Canada's favourite writing contest is back! Enter now for your chance at literary fame and fortune.
This year the 8th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest has adopted some new rules. We've posted some Postcard FAQs to help out along with way.
Rules:
Make your own postcard using photos, drawings or images in the public domain, write a story inspired by that postcard, then send us the image and the story. The relationship between image and story can be as subtle as you like, as long as the contest judges can see the connection.
Maximum length: 500 words, fiction or non-fiction, prose or poetry.
Winning entries will be published in Geist and at geist.com. For inspiration, check out last year's First Prize winner, Glamour, by Leslie Stark. Visit our postcard story page online for winning entries from previous years.
Honourable mentions will be published at geist.com.
First Prize: $250
Second Prize: $150
Third Prize: $100
Honourable Mentions: Swell Geist gifts
(more than one prize per category may be awarded)
How to enter:
ONLINE:
Click here. You will be prompted to upload your story, image and to pay your entry fee.
BY MAIL:
Type your literal postcard story on standard paper, in at least 11-point type, and attach the image with a paper clip (no staples, please). Judging is blind, so do not write your name on the story or the card. Include a cover letter with these details:
Your name
Story title(s)
Address
Phone number
Email address
How you found out about the contest
(Your personal information is kept confidential and will be used by Geist only to contact you.)
Entry Fee: $20 for the first entry (includes a 1-year subscription or subscription extension), $5 for each additional entry.
Send your entry by mail, with a cheque for the entry fee, to:
Geist Postcard Contest
#210 - 111 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 1H4
Entries must be postmarked no later than January 15, 2012.
Questions? Check out our Poscard Story Contest FAQs here.
Still unsure? Email geist@geist.com or call 604-681-9161.
THE FINE PRINT: Winning entries: Geist takes first serial rights for print and non-exclusive electronic rights to post the text at geist.com. All other rights remain with the author. All publication rights for non-winning entries are retained by the entrants. Postcards will be returned if requested. Geist contests are open to all entrants except Geist staff, contract employees, board members and executives of the Geist Foundation.