Deadline for submissions Aug. 15
The Writer’s Workshop of Asheville has announced its sixth annual Meet the Authors Writing Contest for fiction and nonfiction.
The top 10 contest winners will meet National Book Award-winning authors E.L. Doctorow and Peter Matthiessen at their homes in Sag Harbor, N.Y., on Sept. 19-22. They will have the opportunity to discuss their story with the authors and to have books autographed.
The winners may also opt for free online workshops or editing of their work. In addition, 10 honorable mentions will receive recognition.
Entries should be an unpublished story or chapter of a novel (fiction or creative non-fiction) of 5,000 words or less. Pages should be paper clipped. Your name, address, email, phone number and the title and genre of the work (fiction or nonfiction) should also appear on a cover sheet. Entries should be double-spaced using a 12-point font. There is an entry fee.
You may mail your submission and entry fee to Author’s Contest, 387 Beaucatcher Road, Asheville, N.C. 28805. You may also email submissions to writersw@gmail.com, with “Author’s Contest” in the subject. The entry fee is payable online at www.twwoa.org.
Submissions must be postmarked or emailed by Aug. 15, 2011.
For more information, visit www.twwoa.org.
– article submitted by Karen Ackerson