Nonfiction Contest

Dead of Winter Nonfiction Contest

It’s the dead of winter. Your hands are cold. Your feet are cold. Your earlobes are cold. Everything is cold. Outside, the landscape is a frozen whitish-blue. Dreary, if you think about it. But inside you beats a writer’s heart, warm with thoughts of stories, old and new. Fond reminisces, important ideas, strong opinions. Send them our way. We’re waiting for a good read over a steaming cup of hot chocolate!

NOTE: Open theme. Dead of Winter is the name of the contest, NOT the theme.

Guidelines

Free critique available upon request! Write “free critique” on your entry and provide either a SASE or an email address.

For optional line edit, enclose an additional $2 per page, plus 9 X 12 SASE with enough postage for returning your story.

DEADLINE: Postmarked by February 10, 2011. DO NOT SEND BY CERTIFIED MAIL.

ENTRY FEE: $10 per entry, 3 entries max. Checks payable to The Write Helper.

PRIZES: 1^st Place $150 2^nd Place $75 3^rd Place $50

RULES:

· Open subject, nonfiction only*. Memoir, essay, articles, prose, humor. (No porn or gore.)
· Unpublished, original work.

·         2,500 words or fewer.
·         Standard manuscript formatting.
·         Contact information upper lefthand corner of page 1 (name, address, email).
·         Mail in 9X12 or larger envelope with sufficient postage to:

Dead of Winter Nonfiction Contest
c/o Amy Harke-Moore
104 Harke Lane
Old Monroe, MO 63369

· For online entry, paste story in an email AND attach story, also. Include name, title, and contact info and send to amy@thewritehelper.com. Click on appropriate PAY NOW button below. You will be promptly notified that your entry and payment have been received. (Note: Each online entry is an additional $1 for processing fees.) If you would like an optional line edit at $2 per page, please email us, and we will be happy to arrange this!

For a list of winners, check our website: thewritehelper.com the second week of March. Winning entry will be published on our website.

* Note: Please respect that this is nonfiction and refrain from making up details to enhance the story. That's fiction. If you're unsure about your piece, please contact us!

Manuscripts will not be returned.