Announcing the 2012 Short Story Contest!

Hello everyone!

We're so excited to be announcing the first If You Give A Girl A Pen Short Story Contest!

This is for all of you out there who love to write - or perhaps just love to read and have always toyed with the idea of writing something of your own - and would like to get some recognition and reward for your work!

Here's how the contest works:

Entry Rules

- You must be a follower of If You Give A Girl A Pen

- You must email your wish to enter the contest to us at jocelynrose26@gmail.com by July 5th

Stipulations

- Your story must be at least 1000 words long - it can be more, but not less

- Your completed story must be emailed to us at jocelynrose26@gmail.com before or on 

September 1st

- It must be appropriate for readers of all ages (this doesn't mean that you can't use hard-hitting topics, but it can't contain any offensive subjects or language)

- It must be a work of fiction. No biographies or poems

- It must be all your own work. You can quote sources, but they can't make up the bulk of your work.

- Limit of one entry per person

- All entries must be typed up on a computer and emailed to us. No handwritten entries.

- We're not grammar Nazis, so some mistakes and errors are fine. But please try your best to make the grammar, spelling and punctuation neat and readable to the best of your ability. An entry that is difficult to read is easy to put aside.

- Any genre goes, so write what you write best! 

Prizes!

The winner of the contest will be given the choice of one of these prizes which will be mailed to them by us upon their achievement of the If You Give A Girl A Pen 2012 Short Story Contest title. 

And here they are! 

American Girl Lanie's Garden outfit (including everything

in the picture except the doll)

The Hunger Games boxed set

The Ultimate Writing Tools Collection: A set put together by yours trulies 

including the things we can't write without. 

- The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing A Novel

- A 12 pack of the best editing pens in the universe

- An adorable spiral-bound notebook

- and more!

A $25 Amazon Gift Card

2 Nancy Drew PC Games

- The Ransom of the Seven Ships and Warnings at Waverly Academy

The Wholesome Romance Collection 1

(Three of our favorite feminine, sweet, wholesome and well-written romance books!)

- Emily of Deep Valley by Maud Hart Lovelace

- Calico Captive by Elizabeth George Speare

- They Loved to Laugh by Kathryn Worth

Ending Notes

- The winning entry will be published on my blog If You Give A Girl A Pen with kudos going to the author

and a link to their blog (if applicable). If you would rather not have your work made public please contact us and let us know.

- A blog button with the winner's title will be designed and given to the winner to display on their blog

Good luck everyone!

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