Judging will be completed on or about August 1st and the winners
notified before the annual Write Action picnic later in August. The winners
will be announced at the picnic and invited to read their entries there and
at the Literary Festival in late September/ early October. First place
winners in both prose and poetry will again have their entries published in
the Brattleboro Reformer.

How to enter: mail typed hard copies to Write Action Contest, P.O. Box 822,
Brattleboro, VT 05302 postmarked no later than June 30, 2009, or drop off at
39 Allerton Avenue, Brattleboro no later than that date. The author’s name
should not appear in any form on the text pages but only on the cover page
with phone number, e-mail address if any, and postal address so that the
judging may be done anonymously. Only one cover page is needed no matter how
many entries by one person. If you have any questions, please call 254-9586
or 254-7755.