Our 16th Annual Contest!
Send in your best
fiction, creative non-fiction, or poetry
to the 2017 VWS Annual Writing Contest.
Prizes for each category: 1st $300.00
2nd $200.00
3rd $100.00
Contest Rules:
Submissions:
- Entries are to be postmarked not later than May 01, 2017, but may also be hand-delivered to the VWS general meeting at the Central Library, Victoria, 7:00 pm May 03, 2017.
- Submit typed hard copy only. We do not accept electronic submissions.
- Entries will not be returned.
- Mail to:
Victoria Writers’ Society,
Annual Writing Contest,
P.O. Box 8311, Victoria, B.C.
V8W 3R9.
Entry forms:
- Your name should NOT appear on the manuscript.
- Complete all sections of only one entry form for the contest.
- Include your e-mail address. It is important that your e-mail address be legible.
- Writers may submit only one entry per category (fiction, creative non-fiction, or poetry) but may submit in any or all categories, all covered by a single entry form.
Entry fees:
- $15.00 per entry for VWS members
- $20.00 per entry for non-members
- Cheques or money orders payable to Victoria Writers’ Society for entry fees to accompany entries. Please note that we are not set up to receive electronic or plastic payments.
- An entry fee must be paid for each submission.
Format:
- Entries should be on letter-size paper (8 1⁄2” x 11”), in an easily readable font such as Arial 12 Pt, and double-spaced for stories.
- Poetry to be single spaced.
- Title of work should appear at top of each page.
Word count:
- Must be shown at top left-hand corner of first page of each submission.
- 2,500 words maximum for fiction and creative non-fiction.
- 100 lines for poetry.
Eligibility:
- The contest is open to residents of Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands.
- Work previously published or currently under consideration for publication elsewhere is not eligible to enter this competition.
Winners:
- Winners will be notified by August 21, 2017 and will be invited to read their winning works at the VWS General meeting on September 06, 2017.
- The winning works will be published in the December 2017 edition of Island Writer Magazine.
- Authors retain copyright after publication.
- Winners’ names will appear on the VWS website after the September 06 readings.