Young writers are invited to enter works of poetry, short fiction, or creative nonfiction in the 2014 Eastern Oregon Youth Writing Contest is looking for young writers to submit poetry, short fiction or creative nonfiction.
The event is open to students from Umatilla, Morrow, Baker, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Union, Wallowa and Wheeler counties. Submissions must be postmarked by Saturday, Feb. 1. Previously published work and works in translation will not be accepted.
Within each writing genre, a $10 cash-prize winner and an honorable mention will be selected from each of the following categories: elementary (grades three through five); middle (grades six through eight); and high school (grades nine through 12).
All prizes include complimentary registration for the Students Writers’ Workshop Saturday, Mar. 8, at Eastern Oregon University. Prizewinners are encouraged to attend and read from their writing to kick off the workshop’s open mic.
Contestants should send in one envelope a page containing their name, address, phone, email, grade level, school, teacher, title and genre of each work (short fiction, creative non-fiction, or poetry).
Writers should also include six copies of up to three works without their name, typed in 12-point font and printed on single-sided pages. Title and genre should be included on each copy.
Students or teachers and schools should keep copies of work, as manuscripts will not be returned. Submission indicates permission to publish in venues selected by the Oregon Writing Project. All rights, otherwise, revert to the writer.
Send submissions to Nancy Knowles, Director, Oregon Writing Project at EOU College of Arts & Sciences, Loso Hall 154, Eastern Oregon University, One University Blvd., La Grande, Ore., 97850.
For more information go online or contact Knowles at (541) 962-3795 or e-mail her nknowles@eou.edu.
