Pell City Pens
Submission Manager
General Guidelines -->1. Rule violations will result in disqualification and those entry fees will not be returned.
2. DEADLINE: March 15, 2011.
3. AWARDS: 1st Place: $150. 2nd Place: $75. 3rd Place: $40. Up to 3 HM.
4. Contest Open to all Adult Writers Internationally.
5. Entries must be in English, Original & UNPUBLISHED. That includes Self-Published, eBooks, POD (Print on Demand) and Internet (your website or blog, or anyone else's website or blog).
EXCEPTION: Work posted on a password-protected website for critique is eligible for entry.
6. Entries blind judged. Do Not put your name on entries.
7. Please keep a copy of entries because they will not be returned.
8. Multiple Entries OK (max. of 4 in each category) but Only One Prize Awarded to any Winner in each category.
9. Winners of money prizes in previous years may enter new work. Other entrants may re-enter a previous submission only if it's been revised beyond the level of pushing commas around.
10. 1st Chapter of a Novel entries: Novels need not be complete.
11. Entries Not published. Authors retain all rights.
12. Winners notified by email prior to announcement on PC Pens website in early June. Awards issued by check and mailed within a week after the announcement. Winners residing outside the United States may request a different payment method.
13. Brief comments helpful to all entrants posted on website within a few weeks after winners announced. We may also send feedback directly to a few writers.
Contest: Essay - $9.00
(pdf, doc, txt, rtf, odt)
Size limit: 2,000 words max.
Any type of nonfiction or creative nonfiction, including personal and memoir.
Contest: 1st Chapter of Novel - $12.00
(pdf, doc, txt, rtf, odt)
Size limit: 3,500 words max.
Any genre.
Contest: Poetry - $7.00
(pdf, doc, txt, rtf, odt)
Size limit: 40 lines max.
Any form, including rhymed and free style.
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