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Short Story and Poetry Contest

Member Short Story and Poetry Contest Rules

Contest Rules

·        Authors must be dues paying members of active GFWC clubs

·           Entries must be typewritten, double-spaced, with minimum margins of 1" on all four sides, one side only, on 8 1/2 x 11" paper. 

• Entries must be written during the contest year.

• Writers must be amateurs, earnings from writing must not exceed $500 annually.

·        Entries may not have been published prior to the competition and must be original works by the author.

• Entries must have the following in the top right hand corner of each page:  author's name, e-mail address, mailing address, telephone number, name of local club/state, and title of manuscript/poem.

• Manuscripts will not be returned.  Authors should keep a copy.

By submitting your short story or poetry to GFWC, you are providing GFWC with a royalty-free perpetual license to use, reproduce, post, display, create derivative works, sell, license, or sub-license the work in any media now known or later invented without limitation, for commercial or non-commercial purposes.

Short Story Rules

·        Short stories limited to 2,000 words.

Poetry Contest Rules

·        Entries of poems can be any style, with a minimum length of eight lines and a maximum of 50 lines.

·        Entries must be typewritten, double spaced, with minimum margins of 1", one side only, on 8 1/2 x 11" paper.

Please send to address on Entry Form:

        Three (3) copies of entry with an Entry form and 

        And Judging Sheet (with name and title of work)

        Attached to each copy.

Short Story and Poetry Contest

Youth Contest Rules

Contest Rules

·        Entries must be typewritten, double-spaced, with minimum margins of 1" on all four sides, one side only, on 8 1/2 x 11" paper.

·        Entries must be written during the contest year.

·        Writers must be amateurs, earnings from writing must not exceed $500 annually.  

·        Manuscripts may not have been published prior to the competition

·        Manuscripts  must be original works by the author.

·        Entries must have the following in the top right hand corner of each page:  author's name, e-mail address, mailing address,  telephone number, name of local club/state, category, and title of manuscript/poem.

·        Manuscripts will not be returned.  Authors should keep a copy.  

By submitting their short story or poetry to GFWC, authors are providing GFWC with a royalty-free perpetual license to use, reproduce, post, display, create derivative works, sell, license, or sub-license the work in any media now known or later invented without limitation, for commercial or non-commercial purposes.

Categories

Category 1:     Grades 1 - 3                        Category 3:  Grades 7 - 9

Category 2:     Grades 4 - 6                        Category 4:  Grades 10 - 12  

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Youth Short Story Contest Rules  

·        Short stories limited to 2,000 words  

·      Youth may enter one short story for club contests on the local level.  

Youth Poetry Contest Rules

·        Entries of poems can be any style, with a minimum length of eight lines and a maximum of 30 lines.

·        Youth may enter one poem for club contest on the local level.

Please send to the address on Entry Form:

    Three (3) copies of entry with an Entry Form

    And Judging Sheet (with name and title of work)

    Attached to each copy.