[Michlib-l] Write Michigan Short Story Contest

[Heidi Nagel]

Hello Everyone,

Please feel free to share information about the third annual Write Michigan Short Story Contest<http://www.writemichigan.org/> with your patrons, friends groups, book discussion group, writers groups and board members. We've had many writers tell us that they learned about the contest through their public library and we greatly appreciate your help in getting out the word! There is a complete media kit available here<http://writemichigan.org/media.html> including posters, flyers and web graphics in several sizes.

Now in its third year, the basic principles of Write Michigan remain-Write a short story, Vote for your favorite, Win and be published. Write Michigan is open to all ages with three categories:  a Youth Category for writers ages 11 and under, a Teen Category for writers ages 12-17 and an Adult Category for ages 18 and up. Youth and Teen submissions are free. The Adult story submission fee is $10.

Deadline for submissions is November 30. There are three cash prizes awarded for each category:  Judges' Choice ($250), Judges' Choice Runner-up ($100) and the popular vote Readers' Choice Award ($250). Winning stories are published in an anthology by Chapbook Press.

Winners will be honored during an Awards Ceremony and book signing at Schuler Books and Music, 2660 28th St. SE, Grand Rapids, on Saturday, March 21, 2015. The keynote speaker and writer of the foreword to the 2015 Write Michigan Anthology, will be Susan Dennard<http://susandennard.com/>, author of the Something Strange and Deadly series.

For inspiration, we suggest both the 2014 Write Michigan<http://www.schulerbooks.com/product/write-michigan-anthology-2014> and the 2013 Write Michigan Anthologies<http://www.schulerbooks.com/product/2013writemichigan>, available from Chapbook Press for $14.95 each. For details on how to submit a story, please review the Contest Guidelines<http://www.writemichigan.org/ContestGuidelines.pdf>. For complete information on the contest, visit www.writemichigan.org<http://www.writemichigan.org>.

This statewide contest for all ages is offered by Kent District Library<http://www.kdl.org/>, Schuler Books & Music<http://schulerbooks.com/>, and Herrick District Library<http://herrickdl.org/>.

Thank you!

-Heidi

Heidi Nagel
Communications Manager
Kent District Library
814 West River Center Dr NE
Comstock Park, MI 49321
616-647-4146, 616-490-9399 (cell)
hnagel at kdl.org

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