2012 “Imagination begins with you…” - Annual High School Short Story Contest
Contest Description: Short story, less than 1,500 words.
Prizes: First place winner receives $50 and $50 to school library
Second place winner receives $25 and $25 school library
Third place winner receives $10 and $10 school library
Deadline: emailed or post marked by March 15, 2012
Submission: email to bclaspell@gmail.com (no attachments please, just include story in the text of the email) or mail to Brian Claspell - 104 Ivy Hollow Ln - Mooresville, NC 28117. Include: Name, email address, high school and year in school, word count, and title of story.
Winners announced in May. Winning stories will be posted on Brian Claspell - Author Facebook fan page. Some entries, including winners, may be published in a collection of short stories (Note: Any proceeds from the sale of this collection will be used solely for future short story contest and educational charities).
Criteria: Short stories will be judged on creativity and imagination. Any genre (fiction/non-fiction) is acceptable.
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Guidelines: Short Story Contest
• First, second and third place prizes will be awarded. Awards will be Fifty US dollars ($50), Twenty-five US dollars ($25) and ten US dollars ($10) for each the author and the author’s school library.
• The winning story and other finalist stories will be posted on the “Brian Claspell – Author” Facebook page.
• Winners will be announced in May 2012.
• Contest is open to all High School students in the United States who are currently attending a public, private, alternative or home school.
• There is no entry fee.
• Entries must be postmarked or emailed by March 15, 2012.
• All entries must be unpublished and 1,500 words or less. Works must be submitted in English. The work must be your original work and you must own the rights to the story (cannot have previously sold it or use copyrighted material without permission).
• The author (you) will retain all rights to the story, and will grant the contest sponsor the right to publish on Facebook and/or in a short story collection.
• Only one entry per person is allowed. More than one entry will result in all entries being disqualified.
• All entries should be emailed or mailed or Brian Claspell at bclaspell@gmail.com (no attachments please, just include the story in the text of the email) or 104 Ivy Hollow Ln - Mooresville, NC 28117.
• Every entry should include: Name, address, email address, high school and year in school, word count, and title of story (NOTE: Your personal information will not be sold, distributed or otherwise used except for purposes of this contest). The stories will be judged blindly, so do not include your name or any other identifier in the text of the story.
• The winner will be announced in May 2012. The winner’s story will be posted on Brian Claspell’s Facebook fan page “Brian Claspell - Author (Imagination continues here)”.
• Some entries, including winners, may be published in a collection of short stories (Note: Any proceeds from the sale of this collection will be used solely for future short story contest and educational charities).
• Stories should not contain degrading material.
• The decisions of the judges are final.
• Note: Every effort will be made to make the contest fair and unbiased. Stories will be read by the judges without any identifier of the author’s name or location. Immediate family members (children and siblings) of the judges are not permitted to be winners.
• First, second and third place prizes will be awarded. Awards will be Fifty US dollars ($50), Twenty-five US dollars ($25) and ten US dollars ($10) for each the author and the author’s school library.
• The winning story and other finalist stories will be posted on the “Brian Claspell – Author” Facebook page.
• Winners will be announced in May 2012.
• Contest is open to all High School students in the United States who are currently attending a public, private, alternative or home school.
• There is no entry fee.
• Entries must be postmarked or emailed by March 15, 2012.
• All entries must be unpublished and 1,500 words or less. Works must be submitted in English. The work must be your original work and you must own the rights to the story (cannot have previously sold it or use copyrighted material without permission).
• The author (you) will retain all rights to the story, and will grant the contest sponsor the right to publish on Facebook and/or in a short story collection.
• Only one entry per person is allowed. More than one entry will result in all entries being disqualified.
• All entries should be emailed or mailed or Brian Claspell at bclaspell@gmail.com (no attachments please, just include the story in the text of the email) or 104 Ivy Hollow Ln - Mooresville, NC 28117.
• Every entry should include: Name, address, email address, high school and year in school, word count, and title of story (NOTE: Your personal information will not be sold, distributed or otherwise used except for purposes of this contest). The stories will be judged blindly, so do not include your name or any other identifier in the text of the story.
• The winner will be announced in May 2012. The winner’s story will be posted on Brian Claspell’s Facebook fan page “Brian Claspell - Author (Imagination continues here)”.
• Some entries, including winners, may be published in a collection of short stories (Note: Any proceeds from the sale of this collection will be used solely for future short story contest and educational charities).
• Stories should not contain degrading material.
• The decisions of the judges are final.
• Note: Every effort will be made to make the contest fair and unbiased. Stories will be read by the judges without any identifier of the author’s name or location. Immediate family members (children and siblings) of the judges are not permitted to be winners.
I'll be submitting a story this year, though I don't know what about. I was going to send one about a band of thieves, but one of the guidelines (in case you didn't read them) was "no degrading content". I'm not entirely sure what defines "degrading content", but I'm going to err on the side of caution, just in case. I'd like to do something funny, but I have a ghost story haunting (ghost, haunting, get it? Yeah, it's bad) my thoughts, and I thought it might be fun to try. I'll see. I'll probably end up doing something I haven't thought of yet.
Ooooooooh! This sounds fun... I noticed that there aren't any restriction on stories written before this was published. I might enter, but even if I don't, I'll write a story and post it on my blog. Thanks for this! I never would have found it.
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