SPONSORS’ CONTEST (S categories)
(8S to 17S)
8S. Best Ozarks Article (Sponsored by Ozarks Mountaineer Magazine) Article focusing on some aspect of the Ozarks. Word limit 3,000 words or less.†
9S. Best Newspaper or Magazine Column (Sponsored by Missouri Press Association) Entry must include 2 samples of the column (ex: a sports column from two different Fridays).†
. Entry must include 2 samples of the column (ex: a sports column from two different Fridays).†10S. Best Restaurant Review (Sponsored by Sauce Magazine) Tell us about your best or worst experience! Word limit 3,000 words or less.†
. Tell us about your best or worst experience! Word limit 3,000 words or less.† () Article focusing on some aspect of the Ozarks. Word limit 3,000 words or less.†. Entry must include 2 samples of the column (ex: a sports column from two different Fridays).† . Tell us about your best or worst experience! Word limit 3,000 words or less.†11S. Best Historical Article (Sponsored by Rural Missouri) Any article about the past will do. Word limit 3,000 words or less.†
. Any article about the past will do. Word limit 3,000 words or less.†12S. Best Nostalgia Article (Sponsored by Rural Missouri) Share your bittersweet longings for the past with us! Word limit 3,000 words or less.
. Share your bittersweet longings for the past with us! Word limit 3,000 words or less.13S. Best Health Article (Sponsored by Hale Fireworks, LLC ) Article focuses on any aspect of health. Word limit 3,000 words or less.†
14S. Best Humorous Article (Sponsored by JoAnna Dale) Make us laugh, make us cry (tears of joy, that is). Word limit 3,000 words or less.†
. (Make us laugh, make us cry (tears of joy, that is). Word limit 3,000 words or less.†. Article focuses on any aspect of health. Word limit 3,000 words or less.†. (Make us laugh, make us cry (tears of joy, that is). Word limit 3,000 words or less.†15S. Best Business Article (Sponsored by Show Me the Ozarks Magazine) Any article focusing on a business or article written for corporate employees. Human resources topics would also work. Word limit 3,000 words or less.†
(16S. Best Travel Article (Sponsored by Missouri Life) Any article focusing on a tourist spot, a vacation destination, or a place to visit will be accepted. Word limit 3,000 words or less.
17S. Best Juvenile Book (Sponsored by Missouri State Teachers Association) Fiction or non-fiction work accepted. This should be a book such as a board book, picture book, easy reader, middle grade or young adult novel. A published copy of the book is accepted. Fiction or non-fiction work accepted. This should be a book such as a board book, picture book, easy reader, middle grade or young adult novel. A published copy of the book is accepted.
. ( (Any article focusing on a tourist spot, a vacation destination, or a place to visit will be accepted. Word limit 3,000 words or less. . (Fiction or non-fiction work accepted. This should be a book such as a board book, picture book, easy reader, middle grade or young adult novel. A published copy of the book is accepted.
SUBMISSION PROCEDURE FOR SPONSORS’ CONTEST
1. Contest is open to all Missouri Writers' Guild members, MWG chapter members, or anyone attending the MWG conference who has paid her/his attendance fee. MWG membership or chapter membership must be paid and up-to-date.
2. In cases of co-authorship, both authors must be current, paid MWG members, chapter members, or attendees.
3. The editor of a multiple-author anthology must be a MWG member, chapter member, or attendee and may enter the complete book while individual authors published in the anthology enter their work in appropriate individual categories.
4. All submissions must have been published within the last two years
5. Published copies or photo copies are permitted.
6. Materials submitted for the contest will not be returned.
7. Entry Fees: Send check or money order, payable to the Missouri Writers’ Guild.
a. Category 8S-16S ($5 each)
b. Category 17S ($10)
8. Mail entries for Sponsors’ Contest and fee to:
Mary Nida Smith,
162 Stamford Drive
Lakeview, AR 72642-8903
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9. Sponsors’ contests can be canceled if fewer than 6 entries are received. Entry fees will be returned.
AWARDS
1. Categories 8S through 16S awards: first place: certificate and $25; second place: a certificate and $15; third place: a certificate and $10. Honorable mention certificates can be awarded if the judges wish to recognize certain entries.
2. Category 17S awards: first place: certificate and $50; second place: certificate and $30; third place: certificate and $20. Honorable mention certificates may be awarded.