JaC: Non-Fiction Writing Contests

Unbound Press Nonfiction Award - Deadline: 2012/08/31

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 22:00:00 +0200

Deadline: 2012/09/01
Fee: £ 5 - € 8 - $ 10
Prize: £ 500 - Publication - 1 free copy

Closing Date: August 31, 2012
We always make an effort to notify winners within 30 days of closing date.
1st Prize – £500, publication in 2012 print anthology, 1 free copy
2nd Prize – £250, publication in 2012 print anthology, 1 free copy
3rd Prize – £125, publication in 2012 print anthology, 1 free copy
Shortlisted – publication in 2012 print anthology, 1 free copy
Honourable Mentions – offer to publish in the quarterly ejournal Spilling Ink Review
Entry fee (per entry): £5 or €8 or $10

Guest Judge: Iain Bamforth
Iain Bamforth grew up in Glasgow, where he attended medical school and indelibly acquired what Robert Louis Stevenson called “the strong Scots accent of mind.” In a varied career as doctor and writer, he has worked as a general practitioner, hospital doctor (in the American Hospital of Paris as well as in the Australian outback), editor and translator, and since 2005 as a public health consultant in western Papua, the southern Philippines and other remote parts of south-east Asia. His publications include four collections of poems, a history of modern medicine as told through literature, and a collection of essays on European intellectual history (visit, Works). He writes for Quadrant, Times Literary Supplement, British Journal of General Practice, and has a regular column “Catchwords” on language, culture and ideas in PN Review. Home for the last fifteen years has been on the French side of the Rhine but within hailing distance of Germany. For more information about Iain please visit: iainbamforth.com (where you can experience the author reading his work, Sound Clips) and also read a selection of Iain’s work, Notebook.
Competition Guidelines

2,200 words max (no minimum).
This year the Nonfiction Award is wide-open to all styles. We welcome everything from creative nonfiction (a style which uses literary techniques to create factually accurate narratives) to journalism to biographies to travel writing to technical writing to articles to essays and letters. This isn’t an exhaustive list, of course, but it does give you an idea of broad spectrum of possibilities.
Multiple entries are accepted but must be accompanied with an entry fee.
Simultaneous submissions are accepted but please let us know as soon as possible if your entry has been accepted elsewhere or won/placed in another writing competition. Entry fees will not be refunded in this case.
Entries may be submitted via email or post. Entries submitted via email must be attached in the form of a Word (doc) or Rich Text Format (rtf). Entries submitted via post must be printed on standard-size paper and double-spaced. Entries sent via post will not be returned (please don’t send your only copy).
Please be kind when formatting and adhere to general rules of courtesy (i.e. 12pt standard font, double-spaced, pages numbered).
Your name, email address or any other distinguishing names should not appear in the body of your submission. For example, please don’t put your name and email address in the header or footer. It is fine to include the title of your submission.
Submissions must be entrant’s own original work and must be previously unpublished (if your work has appeared in an online workshop or a member’s only writer’s chat – etc – it is eligible for this competition).
International submissions are welcomed but all entries must be written in English.
As a condition of submitting, the author must hold the copyright of the entry. If the entry is successful Unbound Press will have one time publicatiopn rights. Copyright remains with the author.
Entries will be judged anonymously and all decisions are final.

How to Enter

You have two options: Online and Postal

Online Entry

You may submit your entry(ies) via email and pay the entry fee(s) online via PayPal. You do NOT need a PayPal account to use this option. Click the appropriate button below and you’ll be re-directed to a secure PayPal shopping cart. Please notice that you have the option to pay online in GBP (£), EURO (€) and USD ($). If you wish to enter more than one submission you will be given the opportunity to change the quantity on the PayPal shopping cart.
If you do not wish to pay online you may still submit your entry via email and send a cheque via the post. We can only accept cheques for GBP £ from a UK bank. Please make cheques payable to ‘Unbound Press’ and post to: Unbound Press, PO Box 16864, Glasgow, Scotland G11 9DJ.

Once you have a receipt/transaction number submit your entry via email to: unboundpress@gmail.com
Be sure to cut and paste your PayPal receipt/transaction number into the body of the email (or let me know that payment has been sent via post)
State the competition category in the subject line of your email
In the body of the email please include the following:

Name
Postal Address
Title of Entry and Word Count
PayPal Receipt/Transaction Number

Don’t forget to attach your story! Atachments must be in the form of a Word(doc) or Rich Text Format (rtf). It would also help if the document name is the title of your story.

Postal Entry

Entries submitted via post should be printed on standard-size paper and double-spaced. Please adhere to common formatting (such as 12pt font, Times New Roman – or similar standard font – double-spaced). We do not reject entries based on varied formatting but we do appreciate standard style.
Entries sent via email will not be returned. Please do not send your only copy.
If you do not have an email address or you wish to receive hard-copy confirmation that we received your entry, please include a SASE or postcard.
Postal submissions should be accompanied by a cheque from a UK bank made out to ‘Unbound Press’. We can only accept cheques in GBP (£).
Postal submissions should be accompanied by a coversheet stating the following:

Name
Postal Address
Title of Entry and Word Count
Email address (if available)

If you are more comfortable using a Competition Entry Form, please feel free to click the button below, print and submit with your postal entry.

http://unboundpress.files.wordpress.c ... ompetition-entry-form.pdf

Announcement of Winners
Winners and runners-up will be notified by email after the closing date and results posted on the Unbound Press website.

http://unboundpress.com/
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Switchback Flash Contest - Deadline: 2012/03/31

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:00:00 +0200

Deadline: 2012/04/01
Fee: Free
Prize: Publication (website)

Each month Switchback provides a prompt and we want you to send us your best work inspired by that prompt. The winning entry as decided by our editors will be featured on Switchback. Contest submissions can be poetry, fiction, nonfiction, or even art but must be 500 words or under. Please send us only one submission per prompt and only previously unpublished works. We accept simultaneous submissions but please notify us immediately of acceptance elsewhere. Make sure your name DOES NOT appear on the submission itself. The deadline for submissions is 5:00 pm on the last day of the month.

The March prompt is: "Three men walk into a bar."

http://www.swback.com/
http://www.swback.com/call/

Name our Webcast - Deadline: 2012/04/01

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 22:00:00 +0200

Deadline: 2012/04/02
Fee: Free
Prize: $ 500

We need your help! Feel Great Health, in association with "The Herb Doc" Dr. Tony O'Donnell, will soon begin filiming a new and exciting health-related webcast featuring Dr. Tony and other well-known guest stars from the healthcare industry. The show will focus on what's REALLY going on in America's healthcare industry and will prepare you to avoid being a victim of the over-testing, over-medicating culture of an industry that puts their profit before your health.

We need your ideas for a name for our new webcast.

The rules of the contest are simple:
Submit as many names as you like.
All ideas submitted must be original and free from any copyright restrictions.
All entries become property of Feel Great Health.
All entries must be received by April 1, 2012. No entries will be accepted after the contest ends.
In the even identical entries are received from different contestants, the entry received first will be the one that is considered.

http://feelgreathealth.com/
http://feelgreathealth.com/contest

Wag's Review Winter Writers Contest - Deadline: 2012/02/29

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0200

Deadline: 2012/03/01
Fee: $ 20
Prize: $ 1,000 - Publication (magazine)

Size limit: 10,000 words
Currently, Wag’s Revue is only accepting submissions for its Winter Writers Contest in fiction, poetry, and essays. First prize is $1,000 and publication in Issue 13; second prize is $500; and third prize is $100. All submissions are considered for publication. The contest is judged by the editors and closes February 29, 2012. Winners will be announced with the release of Issue 13 in August.

Please read all guidelines carefully before submitting. We also strongly encourage you to familiarize yourself with the magazine by reading our past issues, all of which are available for free at www.wagsrevue.com.

Each entry must be accompanied by a $20 reading fee, paid via PayPal, plus the $0.94 credit card fee and $1.15 Submishmash charges for its services. Check or cash not accepted. As our fiscal sponsor is the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), “NYFA EO Art” will appear on your statement. You are welcome to submit more than once to the contest, but note each entry must be paid for separately. Poetry submissions may include multiple poems but should not exceed ten pages. Fiction and Essays must be less than 10,000 words.

Wag’s Revue asks for first serial rights to all published work; all other rights revert to the author upon publication. All submissions must be previously unpublished. Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but please promptly withdraw your entry if it is accepted elsewhere by notifying us at editors@wagsrevue.com.

Author biographies should be kept brief and are not required. As the contest is blind, please refrain from including any contact or biographical information on the submission itself. We look forward to reading your work.

http://www.wagsrevue.com/
http://www.wagsrevue.com/submit.php

Top of the Mountain Book Award - Deadline: 2012/02/02

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0200

Deadline: 2012/02/03
Fee: $ 20
Prize: $ 100

Submissions are now being accepted for the Top of the Mountain Book Award. There are two categories, FICTION and NONFICTION. Please read the submission guidelines carefully.

First Place in each category receives $100 and recognition at the 2012 Northern Colorado Writers Conference and on the NCW website.
4 honorable mentions in each category will receive $25 each.

To Submit your contest entry, pay the $20 entry fee here and then follow the directions below for formatting and submitting the manuscript. If you have any questions feel free to contact us.

Top of the Mountain Book Award FICTION GUIDELINES
Dates of submission: December 20 – February 15, 2012

• The contest is open to unpublished novel-length fiction of any genre. No self-published, electronically published, or screenplays.
• Submissions must be author’s original work and not under contract for publication as of entry date.
• Submission must include a five-page double-spaced synopsis and the first twenty-five pages of the manuscript.
• Submission must be sent electronically to contests (at) northerncoloradowriters.com
• Manuscript must be formatted per standard industry guidelines:

Font: Times New Roman, 12 pt, black ink only.
1-inch margins all around. Ragged right margins.
Double spaced. 24-25 lines per page, except for the first and last pages of a chapter.
The first page of each chapter must begin one-third of the way down the page.
Header: Title and genre on left, page number on right.
Failure to properly format will result in disqualification.

• Author’s name must appear on cover sheet only. Inclusion of author name on synopsis or manuscript will result in disqualification.
• Submissions must be in English.
• Fee for entry is $20. Authors may submit multiple entries, but each must include entry fee.
• Authors need not attend conference to win.
• Judges are experienced critiquers and authors. Each entry will be evaluated by 2 judges, using a standardized score sheet. Judges' decisions are final.
• Finalists will be notified by email or telephone on or around March 15, 2012.

Judging criteria: (on a scale of 1-10, 100 points possible)

• Synopsis, including plot and character arcs
• Beginning hook – how well does the story grab the reader?
• Plot, pacing, and sense of story
• Originality and voice
• Setting/description/narrative
• POV–is it clear, appropriate to the story, and consistent?
• Dialogue
• Mechanics -- spelling, punctuation, grammar
• Placement in correct genre
• Correct formatting

Top of the Mountain Book Award NONFICTION GUIDELINES
Dates of submission: December 20 –February 15, 2012

• The contest is open to unpublished book-length nonfiction. No self-published, electronically published, or screenplays.
• Submissions must be author’s original work and not under contract for publication as of entry date.
• Submission must include a five to eight-page proposal and the first twenty-five pages of the manuscript.
• Submission must be sent electronically to contests (at) northerncoloradowriters.com
• Manuscript must be formatted per standard industry guidelines:

Font: Times New Roman, 12 pt, black ink only.
1-inch margins all around. Ragged right margins.
Double spaced. 24-25 lines per page, except for the first and last pages of a chapter.
The first page of each chapter must begin one-third of the way down the page.
Header: Title and genre on left, page number on right.

Failure to properly format will result in disqualification.

• Author’s name must appear on cover sheet only. Inclusion of author name on proposal or manuscript will result in disqualification.
• Submissions must be in English.
• Fee for entry is $20. Authors may submit multiple entries, but each must include entry fee.
• Authors need not attend conference to win.
• Judges are experienced critiquers and authors. Each entry will be evaluated by 2 judges, using a standardized score sheet. Judges' decisions are final.
• Finalists will be notified by email or telephone on or around March 15, 2012

Judging criteria: (on a scale of 1-10, 100 points possible)
• Proposal: Does it give a clear overview of the book and its marketability?
• Voice: Is it strong and consistent? Does author have a clear sense of their own writing style?
• Pacing and sense of story/narrative
• Originality: How is it different from other nonfiction of similar subject matter?
• Setting/description/narrative
• Is the message or theme clear and consistent?
• Dialogue
• Mechanics -- spelling, punctuation, grammar
• Placement in correct genre
• Appeal to intended audience?

http://www.northerncoloradowritersconference.com/
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Discovering the Undiscovered Competition - Deadline: 2012/02/15

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0200

Deadline: 2012/02/16
Fee: $ 23
Prize: $ 1,000 - Publication

$1000 Cash Prize In Fiction or Creative Nonfiction & Publishing Offers to Winners & Finalists

Open to all forms of fiction or creative nonfiction including novels, memoirs, or collections of short fiction & essays!

Submission Guidelines:

Manuscripts between 30,000-200,000 words. Our editors will, unlike most book-length contests, make exceptions on length. For special permissions, please email harmoni@notesandgracenotes.com
Manuscripts may be novels, novellas, memoirs, and works of creative nonfiction, collections of short fiction, creative essays, or a combination of the two.
All manuscripts must be in a standard 12 point font, reasonably edited for grammar and typographical errors, and sent electronically. We do not accept postal entries. Enough paper is wasted on this planet as it is.
Judging is blind at all levels. What that means is that the author’s name must not appear anywhere on the manuscript.
Submissions should be uploaded through our electronic submission manager and incluse the author’s name, mailing address, email address, phone Number, and title of entry in the comments section of the submission form. Judging is blind so it’s very important entrants include all required information in the proper place. No personal information should be included in the manuscript itself.
Initial judging will be conducted by a network of published writers and editors selected by Grace Notes Books. Finalists will be determined by a staff of editors from Grace Notes Books, NOTES Magazine, and Notesandgracenotes.com. Final judging will be conducted by Grace Notes Book’s primary editors.
Judge’s feedback and editors notes on entries made by the standard deadline will be sent out at the close of competition.
Entrants wishing to receive a copy of their judge’s feedback (regardless of finalist status) may do so by paying a small additional fee at the time of submission. Entrants may not do so after making their initial entry.
Entrants who choose the feedback option before the early bird deadline will receive their reader's notes by June 1st 2012 and will have the opportunity to revise and re-submit the manuscript for ½ the regular entry fee.
A non-refundable entry fee of $23 must accompany each manuscript. While we wish this were not required, we are a fledgling publishing company chasing a dream (in the middle of a national economic crisis) and an entry fee is a necessary evil. Entry fees will be contributed to prizes, with a percentage being donated to the free bi-monthly competitions hosted at notesandgracenotes.com, publishing costs for the winning title, and marketing for the winning book. In researching the subject of entry fees in similar competitions, we are confident you will find this fee more reasonable than most. There are competitions that charge as much for the entry of a single short story.

Prizes & Publishing Information:

Winning authors are not obligated to accept the publication offered by Grace Notes Books in order to receive their winnings. This is an optional offer.
The winning entry will receive a publication offer for their manuscript and the option of either a $1000 cash prize or an advance $350 against royalties and a standard publishing contract of 15% of the cover price (retail is generally $12.99 for our trade paperbacks).
The winning author will receive 5 contributor's copies of their book upon publication. They will also be able to use a discount for additional copies and pay only printing costs.
All finalists will be considered by Grace Notes Books for future publication and those offers may be made at the end of the competition.
In the case of a tie, winnings will be divided among entrants but the publishing options will remain the same and both manuscripts will be published.
All prizes will be paid upon publication of the winning titles. If the winning author turns down the publishing offer, prizes will be paid on the date publication would have taken place.

In the event that the winning author declines the publishing offer:

Grace Notes Books will select another of the finalist entries for the publication offer.
The winning author will receive the cash and product prizes they are entitled to. The publication offer that is made to a runner-up in this event may or may not come with an offer of advance payment, depending on funding at the time such an offer is made.

Just So We Understand Each Other…

By entering this competition you are acknowledging that you have read and agree to abide by these rules and that you may be disqualified for breaching these rules without a refund of your entry fee. You are acknowledging that you understand the publishing offers to be presented and that you are under no obligation to accept the publishing offer should your manuscript be selected as the winner.

Mission Statement for this contest & all Grace Notes publishing endeavors…

Grace Notes Books seeks works of quality and we do not believe that genre restricts quality. A great writer is a great writer whether they’re writing staunch literary epics or fun science fiction stories. We really enjoy stories that push the boundaries, blending styles, stories that have a strong entertainment value and are executed in the finest literary styling. In other words: Send us anything and everything-- as long as it’s wonderful.

Competition Timeline:

Contest Begins November 3, 2011
Early Bird Deadline February 15, 2012
Early Entry Feedback Sent June 1, 2012
Final deadline OCTOBER 1ST 2012
Finalists Announced October 31, 2012
Winners announced November 30, 2011
All requested feedback (for entries submitted after 2/15) sent on or before Jan.1st 2012.
Winning Book Published March 2013

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Salem College Center for Women Writers International Literary Awards - Deadline: 2012/02/03

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0200

Deadline: 2012/02/04
Fee: $ 15
Prize: $ 1,200

2012 Awards

Over $4,000 in prizes!

Reynolds Price Short Fiction Award for a single short story up to 5000 words

Judge: Kate Bernheimer

Rita Dove Poetry Award for a poem up to 100 lines (up to two poems per submission, any style)

Judge: Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Penelope Niven Creative Nonfiction Award for a single piece of creative nonfiction, including personal essay and memoir, up to 5000 words

Judge: Sigrid Nunez

The winner in each genre will receive $1,200. The two honorable mentions in each genre will receive $150.
Competition Rules and Requirements:

All entries should be mailed to Amy Knox Brown, Director of the Salem College Center for Women Writers, 601 South Church Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101.
Competitions are open to both women and men who write in English except Salem Academy and College employees and students.
All submissions must be unpublished. Postmark deadline: February 3, 2012. Winners will be announced by May 15, 2012.
The author’s name and address must not appear on the manuscript.
For each entry, you must include all of the following:
three clean typed copies of your manuscript (double space all prose entries)
one cover sheet per entry with your name, address, telephone number, email, the genre in which you’re submitting (fiction, nonfiction, or poetry), word count (for nonfiction and fiction)/ line count (for poetry), and the title of the work(s)
a check/money order for the $15 (in US dollars) reading fee per submission, made out to the Salem College International Literary Awards; and an optional SASE for notification of winners.
For further information, visit www.salem.edu/go/cww; or email cww@salem.edu; or contact Amy Knox Brown, Director of the Salem College Center for Women Writers, 601 South Church Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101. No phone calls, please.

http://www.salem.edu/community/cww/
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Polaris - Deadline: 2012/02/01

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:00:00 +0200

Deadline: 2012/02/02
Fee: Free
Prize: $ 75

Submissions without cover sheets or from non-undergraduates WILL NOT be accepted.

The undergraduate journal of arts and literature of Ohio Northern
University is now accepting submissions for poetry, fiction,
visual art, and nonfiction.

Prizes to be awarded in each genre:
1st place - $75 2nd place - $25.
Contest judged by genre editors.

Deadline is February 1, 2012
Winners will be published in Polaris, and all contest entries will
be considered for publication.

Nonfiction: Up to 5,000 words, creative nonfiction, humor,
travel narrative, other things.

Fiction: Up to 5,000 words, open to anything with an interesting
voice including absurdist, experimental, prose poetry, etc.

Poetry: Submit 3-5 poems, avant-garde, free verse, traditional.

Visual Art: Art submissions should be sent as .TIFF or .JPEG files.
All media are acceptable. Maximum of 3 works per artist.
Artists should also include a Microsoft Word document containing
their name, the titles and media of works submitted, and a brief
artist’s statement.

Please include a cover sheet with brief author bio and contact information including:
Author’s name (should not appear anywhere else on the document)
Genre & Title of Work(s)
Mailing Address
E-mail Address
Phone Number
Affiliated Undergraduate Institution
How You Heard About Us

Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but the author must notify us immediately if
his/her work is accepted for publication elsewhere. Contributors will be notified by
February 29 via e-mail.

Send submissions to onupolaris@gmail.com

http://polarismag.org/
http://polarismag.org/submit.html

Columbia: a Journal of Literature and Art Writing Contest - Deadline: 2012/02/01

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:00:00 +0200

Deadline: 2012/02/02
Fee: $ 14
Prize: $ 500 - Publication (magazine)

$500 prizes in each genre: fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Plus publication in our landmark 50th issue.

[JUDGES]
Fiction:
Dinaw Mengestu
How to Read the Air
The New Yorker “20 Under 40” 2010

Nonfiction:
Anne Fadiman
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
National Book Critics Circle Award 1997

Poetry:
Eileen Myles
Inferno: a poet’s novel
Lambda Literary Award 2010

Runners-up will be considered for publication on our website.

Guidelines:
Poetry: up to five poems
Fiction and Nonfiction: up to 15 double-spaced pages
Simultaneous submissions are fine; please write us if your piece is accepted elsewhere.

Deadline: February 1, 2012.
Entry fee is $14 and includes a copy of Journal 50.
Submit your work via our submission manager.

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT PAYMENT:
After your file is uploaded, you will be automatically directed to our payment portal, which will allow you to buy a virtual “ticket” to the contest ($13 plus 75¢ processing fee). This will look like a ticket to a literary event, but never fear, it is merely our way of processing contest fees.

Your submission will not be read by our judges if you do not pay the contest fee, so if you have any trouble, please contact us right away at Publisher.Columbia@gmail.com

http://columbiajournal.org/
http://columbiajournal.org/contests

Watch Me Bounce "Resilience" Contest - Deadline: 2012/05/20

Sat, 19 May 2012 22:00:00 +0200

Deadline: 2012/05/21
Fee: Free
Prize: Publication (website)

Watch Me Bounce is now accepting entries for its 2012 Resilience contest.

We are looking for stories and poems(both real-life and/or fictional) and poems about “resilience,” or triumph over stress and adversity. Stories and poems can be about about characters coping with stress, anger or fear, steering through challenges.

Themes
Stories and poems can be about one or more of the following three themes:
a. Surviving: getting through adversity
b. Bouncing back from adversity
c. Thriving: Bouncing Back and learning or growing from the adversity.

Topics/Categories
Stories can be about any type(s) of adversity, real-life or fictional, including:

Psychological/Emotional-related Adversities
Medical/Physical-related Adversities
Stress-related
Grief & Loss
Career
Family-related
General: this category applies to any story that may not fit into the above categories.

Note: Entries will first be judged in their specific category and will subsequently be judged in a general, overarching contest. If entries are not selected as winners in their specific category contest, they will still have a chance to be selected as winners in the General category.

Guidelines: Please read all Watch Me Bounce guidelines, terms and disclaimer prior to submitting any work to Watch Me Bounce.

Resilience can be written about in many ways. We welcome entries about resilience as steering though stress, fear and anger in real-time (emotion regulation); entries about overcoming adversity (bouncing back) and entries about not only surviving, but thriving on adversity (growth). Entries may cover one, two or all of these themes.

Before submitting, please read our Contest Rules, Disclaimer, Submission Guidelines and contest Terms and Conditions below.

NOTE: All authors and contestants MUST read the Contest Rules, site Disclaimer(s) as well as comply with all Contest Rules, Watch Me Bounce terms and disclaimer policies prior to entering their submission(s).

Watch Me Bounce is not and will in no way be responsible for entries submitted or published that do not meet the guidelines above. In addition, please note there is guarantee of publication.

Resilience Rules:

Stories and Poems can be any genre, as long as they are themed around the concept of resilience.

No Erotica, please. Inappropriate content will not be considered.

All work must be original. Multiple submissions are allowed.

Length: Stories and poems may be anywhere from 500 to 2000 words, poetry 1 to 30 lines.

Professionalism and proper grammar are both required. Please do not send us unedited work.

Prizes: Winners will receive a free Critique of their work by our editors and will be published and possibly featured on WatchMeBounce.com’s Home page.

Note: Watch Me Bounce only asks for one-time rights, which means you can publish your work anywhere else you like. You, as the author, retain the copyright. Authors can also retain first-time rights if they choose.

How to Submit:

Please e-mail editor@watchmebounce.com with the words “Watch Me Bounce Contest” in the headline. We will review your submission, contact you if you are selected as a winner, and notify each and every writer when the contest results are in.

Deadline: The Deadline for our 2012 Contest is set for May 20th, 2012. No submissions will be accepted after that date.

We encourage and welcome new as well as established writers to enter.

Stories will be judged by the Editors and staff of Watch Me Bounce. Winners will be selected based on the following criteria:

Plot structure and Character Development
Writer’s use of language to convey the story.
Professionalism and Grammar
Imagination and excitement: Does it grab readers from the beginning? Keep then engaged?
Lesson on Resilience: How well the story or poem convey the importance of having resilience? Or what happens when characters do not show resilience?
Remember: Resilience can be written about in many ways. We welcome entries about resilience as steering though stress, fear and anger in real-time (emotion regulation); entries about overcoming adversity (bouncing back) and entries about not only surviving, but thriving on adversity (growth). Entries may cover one, two or all of these themes.

For more, visit www.WatchMeBounce.com (“Contests” area).

Terms and Copyright Policy: Please read before submitting.

Watch Me Bounce (a.k.a. WatchMeBounce and/or WatchMeBounce.com) reserves the right to publish winning entries on Watch Me Bounce (WatchMeBounce.com) or in any other publication of Watch Me Bounce or Reichman Media after entries’ respective authors are informed. If selected as a winner, authors will be given an additional chance to refuse publication when notified they have won, but must do so in writing to editor@watchmebounce.com. Winners will be informed before publication. Authors retain copyrights and all other rights to any work they submit.

Watch Me Bounce reserves the right to refuse any entries that do not conform to our guidelines or are otherwise inappropriate.

Plagiarism and Spam will not be tolerated.

Any format and length is welcome, though we prefer stories under 2000 words. Poems may be up to 30 lines.

How to Enter: Please e-mail all entries to editor@watchmebounce.com, with your name, theme, type of adversity, and whether your story or poem is true or fictional.

Note: By entering your work into our competition, you are agreeing that if judged a winner, your work will be subsequently published with Watch Me Bounce (on WatchMeBounce.com) unless you (the author) request otherwise upon entering your work. We will, however, consider requests not to publish your work even if after it has been submitted, won the contest and been published, as long as you e-mail us first regarding the issue. Thank you for understanding.

Please do not use submit material that is hateful or offensive to any parties. In addition, do not submit any material that may in any way result in libel, slander, or the recognition of real-life persons.

DISCLAIMER: Watch Me Bounce is in no way qualified and does not claim to be qualified to treat or assist in medical, mental health or other type of health-related issues. We are merely a platform to help survivors and non-survivors of adversity share their stories, poems or other legal, non-offensive materials regarding this.

IF YOU NEED HELP, PLEASE CALL AN EMERGENCY NUMBER OR HOTLINE RIGHT AWAY.

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