Contest: Writing It Real Personal Essay (Deadline Dec. 1)

Personal Essay Contest: Writing It Real
http://www.writingitreal.com/contest.html

Sheila Bender's Writing It Real, an online magazine for those who write from personal experience, announces its Fall, 2007 Personal Essay Contest:

Prizes

1st prize: $150 dollars plus 1 license for LifeJournal for Writers software or a copy of Writing and Publishing Personal Essays by Sheila Bender.
2nd prize: $75 dollars plus 1 license for LifeJournal for Writers software or a copy of Writing and Publishing Personal Essays by Sheila Bender.
3rd prize: $50 dollars plus 1 license for LifeJournal for Writers software or a copy of Writing and Publishing Personal Essays by Sheila Bender.

10 Honorable Mentions will receive a detailed written response from Sheila Bender via email.
The top 3 essays will be also published in Writing It Real (with permission of the author).

All entrants will receive, in addition to consideration for the contest, a 6-month subscription to Writing It Real, our online magazine. We will start six-month subscriptions or extend current subscriptions when we receive and process the $15 contest reading fee.

Contest Rules
Entries must be postmarked or electronically submitted by December 1, 2007. We accept unpublished personal essays of up to ten double-spaced pages (12 Point Times New Roman or Courier) on any theme. All winners will be announced via email by December 25, 2007.
Electronic submissions can be made using the form online (the $15 reading fee is electronically processed through PayPal).

Mailed entries must be accompanied by a $15 reading fee (check or money order). Your submission must include a cover sheet with your name, address, phone number and email address. Please mail entries to:

Writing It Real Contest
394 Colman Drive
Port Townsend WA, 98368

Please DO NOT send an SASE, entries will not be returned

International entrants (as well as U.S.) may pay their reading fee electronically through PayPal or Ikobo. Send payments to 'sbender@writingitreal.com'. On the cover sheet, please refer to date the electronic payment was made and the electronic service used.

All entries will be judged by Sheila Bender. A list of winners will be be emailed to all contestants by December 25, 2007.