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The Writing Academy is pleased to announce. . .
"Let us be silent and listen to
the whispers of God."
--paraphrased from Ralph Waldo Emerson
Writer's Weekend 2010 is all about listening to the whispers of God, and our contest this year shares that theme.
In either prose or poetry, fiction or nonfiction, write anything this quote from Emerson inspires.
Yes, anything.
A sonnet. A psalm. An essay. A song. A children's story. A script. A blog entry. A series of tweets for Twitter. . . . .
For example, you might write a true story about a time when you heard the voice of God, perhaps through an unlikely messenger. Or you might write a poem about how you feel when it seems like God is silent. Or you might write a fairy tale about the only person in the kingdom who can hear the voice of God.
First, second, and third place winners will receive certificates and keepsake awards. Judging will be based on quality of writing, originality, and adherence to the theme.
The Writing Academy's annual writing contest is offered each year for members in loving memory of Marion Fairman, one-time Academy executive director and a writing teacher par excellence. She is remembered as a tough critic of student writing, but her famous red pen helped countless students become better writers.
Contest Rules
- Members of the Writing Academy are eligible to enter. The entry must be the original, previously unpublished work of the person submitting it. Limited to one entry per participant. No fee required. Winners to be announced at the seminar.
- The entry may be either poetry or prose. For prose, the word limit is 500 words; for poetry, the maximum length is 32 lines, counting spaces between lines as lines.
- Please give your entry a title.
- Entry should be submitted BY EMAIL to our webmaster at info@wams.org.
- Please put "WAMS Contest Entry" in the subject line of the email.
- Paste your entry into the body of the email OR include it as a WORD attachment (not Microsoft Works). If your entry must be sent some other way, write to info@wams.org, and we'll discuss it.
- Please include your contact information--name, address, phone number--and the word count at the top. See example below.
- Judging will be anonymous. We'll give the judge a copy of your entry without the name on it.
- By entering the contest, you are consenting to publication of your entry on the Academy's web site and in The Writing Academy News.
- E-mail entries only.
- Deadline: Midnight, Eastern Daylight Time, July 1, 2010.
- The contest judge is Tomaline S. Lenox.
Contest Judge: Tomaline S. Lenox |
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Tommie Lenox -- educator, author and videographer -- has a heart for children at risk. While still a work-in-progress, her book -- Crying in the Wilderness: a Voice for America's Children -- won awards two different years at the Maui Writers' Conference. Following publication in 2008, the book received an IPPY award, for excellence in independent publishing. In 2001, she was awarded the Communicator Award of Distinction as Script/Project Coordinator
for "Beyond Send" a video done in collaboration with San Diego County Office of Education, the San Diego Zoo and Pacific/Bell. In 2007, she won the Videographer Award of Excellence as Writer-Producer for 'California, A Changing State' in collaboration with the San Diego County Office of Education, the San Diego Historical Society, and the San
Diego County Water Authority.Tommie was the keynote speaker for the Academy's Writer's Weekend, 2009. Visit her web site at http://www.tslenox.com.
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Sample Contest Entry
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