CHAPTER CONTEST CATEGORIES (C categories)
(18C to 25C)
18C. Columbia Chapter presents Sci-fi/Horror poem: Send your imaginative and weird works! No restrictions on style or length. Published or unpublished submissions accepted. accepted. Send to: Columbia Chapter Sci-fi/Horror POETRY and SHORT STORY CONTEST c/o Linda Fisher, CCMWG President, PO Box 1746, Sedalia, MO 65302.
19C. Columbia Chapter presents Sci-fi/Horror short story: Break out those vampires, zombies and little green men! Word limit 1500 words. No graphic violence please. Published or unpublished submissions accepted. Send to: Columbia Chapter Sci-fi/Horror POETRY and SHORT STORY CONTEST c/o Linda Fisher, CCMWG President, PO Box 1746, Sedalia, MO 65302.
20C. Joplin Writers' Guild presents It's a Mystery! Unpublished short stories; 1,500 word limit. No excessive gore or violence. Send entry and fee to: Joplin Writers' Guild Mystery Contest, c/o Sandy Jordan, 9246 Highway AA Neosho, MO 64850.
21C. Saturday Writers presents Flash Fiction: Send us your fiction from 99-500 words. Entries may be published or unpublished. No excessive gore or violence. Send to: Saturday Writers Flash Fiction Contest, c/o Donna Volkenannt, 32 Country Crossing Estates Drive, St. Peters, MO 63376.
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22C. Whispering Prairie Press (Kansas City Writers Group) presents Best Short Story or Essay. Limit 2500 words, unpublished only. Entries will be considered for publication in KC Voices, a publication of Whispering Prairie Press. Send to: Carolyn Hall, 26260 W. 67th St. Shawnee, KS 66226-3339.
23C. Writers Society of Jefferson County presents Missouri Highways and Byways. Anything relating to the world of Missouri. 1500 words. Send to: Writers Society of Jefferson County Best Riverside Story Contest c/o Doris Mueller, 3366 Lake Bend Drive, Valley Park, MO 63088.
24C. St. Louis Writers' Guild presents Best Nonfiction Short Story. 1500 word limit. Published or Unpublished. Send to: St. Louis Writers' Guild Best Essay Contest c/o Faye Adams, 12600 McKinstry Road, De Soto, MO 63020.
25C. Springfield Writers' Guild presents Best Free Verse Poem: Any subject, unpublished, 40-line limit. Send to: Lee Ann Russell, 1004 N. Rogers Ave., Springfield, MO 65802.
SUBMISSION PROCEDURE FOR CHAPTER CONTEST
1. Entries may be unpublished or published, according to each chapter's rules.
2. Members of a chapter may not enter that chapter’s contest unless an outside judge is used in the judging.
3. For published works (where allowed), only published copies or photocopies are permitted. Unpublished entries (where allowed), need to be double spaced (single-space for poetry), using 12pt font, Times New Roman or Courier New.
4. Entry fee for all chapter categories is $5.00. Checks must be made out to the sponsoring chapter (for example: St. Louis Writers Guild or Whispering Prairie Press, etc.).
6. If chapter contests do not receive at least 12 entries, the category may be canceled, and entry fees will be returned.
AWARDS
1. All categories will be awarded a first place prize of $25 and a certificate, a second place prize of $15 and a certificate, and a third place prize of $10 and a certificate. Honorable mention certificates may be awarded.
2. Chapters will be responsible for awarding the certificates and prize money at the conference banquet to their category winners.
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