Writers, Ink. Contest 2018
(Coming Soon!)
Would you like to win a cash prize for your submission(s)?
Beginning September 1, 2018, Writers, Ink. of Greater Phoenix will hold its third writing contest!
Entries will be received from September 1 until midnight PST December 31, 2018.
All entries will be considered for publication in Ink. Spots of Greater Phoenix Anthology-Volume Four, expected publication date July 1, 2019.
- Fiction winner receives $100 and three copies of the anthology*
- Creative non-fiction winner receives $50 and two copies of the anthology*
- Best poetry winner receives $30 and one copy of the anthology*
- Best artwork/photo receives $10 prize and one copy of the anthology*
*All winners must accept publication to receive prizes.
Entries may be:
- UNPUBLISHED fiction (all genres accepted provided they are in good taste)
- UNPUBLISHED creative non-fiction (any, including blogs)
- UNPUBLISHED poetry
- UNPUBLISHED photos, artwork (jpeg format, please)
Entrants (writing) will be scored using a standardized score sheet and will receive a copy of their score sheet after all entries have been judged and tallied--KEEP IN MIND THAT PROPER FORMATTING AND FOLLOWING ALL INSTRUCTIONS WILL COUNT FOR 25 PERCENT OF TOTAL SCORE, SO BE SURE TO STRICTLY FOLLOW ALL GUIDELINES!
All judges meet one or more of the following criteria:
- Has written a piece that has won an award
- Has written and published (self or traditional) at least one, article, poem, short story, and/or book
- Has experience with writing, editing, and/or publishing
The non-refundable entry fee for fiction/creative non-fiction is $30 per piece, limit 5,000 words per piece.
The non-refundable entry fee for poetry is $15 for three poems, 4 pages MAX each, single-spaced with one line between stanzas.
The non-refundable entry fee PER photo/artwork is $5 (.jpeg ONLY). All photos will be considered for publication and judged by the co-editors jointly. Photos should be artistic in composition (may be photos taken of personal artworks—paintings, sculptures, etc.).
Contributors ONLY may submit without entry fee; however, there is an editing charge for accepted pieces--guidelines for contributions will be emailed to contributors ONLY. Payment of the Writers, Ink. Contest entry fee ensures judging of piece and a chance at winning. Please consider entering the contest.
All rights retained by entrants/contributors once publication occurs.
ANYONE who qualifies, not just members of this group, may enter.
Writer’s, Ink. group members MAY enter any piece that has been workshopped within the group.
Contributors who do not win (or those who contribute ONLY and do not enter) will have the opportunity to purchase ONE book at half price.
All contributors (and one guest) will be invited to the LAUNCH PARTY next year!
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS
YOUR NAME MUST NOT APPEAR ANYWHERE IN THE DOCUMENT OR FILE NAME, ONLY ON THE ENTRY FORM!!!
SAVE THE FILE BY ITS TITLE ONLY!
All edits final; if you don’t like the changes, you may withdraw from publication unless you are a winner. It should go without saying that you should only submit your very best effort, edited to the very best ability that you possess BEFORE you send it out.
All fiction/creative non-fiction, poetry pieces must be done in .doc, .docx, or .rtf (rich text) formats, 1” margins, DOUBLE-SPACED (except for poetry—single space it with a blank line after the title and each stanza), Times New Roman 12 pt. font, with the header RIGHT aligned in the same font to include the name of the piece in italics/page number. It should look like this at the top of the page in the header section:
Red Skies/1
NO EXTRA BLANK LINES ANYWHERE IN BODY OF DOCUMENT. No special fonts (Times New Roman 12 only), font colors or font sizes. No BOLD. No underline. Use of ALL CAPS and italics is permitted. (Editors do their own formatting.)
ONE space ONLY between words and sentences, not two, or three. (Use Show/Hide—the backward “P” in the home menu of Word to see spaces and paragraph endings. Spaces appear as dots between words and paragraph endings as a backward “P” at the end of the paragraph.) Numbers should generally be spelled out except in special cases--percents, money, years, etc.
Paragraphs should be set up like this (BEFORE you type in the body of your work, but AFTER you CENTER THE TITLE and hit Enter):
Use the Paragraph setup menu (in the home menu of Word). Set it to the following and click OK
Alignment: Left
Outline Level: Body Text
Left and Right Indentation: 0”
Special: First line By 0.5”
(Each time you separate a section with asterisks--three only, centered: * * * --take OFF the Special 0.5" indent to do so, then hit ENTER and set the Special indent back to 0.5" to continue.)
Spacing Before and After: 0”
Line Spacing: Double
When typing the piece, PLEASE DO NOT HIT ENTER UNTIL YOU ARE AT THE END OF A PARAGRAPH. It will automatically indent to half an inch when you hit Enter for the next paragraph, so DO NOT use TABS to indent. Tab marks cause problems with Kindle. Co-editors will have to manually remove these if you have used them. If you do all this, it will make our co-editors’ jobs (and ANY editor’s job) a LOT easier (and YOUR SCORE a lot higher).
ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED AS EMAIL ATTACHMENTS--DO NOT COPY AND PASTE THE WORK INTO THE MESSAGE AREA OF THE EMAIL. Email submissions to group facilitator/contest coordinator: [email protected].
All contributors will be listed at the back of the anthology with their photos (.jpeg headshots) and writer bios—50-200 wds. Please include links to webpage and/or email for contact from readers. Send this information in two separate attachments (one for bio and one for headshot) along with submission.
SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE BY DECEMBER 31, 2018 AT MIDNIGHT, PST. FACILITATOR/COORDINATOR/TREASURER MUST RECEIVE PAYMENT FOR SUBMISSION VIA PAYPAL AT THE TIME OF SUBMISSION OR IT WILL BE REJECTED. MORE THAN ONE ENTRY MAY BE SUBMITTED IF PAID FOR AS A SEPARATE ENTRY.
In PayPal, please use this email address: [email protected] and make the payment to FRIENDS AND FAMILY (PayPal charges a fee otherwise). Write in the message to recipient area:
Your Name
Title of Piece(s) or Photo
Contest Category (Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction, Poetry, Photography/Artwork
Submission to Writers, Ink. 2018 Contest
It is recommended that you check out Ink. Spots 1 or 2 (available very inexpensively in eBook format on Amazon) to see the kinds of pieces that were published.
Good Luck!
Entry Form
(Copy text below from "Writers, Ink. Contest 2018" to the end of the page and paste into a Word Document, fill in and send as an email attachment.)
Writers, Ink. Contest 2018
Entry Form
(Please use a separate entry form for each creative fiction or non-fiction submission, for each group of three poems, or for each photo. Starred items below are required.)
*Name:
*Street Address:
*City, State, Zip:
*Email address:
*Phone (only used if contact is of a timely nature):
*Title(s) of Submission(s):
*Contest Category(ies):
*Email address YOU used for PayPal payment:
Remember!!! Submit proper payment via PayPal to this eAddress: [email protected]
BEFORE you submit your entry. Be sure to follow the Contest Guidelines above on HOW to submit proper payment.
Remember!!! Your name MUST NOT appear ANYWHERE in your submission or in the filename of the submission, only on this entry form. Thanks!
Remember!!! Submit this form and your entry as email attachments in one email per entry to facilitator at: [email protected]
Entry Form
(Please use a separate entry form for each creative fiction or non-fiction submission, for each group of three poems, or for each photo. Starred items below are required.)
*Name:
*Street Address:
*City, State, Zip:
*Email address:
*Phone (only used if contact is of a timely nature):
*Title(s) of Submission(s):
*Contest Category(ies):
*Email address YOU used for PayPal payment:
Remember!!! Submit proper payment via PayPal to this eAddress: [email protected]
BEFORE you submit your entry. Be sure to follow the Contest Guidelines above on HOW to submit proper payment.
Remember!!! Your name MUST NOT appear ANYWHERE in your submission or in the filename of the submission, only on this entry form. Thanks!
Remember!!! Submit this form and your entry as email attachments in one email per entry to facilitator at: [email protected]