1st Prize: $300
2nd Prize: $200 in each category
Prize winners will be published in the Claremont Review and on the Writers Festival website.
Enter ONLY online at writersfest.bc.ca/youthwritingcontest
The Rules
- The contest is open to all young writers enrolled in Grades 8-12 in British Columbia.
- Entries will be accepted for previously unpublished work in each category:
- Poetry (any style): 500 word limit
- Creative Short Fiction: 1,500 word limit
- Entries will be judged blind. Please do not put your name on your story or poem in the file you have uploaded or in the file name.
- There is a $5 entry fee for each story or poem you submit, payable online through PayPal.
- We will accept entries in MS Word Document or PDF formats. Please use standard margins, 12-point font and double spacing.
- Winners will be selected by a panel of publishing and writing professionals.
- Entries must be uploaded and payment confirmed by 5:00pm October 27, 2013.
