ISLAND WRITERS (Z)
Superintendent:
Jenni Merritt
thejennimerritt@gmail.com
Location: Main Exhibit Hall
Premiums:
Prize money will be awarded to Adults (18 and older) and Young Adults (11-17) only.
All youth (10 and under) who enter their writing will receive a special ribbon.
Blue $5
Red $3
White Ribbon only
RULES:
ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED OR POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN AUGUST 1st, 2024
- Limit of four entries per person.
- All entries must be written by the entrant, original in 2023/2024, and unpublished.
- Please submit four copies (not necessary If emailing) of each entry for judging purposes. The title should be at the top of the first page of each copy. Your name should not appear on these copies.
- Include one title page per entry that includes: the title , word count (prose) or line count (poetry),
class and lot, your name, age group (adult, young adult: 11-17, youth: 10 and under), address, phone number and/or e-mail address
- Creative nonfiction may include writing such as essays, memoirs, literary journalism, narrative history, and travel writing.
- Any entries exceeding the established word or line count for the lot in which it is entered may not be judged.
- Entries must be typed on 8 1/2 x 11-inch paper in 12pt font. Prose must be double-spaced. Poetry should be single-spaced.
- Entries can be mailed, emailed, or dropped off at the Fairgrounds.
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Class 1: Prose
Lots:
a. Short fiction -- 1,500 words or less
b. Creative nonfiction - any subject - 1500 words or less
c. Fair theme: “A Century of Growing: 100 Years at Home” -750 words; creative nonfiction or fiction
d. New Language - 750 words or less text, tweet, rap format
Class 2: Poetry
Lots:
a. Poetry, rhymed - 50 lines or less
b. Poetry, unrhymed - 50 lines or less
c. Fair theme: "A Century of Growing: 100 Years at Home" - 50 lines, may be rhymed or unrhymed
Class 3: Writing for Children
Special Rules:
- Short fiction only
- 1000 Words or less
- Appropriate themes, topics, and language for children
- Target audience - children aged preschool to 8 years
- Do not include illustrations of any kind
MAIL ENTRIES TO:
Island Writers,
SJC Parks & Fair,
350 Court St. #8,
Friday Harbor, WA.98250
Postmarked no later than Aug. 1st, 2024
E-MAIL ENTRIES TO:
info@sjcfair.org