Contest: Oregon Writers Colony (Deadline Aug. 15)

Oregon Writers Colony presents two contests:

Short Stories, Both True and Imagined & The Elizabeth Bolton Poetry Contest

Short Story Awards:
~ 1st/$200, 2nd/$100, 3rd/$50, 1st Honorable Mention/Certificate of Achievement.
~ Additional Honorable Mentions credited in Colonygram and on OWC website.
~ First place winners are featured on the cover of the Colonygram.

Poetry Awards:
~ 1st /$100, 2nd/ $ 50, 3rd/ $ 25, and Honorable Mentions credited in Colonygram and website.
~ First, Second and Third prize poems will be published in OWC Colonygram.

Short Story Contest Rules:
- Original, unpublished short story, fiction or nonfiction.
- Word limit: 2500 max.
- Fee per entry: $10/OWC member, $15/non-member, $10 optional fee for judges' constructive critiques.
- Standard manuscript format (double-spaced, one-inch margins, 12pt. Courier or Times Roman font)
- Title, word count and category (fiction, nonfiction) on first page.
- NO author name on story. This is an anonymous contest
- Multiple entries okay.
- One entry per submission packet

Poetry Contest Rules:
- Up to three poems per entry, any form or style, original and
unpublished.
- Fee per entry: $10/OWC member, $15/non-member
- NO author name on poems. This is an anonymous contest
- Multiple entries okay.
- One entry (up to three poems) per submission packet.

Include in Short Story submission packet:
Four stapled copies of one entry. (Keep originals; entries will not be returned.)
One business envelope -- labeled fiction or nonfiction -- with the following inside:
~Check for entry fee, can combine with optional critique fee.
~3x5 card (please no odd-sized cards) with 1. Category (fiction, nonfiction) 2. Your name, address, phone, email. 3. Entry title. 4. Specifically where you heard about this contest. 5. OWC Member or non-member. 6. Critique request if you included the optional critique fee.
SASP (Self-addressed stamped postcard for receipt/your piece of
mind)
# 10 SASE if you request judges' constructive critiques (mailed
to you in early Oct.)

Include in Poetry submission packet:
Two copies of each poem. (Keep originals; entries will not be returned.)
One business envelope with the following inside:
~Check for entry fee.
~3x5 card (please no odd-sized cards) with 1. Your name, address, phone, email. 2. Poem titles 3. Specifically where you heard about this contest. 4. Whether OWC Member or non-member.
SASP (Self-addressed stamped postcard for receipt/your piece of
mind)

Mailing address for both contests: OWC Contest, C. Lill Ahrens, 306 NW 32nd St., Corvallis, OR 97330.