Shepherd College

Shepherd College to sponsor fiction writing contest

ISSUED: 4 March 2004
CONTACT: Valerie Owens
(Shepherd College to sponsor fiction writing contest)

Shepherdstown, WV--Shepherd College will sponsor its first fiction writing contest. The contest is open to published and unpublished writers. Any category of literary and genre fiction is eligible including paranormal, time travel, fantasy, futuristic, science fiction, romance, children and young adult, mystery and suspense, western, adventure, and horror.

The fee to enter the contest is $30 for a maximum of 20 pages of prologue/first chapter of a manuscript. Published authors must not have been published since 1996 in book-length fiction in the genre submitted. All entries must be postmarked by April 15. Cash prizes and Shepherd College memorabilia will be awarded to first, second, and third prize winners at an awards dinner on Saturday, June 5. There will also be five honorable mention awards and certificates.

Entry forms may be obtained from the Shepherd College Writers Conference Web site at http://shepherd.edu/wcweb or by mail at Shepherd College, Office of College Advancement, P.O. Box 3210, Shepherdstown, WV 25443.

For more information about the contest, contact Barbara Cummings, writing conference director, via e-mail at bcumming@shepherd.edu or by mail at Shepherd College, Department of English, Attn: Barbara Cummings, P.O. Box 3210, Shepherdstown, WV 25443.

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