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Grand prize: $300 in Cash
Compete and Win in
Three Categories
Inspirational ¤
Short Story ¤ Poetry Inspirational
A
story with an explicitly religious, spiritual or inspirational slant or focus. A
story about the power of religion, power of prayer, or how the power of Christ
touched you will be considered inspirational.
Short Story
Genre:
Poetry
PRIZES
Grand
Prize:
$300 in cash.
First Place: The First-Place Winner in each of the three (3) categories receives $100 cash.
Second Place: The Second-Place Winner in each
category receives $75 cash. Entry Deadline: May 1, 2010.
CONTEST RULES
The Categories
Entry Fee:
Preparing
Your Entry:
1. Your entry must be accompanied by an
Official Entry Form. If you are entering more than one
manuscript, you may mail all entries in the same envelope; however, each
manuscript must have its category indicated in the upper left-hand corner.
2. All entries must be original, unpublished, and not accepted by any other publisher at the time of submission. Oneswan Productions will post the winning entries here at www.janetteowens.com. We also reserve the right to publish all winning poems.
3. Your entry must be typed on one side of 8-1/2 x 11 white paper (computer printout acceptable). Electronic submissions will not be accepted. Poems may be either double- or single-spaced; all other manuscripts must be double-spaced. Your name, address, phone number, and competition category must appear in the upper left-hand corner of the first page — otherwise your entry is disqualified.
4. Be sure of your word count! Entries exceeding the word or page limits will be disqualified. Type the exact word count (counting every single word, except the title) on the first page of the entry.
5. Entry or entries must
be stapled (preferred) or paper-clipped.
6. Entry Deadline
May 1, 2010.
7. All entries must be postmarked by May 1, 2010.
Judging and
Notification:
1. A panel of judges will
read every entry. Judges' decisions are final.
2. Judges reserve
the right to re-categorize entries.
3. Entries must be postmarked by May 1, 2010. We cannot return submitted manuscripts; however, to receive notification of the receipt of your manuscript, please send a self-addressed stamped postcard along with your entry.
4. Top Award Winners
will be notified by mail before October 20, 2010. All winners in each category
will be listed here at
www.janetteowens.com.
Prizes will be mailed by November 1.
5. If you have not
been contacted by this date, you may assume that your entry is not a finalist
and may be marketed elsewhere.
6. Oneswan
Productions reserves the right to make changes to or edit all materials
submitted.
Send your
manuscript and official entry form to:
Oneswan
Productions
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