Guidelines
Annual Postmark Deadline:
May 30
Reading Fee: $10.00/entry
U.S. funds only
Winning entries will be published in future issues of
the WRITERS' Journal.
Send Entries to: (Multiple entries from one party may be mailed in one
envelope.)
"Short Story Contest"
Val-Tech Media
P.O. Box 394
Perham, MN 56573
Please make checks or money orders payable to:
WRITERS' Journal
Submissions must be postmarked by the deadline date. (May 30)
Manuscripts will
not be returned
Rules: Length must not exceed 2,000 words.
Manuscripts must be typed, double-spaced
on 8 1/2" x 11" paper.
Only one copy of each entry required:
~ Writer's name must not appear on submission.
Each submission must include:
~ A separate cover page with the name of contest, title of manuscript, writer's name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address if available.
~A title page with the manuscript title only.
~On the manuscript itself, each page headed with a title key word and page number.
~Nowhere on the manuscript should the author's name appear.
No staples please.
Photocopies accepted - manuscripts will not be returned.
For those without Web access, a winner's list can be obtained by sending a #10 SASE.
Only original, previously unpublished stories accepted.
Copyrights to manuscripts remain with author. WRITERS' Journal requires only one-time rights to winning entries.
Reading fee must be included.
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