Writing Contest
100 Word Stories
Prompt: library
Submission
Guidelines and Rules:
The prompt, ‘library’, must be used in the story.
Stories must contain exactly 100 words. Stories over 100
words or falling short of 100 words will be disqualified. Hyphenated words will
count as one word.
Submissions must be typed and e-mailed in the body of a
message to stories100word@gmail.com between
1 January 2015 and 31 October 2015. Attachments will not be opened. Failure to
submit the story in the body of an e-mail will result in disqualification.
E-mails should include the author’s name, age, story (in the
body of the message), and phone number.
Entries will be considered and used as they are submitted.
The committee will not make any edits to the author’s original submission.
Please edit your work before you submit.
All entries should be original and unpublished.
A committee will be formed to select the winning entry. While
multiple entries may be worthy of a prize the committee will only be able to
select one (1) grand prize winner and one (1) runner-up from each the following
categories:
- Super Storytellers: Kids up to 11 years old
- Fantastic Fictioneers: 12 – 17
- Pleasureful Plotters: 18 +
Once the committee has selected the contest winners, their
decision is final.
- Prizes:
o Grand
Prize: Kindle w/touchscreen display
o Runners-up:
$10 Visa gift card (1 for each category)
Winners will be announced and their 100 word stories read at
the Carnegie Library’s 100th birthday celebration on Monday, 7
December 2015 at 7 p.m.
Limit: One entry per person. Multiple story entries will
result in the disqualification of all entries by that person. (Wait to submit
until you know which story you want to be considered by the committee.)
By submitting a 100 word story you are granting the Library unlimited
rights in using and displaying your story for Library purposes. This includes,
but is not limited to: in-library displays and posts on the Library’s website
and social media sites.
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