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South Carolina Writers Workshop
High School Junior/Senior Literary Awards
Fiction and Poetry
First Place Winner in each category will receive $100.
Second Place Winners will receive $25.
Eligibility and Rules for Entry
Students in grades 11 and 12 currently enrolled in South Carolina schools are eligible. Each student may enter one manuscript in each category: fiction and poetry. All entries must be original and must be postmarked by March 1, 2006.
Each work must be typed on 8 1/2" x 11" white paper with an entry form as a cover sheet. Fiction should be double spaced. The student's name cannot appear on the entry itself. Please staple or clip pages together and number them. If you have questions, contact Betty Beamguard at bbeamguard@earthlink.net
Mail entries to:
Betty Beamguard
SCWW Contest Chair
13671 W Hwy 55
York SC 29745-8756
Note to teachers: We encourage you to have a classroom or school competition and send us only the winning entries. This would give your students local recognition for their writing, and our judges, who are volunteers, wouldn't be overwhelmed with submissions.
Catfish Stew - Volume 4
The new year is upon us, time for every member of SCWW to polish their prose, perfect their poetry and prepare their plays for our upcoming annual anthology. This is an excellent opportunity to see your work in print in a bound volume containing the best of SCWW. Every member of SCWW may submit one entry free of charge, aditional entries are only $3. This is an opportunity too good to miss! Let's all do the write thing and make this edition the best yet.
SCWW Anthology Guidelines
The South Carolina Writers Workshop will publish an anthology of the best works of its members for 2006. Catfish Stew, Volume 4 will feature writings in four categories: short fiction, essays, poetry, and plays. Winners in the anthology competition may have a maximum of three works published, regardless of category.
The anthology competition is open only to paid members of SCWW for 2006.
Members may submit one piece of writing at no cost. Additional manuscripts may be submitted for $3.00 each, regardless of category. Please make checks payable to SCWW.
Only unpublished work is eligible (except work previously published in The Quill). All fiction and essay submissions must be typed and double-spaced. Poems must be typed, either double- or single-spaced. Plays must be single-spaced in a standard publishing format. All entries should be suitable for a general audience.
The author's name must not appear on the manuscript(s). With each manuscript, please include a cover sheet (not a letter, please) containing the following information. Include one cover sheet for each set of four copies.
- Author's name
- Address
- Telephone number(s)
- E-mail address
- Title of manuscript
- Genre of manuscript
- Word count for prose, line count for poetry, or length of play in minutes
- File name of manuscript (as named on diskette or e-mail attachment)
Please pay close attention to length requirements. Any manuscripts exceeding the maximum length will not be accepted. Maximum lengths:
- Short fiction - 1,750 words
- Essay - 1,000 words
- Play - One act, less than 20 minutes.
- Poetry - 40 lines
Submit four copies of each manuscript in Rich Text or Microsoft Word format. Manuscripts may be submitted via USPS on a 3.5-inch IBM-formatted diskette or by email. Diskettes should be mailed to:
SCWW Anthology
c/o P.A. Graney
4452 Mandi Ave
Little River SC 29566
Email submissions should be addressed to patgraney@patgraney.com and have SCWW Anthology in the subject line.
Postal submissions must be postmarked by April 30, 2006.
Do not enclose SASE. Manuscripts and diskettes will not be returned.
We cannot accept Mac-formatted diskettes.
Manuscripts not meeting the above guidelines will be disqualified from competition. SCWW retains first-time publication rights until the anthology is published. At that time, publication rights revert to the author.
The Quill - Your Newsletter
Got news from your local chapter? Got a helpful writers web site to share? Got a caution about a bogus publishing opportunity or contest? Let's network our knowledge to build a better newsletter.
Deadline for submissions is the 21st of each month. Please send submissions to quilleditor@bellsouth.net either in the body of an e-mail or as an attached file in MS Word (DOC), Rich Text (RTF) or plain text (TXT) format. Articles accepted for publication will appear in The Quill and archived on the web. Writers retain all rights to their works.
Submissions may also be made on floppy disk and mailed to:
Leland Beaudrot
1 Cleveland St Ste 110
Greenville SC 29601-3646
Write on!
Leland Beaudrot, Editor
The Quill
All entries must be postmarked by January 10, 2006. We encourage you to send in your poems or artwork sooner rather than later, as we all know how the best laid plans can get sidetracked during the hectic holiday season.
We are very pleased to announce that Kathryn Stripling Byer, Poet Laureate of North Carolina; Marjory Heath Wentworth, Poet Laureate of South Carolina; and Fred Chappell, Immediate Past Poet Laureate of North Carolina, have all generously offered their help in spreading the word about the Kakalak contests, and have graciously contributed poems to the anthology! (At their suggestion, our poets laureate are not involved in the contest and will not be considered for cash prizes. For everyone else, the contest is the one and only path to publication in the Kakalak 2006 Anthology.)
With the deadline still a month away, we have been receiving contest entries from all over the Carolinas, giving us great confidence that the contest and the resulting anthology will have strong and diverse representation from all parts of the two-state region.
Please don't hesitate to contact us with questions or comments, or to confirm receipt of your contest entry, at this email address or at kakalakpoetry@aol.com.
Deadline: Postmarked by January 15, 2006
Guidelines and application forms for the South Carolina Fiction Project are currently available through the South Carolina Arts Commission. This annual writing competition, co-sponsored by The (Charleston) Post & Courier, calls for previously unpublished short stories of 2,500 words or less. Up to 12 short stories will be selected for publication; each writer whose work is selected will receive $500 for first publication rights.
Applications may be obtained by:
1. Internet: http://www.SouthCarolinaArts.com/fictionproject/
2. Mail: Send request to
South Carolina Arts Commission
ATTN: SC Fiction Project
1800 Gervais St
Columbia SC 29201
3. Phone/email: Call 803/734-8766 or email boykingw@arts.state.sc.us
Finishing Line Press is currently accepting entries for our New Women's Voices Chapbook Competition. Open to women who have never before published a full-length book of poems. Last year's winner was Kay Sloan for The Birds Are On Fire. Please submit 16-26 pages of poetry (one poem per page), title page, bio, acknowledgments, SASE, and $15 entry fee to our new location: Finishing Line Press, PO Box 1626, Georgetown KY 40324. The winner receives a $100 cash award, publication, ISBN, and 25 copies of her chapbook. Sample Chapbook $6.00
Deadline: January 15, 2006 (Postmark)
In addition to the winning manuscript, up to 10 manuscripts will be selected for publication in the NWV series.
Email: kevin@finishinglinepress.com
Call for Manuscripts for Spring 2006: “The Healing Arts”
Born of the cataclysmic events of recent history, this issue of Nimrod International Journal will contain works dealing with natural and man-made devastation — war, flood, terrorism, disease. We also welcome submissions on any subject by doctors and other practitioners of the healing arts.
In this way, we demonstrate once again how art and literature are part of the healing process, inviting us to express grief, pain, anger, and love, while the demands of craft — including an absence of sentimentality and cliché — dictate that those emotions be shaped and transmuted into lasting story and poem.
Deadline for submissions: January 15, 2006
Publication date: April, 2006
Send to: Nimrod, The University of Tulsa , 600 S. College Ave. , Tulsa , OK 74104
Call for Manuscripts for Fall 2006 – Oklahoma Centennial Celebratory issue: Nimrod "Doing the Hundreds at Fifty"
100 writers help celebrate Oklahoma's 100 years of statehood and the 50th year of the publication of Nimrod International Journal. The theme is deliberately open and invites interpretation.
"Doing the Hundreds at Fifty" encourages us to think about how we divide experience into segments of memory; how we capture—in decades, eras, centuries—public and private history.
"Doing the Hundreds at Fifty" may also suggest a playful exchange between numbers and words. For example, poems of 100 words or 100 stanzas; short and short-short fiction of multiples of 100.
"Doing the Hundreds at Fifty" reminds us of the importance of counting, of meter, of digits, of choreographed units.
Celebrating our 50 th year of publication, and the 100 th year of Oklahoma statehood, this issue will be part of a double issue, including Awards 28. The double issue will include “Doing the Hundreds at Fifty,” as described above, and the winners, honorable mentions, and finalists of the 28th Nimrod/Hardman Awards competition.
Send us your take on "Doing the Hundreds at Fifty" and also submit to our 28th Awards competition.
Deadline for submissions for “Doing the Hundreds at Fifty:” March 1 st, 2006
Deadline for the Awards competition: April 30th, 2006 (for rules visit www.utulsa.edu/nimrod/awards.html
Send to: Nimrod, The University of Tulsa, 600 S. College Ave., Tulsa, OK 74104.
On January 16, 2006, Oprah Winfrey will announce a new book club selection and will also announce Oprah's National High School Essay Contest based on the book and open to high school students across America. A panel of learned judges will select 50 high school students. Each finalist, along with one designated parent or guardian, will receive a trip to a special Oprah Show taping in late February.
Deadline for entries is Monday, February 6, 2006, so time is of the essence. For the latest details on Oprah's National High School Essay Contest, stay tuned to Oprah.com.
Advance your travel writing and photojournalism career at the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) weekend Institute for Travel Writing and Photography, now in its 11th year, Jan. 27-29, in Orlando, Florida. The Institute, open to both SATW members and non-members alike, covers the basics of travel writing and photography in 15 hours of workshops, informal luncheons, dinner, and social events. The pace is intense, the atmosphere collegial, and for many, life-changing.
Find out more about the Institute on the Internet, at www.satw.org, or the Institute's website, www.satwinstitute.com, or by contacting Herb Hiller, the Institute's Director, at tel. 386/467-8223, or email hiller@funport.net.
In collaboration with Southern Methodist University Press’s new “Sport in American Life” series, Creative Nonfiction will publish a special issue of the journal called Anatomy of Baseball. Submissions for this issue (scheduled for publication in Spring 2007) should focus on a specific aspect of the sport. Potential topics might include:
- Positions--for example, playing shortstop or catcher
- Equipment--the mitt, the bat, the ball, etc.
- Rules--for example, the changing strike zone or the designated hitter
- Special skills--such as throwing a curve ball, or stealing bases
Memoir or stories of personal experience are welcome, as are profiles of players, managers, coaches, umpires or others. Possible subjects for this issue are limitless, but a strong focus on one aspect of the sport is essential. Ideally, essays will combine a strong and compelling narrative with a significant element of research or information. Submissions must be received by February 1, 2006 and should be sent to:
Creative Nonfiction: Anatomy of Baseball
5501 Walnut St Ste 202
Pittsburgh PA 15232
Foothills Writers Guild Writers Workshop
The 17th Annual Writers Workshop, sponsored by the Foothills Writers Guild will be held February 17 -18, 2006 at Anderson College in Anderson, South Carolina. Guest speakers include Terry Kay, novelist: To Dance with the White Dog; Marjorie Lloyd, IDEALS Magazine Editor; Kelly Nickell, Writer's Digest Books Managing Editor; Shirley Serviss, poet; Ellis Vidler, author; Juanita Garrison, newspaper columnist, and Jim Rasheed, playwright.
Early registration by February 1, 2006 is $125. After February 1, registration is $145. Friday registration only is $40. Saturday registration only is $110. Student registration is $35. Fees include workshop, materials, T-shirt for Saturday attendees, snacks, Friday evening meal, continental breakfast, and Saturday luncheon.
If you plan to attend the workshop and want your manuscript evaluated by Writer's Digest Book Managing Editor Kelly Nickell, send 15 pages of prose with $25 by January 3, 2006 to FWG, PO Box 164, Anderson, SC 29622. If you would like a registration form or more information, please e-mail your home address to wrightwriter@aol.com.
SCWW Night @ East Bay Coffee House
Ellie Davis at East Bay Coffee House in Charleston (159 East Bay Street Between McCrady's & South End Brewery) has offered to let us have her Monday Night Blues spot on February 20th! Typically the fun starts at 8 PM.
What this means is any SCWW member who is interested can do a reading of his or her work of about 4 to 8 minutes, depending on the number of folks interested. OR you can offer to read someone else's in our own Catfish Stew!
Here's what you do: Contact Mary Harris at wordnotes185@hotmail.com.
Let her know WHAT you will be reading. Leave your email AND phone number. She'll take sign ups until February 12th.
So come on and join in the FUN.
Writing Contest Rules
- One Prize: $1,000
- Postmark Deadline: March 31, 2006
- Winner will be announced by May 31, 2006
- Entry Fee: $20
Rules:
- Short story, any topic (no adult, hate, or racist), no more than 5,000 words. No previously published works. Include title, author's name, full address, phone, and email address.
- Manuscripts must be in English, and typed. No handwritten submissions or email submissions will be accepted.
- Manuscripts without the proper entry fee will not be accepted. Please do not mail original manuscripts!
- Manuscripts will not be returned. Contest is open to US residents only.
- You may enter as many times as you like, but each entry must each be accompanied by a $20 fee, and mailed separately.
Send manuscript entries and entry fee to:
Cindy Thomas
C/O AuthorMania.com Writing Contest
1210 County Rd 707
Buna TX 77612
Please make checks and money orders payable to Cindy Thomas.
As stated on AuthorMania.com: The contest must draw at least 50 paid entries in order to award the $1000 prize. In the event that the contest does not draw enough entries to award the $1000 prize, the amount it does draw will be awarded to the winner. Once enough entries are received to award the $1000 prize, this notice will be removed from AuthorMania.com.
Poetry Contest Rules
- One Prize: $400
- Postmark Deadline: March 31, 2006
- Winner will be announced by May 31, 2006
- Entry Fee: $20
Rules:
- Poems and poetry, any length, any topic (no adult, hate, or racist), no word limit.
- No previously published works. Include title, author's name, full address, phone, and email address.
- Manuscripts must be in English, and typed. No handwritten submissions or email submissions will be accepted.
- Manuscripts without the proper entry fee will not be accepted. Please do not mail original manuscripts!
- Manuscripts will not be returned. Contest is open to US residents only.
- You may enter as many times as you like, but each entry must each be accompanied by a $20 fee, and mailed separately.
Send manuscript entries and entry fee to:
Cindy Thomas
C/O AuthorMania.com Poetry Contest
1210 County Rd 707
Buna, Tx 77612
Please make checks and money orders payable to Cindy Thomas.
As stated on AuthorMania.com: The contest must draw at least 20 paid entries in order to award the $400 prize. In the event that the contest does not draw enough entries to award the $400 prize, the amount it does draw will be awarded to the winner. Once enough entries are received to award the $400 prize, this notice will be removed from AuthorMania.com. If we get enough entries over the $400 prize amount, we will award a second place prize. A second place prize will only be awarded if enough paid entries are received to cover another prize amount, and we have no idea what, if any, amount that will be until we receive or do not receive said entries.
The Piccolo Fiction Open is looking for your best short story, your craftiest paragraphs, your most concise day dreams. This year the theme is:
sight, seeing, hallucinations, and premonitions
The theme can be interpreted anyway you like, and can figure as minimally or as dominantly as you prefer. The word limit is 1100.
Please submit 4 copies of your original, unpublished work by April 15, 2006.
Include one separate cover page with your contact information and title of the work, a $5 submission fee (made out to the city, as follows) and a self-addressed stamped envelope. The $5 entry fee is waved for military personnel and veterans. At the top of your work, include the title of the story and your telephone number. Send to PFO2006/City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs, 133 Church St., Charleston, SC 29401.
The Piccolo Fiction Open is a literary component of the Piccolo Spoleto Arts Festival. The PFO is sponsored by the City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs. In past six years, the winning stories have been read by the authors during the festival, broadcast by SC Public Radio's Your Day, and published in the Charleston City Paper.
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