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December 2006 Writing Prompt Contest

December 2006 Writing Prompt Contest


Do you use writing prompts to help you get started? If so, we are looking for creative short stories, or story segments that originated from a writing prompt. Winning entries in this contest will be published in a "Writing Prompts" e-book which will be distributed free of charge to new subscribers to our OnceWritten.com newsletters to help them see what other writers do with Writing Prompts.

To Enter

To enter, select one of the following writing prompts and incorporate it in some way in a 500-word writing exercise. Our guidelines are VERY flexible for this contest, and great writing is far more important than strict adherence to prompts or word count.



Prompts

 Prompt 1
By mid January, her resolutions had alrady come hurtling back to smack her upside the head.

Prompt 2
Write a story or scene that begins with the following line: "I had declared 2007 as the year of me!"

Details

Prizes


   First Prize: $100 and publication

   Runner Up: N/A

Deadline


   December 15, 2006

Reading Fee


   Daily Writing Sparks Subscribers: Free

   General Public: $5

Word/Line/Page Limit


   500 words

Notification


   January 31, 2006


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Submissions

Step 1


Complete the Entry Form below

Step 2


Make your payment of $5 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 December 15, 2006 at 11:59 pm PST.


Mail
Submissions

Step 1


Complete the Entry Form below

Step 2


Make your payment of $5 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
December 2006 Writing Prompt Contest
1850 N. Whitley Ave. #404
Hollywood, California 90028

Entries must be postmarked December 15, 2006 and received in house by December 20, 2006. 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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