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2010
Spring Fiction
Contest

2010 Spring Fiction Contest


OnceWritten.com is looking for the high-quality, well-written short stories for our Fiction Writing Contest. Send us your best, unpublished piece for a chance to win $1,000.

To Enter

All entries must be original works that have not been published online or in print. Stories should generally not exceed 5,000 words, but we'd prefer writers focus on great writing, rather than strict word count.


Details

Prizes


   First Prize: $1,000 and publication

   Runner Up: $100 and publication

Deadline


   April 30, 2010

Reading Fee


   Daily Writing Sparks Subscribers: $15

   General Public: $20

Word/Line/Page Limit


   5,000 words

Notification


   July 15, 2010


Email
Submissions

Step 1


Complete the Entry Form below

Step 2


Make your payment of $20 by Pay Pal.
If the corresponding reading fee is not received (either by PayPal or by mail, your story will not be considered.)

Step 3


Please email your contest entry to: . Your name, address, phone number and email must appear on the email.

Please make sure the work is fully enclosed in the body of the email. Do not send attachments.

Entries must be received in-house by April 30, 2010 at 11:59 pm PST.


Mail
Submissions

Step 1


Complete the Entry Form below

Step 2


Make your payment of $20 by Pay Pal.
You may also mail a check with your entry.
Please make checks payable to OnceWritten.com.
Incorrectly completed checks will not be accepted.

Canadian Citizens: We do accept checks drawn on Canadian funds. If you pay in Canadian funds, please add $5 for currency exchange & processing.

If the corresponding reading fee is not received (either by PayPal or by mail, your story will not be considered.)

Step 3


Mail submissions with proper reading fee (made payable to OnceWritten.com) to:

OnceWritten.com
2010 Spring Fiction Contest
1850 N. Whitley Ave. #404
Hollywood, California 90028

Entries must be postmarked April 30, 2010 and received in house by May 7, 2010. Late entries will be returned unopened.

Your name, address, phone number and email should appear ONLY on a non-attached cover sheet. The title of your work should appear on the cover sheet, and should also appear, along with a page number, on every page of your entry.


Entry Form

Personal Information


To enter the contest, complete the following mandatory questions:

Paypal
Check/Money Order

This is the place to notify us if the name on your check or your pay pal entry doesn't match the name on your submission. If you have other comments or concerns, please email them to: .


Residency Requirements


No residency requirements apply; although all winning entries will be paid in U.S. currency. Winning writers MUST be able to accept checks drawn on an American bank OR Pay Pal.


Author Rights

OnceWritten.com does reserve the right to feature winning entries on the website and in publications promoting the website for the lifetime of OnceWritten.com. In the case that the author chooses to later re-print a winning entry in another publication, OnceWritten.com requests that written credit be given. Authors retain all other rights.


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