Call for Entries
2013 Short Story and Essay Writing Contest
Bethesda Magazine and the Bethesda Urban Partnership are partnering to sponsor a short story and essay contest.
The following are the contest details and rules:
Short Story Contest
Deadline: January 25, 2013
Eligibility: Residents of Montgomery County, MD and Upper NW Washington, D.C. (ZIP codes 20015 and 20016) are eligible.
Categories
Adult (18 and over)
High School (grades 9-12)
(Writers must specify whether they are entering the young adult or the adult contest.)Requirements
Short stories both categories must not exceed 4,000 words. Submissions must be sent via the online form below. Please upload the story at the bottom of the form in one of the following formats: doc, docx, txt or pdf. On the first page, please put the category at the top (e.g. Adult Short Story), followed by your name, mailing address, phone number and email. Please include a title for your story, single space your document, do not use paragraph indents and include an extra line of space between paragraphs. Please do not include any personal information on the pages of the story. Only one short story per entrant (you may submit one short story as well as one personal essay). Submissions that do not conform to these guidelines will be disqualified.
Questions? Please e-mail contests@bethesdamagazine.com or call 301-718-7787, Ext. 207.
Essay Contest
Deadline: January 25, 2013
Topic: Open
Eligibility: Residents of Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Virginia are eligible.
Categories
Adult (ages 18 and over)
High School (grades 9-12)Requirements
Essays must not exceed 500 words. Submissions must be sent via the online form. The writer’s full name, mailing address, phone number and e-mail address must be in the email and on the cover page of the essay itself. Please do not include any personal information in the body of the essay. Only one essay per person may be submitted. Submissions that do not conform to these guidelines will be disqualified.
Questions? Please email lpatterson@bethesda.org or call 301-215-6660, ext. 42.
Awards for Short Story and Essay Contests
Adult Category
First place: $500 and the winning short story and essay will be published in the July/August issue of Bethesda Magazine.
Second Place: $250
Third Place: $150
Honorable Mention: $75
The first-place winners will also receive a gift certificate to The Writer’s Center. Each winning, second, third and honorable mention short story and essay will be published on the Bethesda Magazine and Bethesda Urban Partnership websites. All winners will be honored at a special event during the Bethesda Literary Festival.
Young Adult Category
First place: $250 and the winning short story and essay will be published in the July/August issue of Bethesda Magazine.
Second place: $100
Third place: $50.
The winning, second and third place, and honorable mention short stories and essays will be published on the Bethesda Magazine and Bethesda Urban Partnership websites.
