Get your entries submitted TODAY!
HOUSTON WRITER’S GUILD’S 2014 FALL CONTEST!
The deadline, September 15, 2014, is around the corner. Contest is open to all writers (regardless of publishing status) with original, unpublished work. First place in each category wins $75. Winners will be announced at the 2014 Houston Writers Guild Winter Conference. Everyone will receive score sheets with feedback via email after the winners are announced.
Contest Categories
Children’s/YA/NA
Mainstream/Contemporary
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
Romance/Women’s Fiction
SciFi/Fantasy/Paranormal
Memoir/Nonfiction
Short Story
Poetry
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HWG reserves the right to cancel a category if an insufficient
number of entries are received.
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Fees
Manuscript Fee: $25 HWG members/$30 non-members
Multiple entries: $15 for subsequent entry.
Please note that each manuscript can only be entered once.
Additional entries must be from different manuscripts.
More than one manuscript can be entered in the same category or in different categories.
Poetry Fee: $15 HWG members/$20 non-members
Multiple poetry entries: $10 for subsequent entry.
US funds paid through PayPal or
by check to HWG, POB 31160, Houston, TX 77231
Formatting:
- Entries: the first 3000 words of your original, unpublished work saved as a DOC file. A synopsis or proposal (up to 500 words) should be included at the beginning of the document. The synopsis/proposal will be judged. The entire submission cannot exceed 3500 words.
- Poetry Submissions: One poem up to three pages in length or a collection of four haiku per submission.
- One inch margins, double spaced, font: Times New Roman 12.
- Header: category, title and page number.
- File name should be in the following format: GENRE_TITLE (ex: YA_THE FAULT IN OUR STARS)
- Author’s name must NOT appear anywhere on pages submitted.
- Failure to follow the contest rules and formatting guidelines will result in disqualification and forfeiture of entry fee.
Email your entry to: [email protected]
In the body of your email, include: author name, title, amount paid and method of payment.
Deadline to enter is September 15, 2014 at midnight CST. Questions about the contest? Email [email protected]