Emma K. C. Couette is the author of Silent Night and Sacred Ruse, the first two books of a YA dystopian trilogy. She has written a few award-winning short stories and dabbles in poetry.
Visit her website: https://www.emmacouetteauthor.com/
Author of:
Silent Night
Open to Young Writers
Ages 9 to 21 from any Country
Deadline: June 30, 2013
Finalists Announced:
September 20, 2013
Winners Announced LIVE at the Junior Authors Writers Conference on October 19, 2013 (You do NOT have to be at the conference if you win. You will be contacted by email or phone and will get your prize.)
COMPETITION AGE CATEGORIES
Category 1 — Ages 18 – 21*
*You can be no more than 21 years old as of June 30, 2013.
Category 2 — Ages 15 – 17
Category 3 — Ages 12 – 14
Category 4 — Ages 9 – 11
The first place winning entry in each category will be published on the Junior Authors Contest website and the author of that entry will receive a signed copy of Polly Wants to be a Writer: The Junior Authors Guide to Writing and Getting Published by Laura Thomas. The top six writers in each age category will receive Amazon Gift Cards in the following amounts:
1st place – $100
2nd place – $25
3rd place – $25
4th place – $25
5th place – $25
6th place – $25
For complete rules, go to the Contest website.
via Jim Denney
Are you ready? The deadline is tomorrow!
Each year the Lakefield Literary Festival awards six teen writers for their work in fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Winners will receive $100 and see their work published in The Peterborough Examiner and online in the Young Writers Contest Ebook.
The rules:
1. Writers can enter through their schools or by mailing in their entry on their own.
2. There are two divisions: Junior (Grades 9, 10) and Senior (Grades 11, 12).
3. Genres are fiction prose, non-fiction prose and poetry. Writers are free to choose their topic and subject. Literary critiques and journalism assignments are not accepted. Writers can enter only one piece in each category.
4. Entries must be entirely original and suitable for copywright. Avoid using trade names in the piece. Quotations and paraphrases must be attributed.
5. Entries must be 500-1,000 words in length (with a few words either way acceptable). Take time to revise and review before submitting.
6. The title page must be a separate first sheet with name, grade, name of teacher, name of school, writer’s address, telephone number and whether the entry is fiction, non-fiction or poetry. Include an email address if possible.
7. Submit four copies of each entry.
8. The deadline is 6 p.m. on Friday, May 10. Entries can be handed in to teachers or mailed to Young Writers at the Lakefield Literary Festival, Box 1114, Lakefield, Ont., K0L 2H0.
9. Prizes go to best fiction, best non-fiction and best poetry, in senior and junior divisions, six prizes in all. Each winner receives $100 at an awards ceremony at the Lakefield Literary Festival on July 13.
Are you ready? The deadline is fast approaching!
Each year the Lakefield Literary Festival awards six teen writers for their work in fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Winners will receive $100 and see their work published in The Peterborough Examiner and online in the Young Writers Contest Ebook.
The rules:
1. Writers can enter through their schools or by mailing in their entry on their own.
2. There are two divisions: Junior (Grades 9, 10) and Senior (Grades 11, 12).
3. Genres are fiction prose, non-fiction prose and poetry. Writers are free to choose their topic and subject. Literary critiques and journalism assignments are not accepted. Writers can enter only one piece in each category.
4. Entries must be entirely original and suitable for copywright. Avoid using trade names in the piece. Quotations and paraphrases must be attributed.
5. Entries must be 500-1,000 words in length (with a few words either way acceptable). Take time to revise and review before submitting.
6. The title page must be a separate first sheet with name, grade, name of teacher, name of school, writer’s address, telephone number and whether the entry is fiction, non-fiction or poetry. Include an email address if possible.
7. Submit four copies of each entry.
8. The deadline is 6 p.m. on Friday, May 10. Entries can be handed in to teachers or mailed to Young Writers at the Lakefield Literary Festival, Box 1114, Lakefield, Ont., K0L 2H0.
9. Prizes go to best fiction, best non-fiction and best poetry, in senior and junior divisions, six prizes in all. Each winner receives $100 at an awards ceremony at the Lakefield Literary Festival on July 13.
Each year the Lakefield Literary Festival awards six teen writers for their work in fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Winners will receive $100 and see their work published in The Peterborough Examiner and online in the Young Writers Contest Ebook.
The rules:
1. Writers can enter through their schools or by mailing in their entry on their own.
2. There are two divisions: Junior (Grades 9, 10) and Senior (Grades 11, 12).
3. Genres are fiction prose, non-fiction prose and poetry. Writers are free to choose their topic and subject. Literary critiques and journalism assignments are not accepted. Writers can enter only one piece in each category.
4. Entries must be entirely original and suitable for copywright. Avoid using trade names in the piece. Quotations and paraphrases must be attributed.
5. Entries must be 500-1,000 words in length (with a few words either way acceptable). Take time to revise and review before submitting.
6. The title page must be a separate first sheet with name, grade, name of teacher, name of school, writer’s address, telephone number and whether the entry is fiction, non-fiction or poetry. Include an email address if possible.
7. Submit four copies of each entry.
8. The deadline is 6 p.m. on Friday, May 10. Entries can be handed in to teachers or mailed to Young Writers at the Lakefield Literary Festival, Box 1114, Lakefield, Ont., K0L 2H0.
9. Prizes go to best fiction, best non-fiction and best poetry, in senior and junior divisions, six prizes in all. Each winner receives $100 at an awards ceremony at the Lakefield Literary Festival on July 13.
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