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ReadingWriters
MOVE IT OR LOSE
IT
Contest
www.readingwriters.com/contest.htm
DEADLINE
July 31, 2008
(Midnight, PT)
A well-paced story
is impossible to put down. As soon as one conflict is
resolved, another one rears its ugly head. It’s the
stuff that keeps us up all night, turning pages.
What's the speed
of your
storytelling? Give us
a tale set in the past, present or future. We don’t care
where he goes or how she gets there, but your lead
character must hit
three cities
within the span of the story. On your mark, get set, pace
it!
GRAND
PRIZE
$100
Story published in
The VERB
One
story Opinion,
also
published in The VERB
Signed copy of
Elizabeth Guy's
book,
Making A
Scene with Mush Pump and Ice Noodle
Entry Fee:
None
Length
may
be up
to
2,000. But
not a word more.
(Your contact information
and your title are not included in the word count.)
Entries
must be original and
unpublished.
Send only
your best.
Once
submissions arrive, no
revisions
will be accepted.
Open
to writers worldwide.
Unlimited.
You may submit multiple stories.
The judge
for this contest
is Elizabeth Guy. Read
her bio on the Readers page of the website.
Winner
will be notified via email
September 8, 2008.
The
winning story will be published in the
September issue
of The
VERB.
Aside
from the
winning entry, this
contest offers no
Opinions.
As always,
complete
contest
results will be announced on the website.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
All
contest
entries must be
submitted electronically. You may paste your text within the body of an
email or send it as an attachment in a PDF or a Microsoft Word .doc.
We do not
accept any other formats.
At the top of your submission, please provide:
~ your name
~ your mailing address
~ your email address
~ word count
Capitalize
title. All
submissions must have a title.
Font
should be
black
12-pt.
Arial, Courier or
Times Roman, double-spaced. Separate
scenes with a few
centered
pound signs: #####.
Confirm
we've
received your entire submission by including the words:
The End.
Subject:
Move It or
Lose It Contest
You
are now ready to submit to:
contest@readingwriters.com
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RIGHTS ·
Winner
grants ReadingWriters,
publisher of The
VERB writing
ezine, First Electronic Rights. Simply put, this means you allow us to
publish your story first
on the Internet.
After September
2008, the
story will move
to The
VERB archives
and remain there until you ask us to remove it. You,
the winning
author, retain
all
other rights to your work. These
First Electronic Rights apply to the
winning
entry only.
Other entrants retain
ALL rights to
their work.
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