ST. JOSEPH WRITERS GUILD
presents
WRITING FOR FUN
The Fifth Annual
Writing Contest
for Northwest
Missouri/Northeast Kansas
Middle School and
High School Students
Prizes awarded Saturday, February 16, 2013.
POETRY SHORT STORY/ESSAY
Prizes include:
1st Prize $25.00 Cash
2nd Prize $20.00 Cash
3rd Prize $10.00 Cash
Plus
Certificates of Participation and many more prizes.
One entry per student.
See Entry Guidelines below for more details.
All entries must be received by January 25, 2013.
Email your entry to:
ENTRY GUIDELINES
Poetry
1. The work must be your own.
2. The subject matter must be appropriate.
3. The poem must rhyme.
4. The poem must have 24 lines or less.
5. The poem must be typed or data formatted.
6. The
poem should be single spaced.
7. The author’s name should not be under title
of poem.
8. Cover sheet information must include:
Name
Complete
Address
Telephone
Number with Area Code
Email
Address
School
Grade
in school
Category:
Poetry
Title
of Poem
9. Be sure to use grammar and spelling
check before submitting.
Short Story and/or Essay
1. The work
must be your own.
2. The subject
matter must be appropriate.
3. The short
story or essay must be 500 to 1000 words.
4. The work must
be typed or data formatted.
5. The work
must be double spaced.
6. The author’s name should not be under
the short story or essay title.
7. Cover sheet information must include:
Name
Complete Address
Telephone Number with
Area Code
Email Address
School
Grade in school
Category: Short Story or Essay
Title of Short Story or
Essay
8. Be sure to use grammar and spelling
check before submitting.
