[Sulriel]

I highly recommend this club and their annual contest. they're friendly and fair and I've always recv'd good feedback from them. If you've been interested in getting your feet wet with some original work - this is an excellent place to start.

if you are interested in participating, but have questions or concerns, please feel free to PM me and I'll help if I can.


Deadline extended on 33rd Annual Contest!

Note: Contest Director Ruth York of the Cisco Writers
Club announces the deadline for its annual summer writing
contest has been extended from July 31 to August 10, 2009.

For the first time in thirty-three years, writers are being
given an extra ten days to enter this contest.

“We welcome entries postmarked or hand delivered on or
before Monday, August 10, 2009,” says Ruth.

See details below.
Words are important. Just ask the young man who has blurted out, “Will you marry me?”
If you, too, are a student of words and their impact, take note. For over thirty years the
Cisco Writers Club has rewarded good writing with its annual Summer Writing Contest.
By writers, for writers, this competition’s eleven categories appeal to wordsmiths.
Crafting the great American novel, or family history? The Book section is for you. Dramatic,
visual, insightful poetry? Choose Rhymed or Unrhymed. And if humor is your forté, try the
Short Shots or Humorous Poems division.

With this extension, the 33rd annual contest closes August 10, 2009, so act now. The
rules and fees are given below, or visit www.ciscowritersclub.org

; call toll-free 1-800-588-9675;
E-mail info@ciscowritersclub.org; or write Cisco Writers Club, 2301 County Road 169, Cisco,
TX 76437.
Write!

CISCO WRITERS CLUB
33nd ANNUAL CONTEST - SUMMER 2009
Since 1976 the Cisco Writers Club has encouraged and awarded good writing through its
annual writing contest. Once again we continue that tradition.
This year we add a new reason to excel: The Viola Payne Children’s Award. This bonus
prize for the first place winner in Children’s Stories honors the tremendous contributions to the
Club made by charter member Viola Payne of Cisco. A children’s author and much, much

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more, she has been a wise and selfless guide for three and a half decades, and an inspiration to
many writers.

WHEN: Entries may be made from June 1, 2009, through July 31 August 10, 2009.

WHO MAY ENTER: If you are not judging contest entries, you may enter as many categories as
you wish, but no more than two entries per category. Judges may enter any category except the one they
are judging.

CASH AWARDS: $10, $5, $3, and $2 respectively will be made to judges' determinations of first,
second, third and honorable mention at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 8, 2009, in the Community Room
at the American State Bank in Cisco, Texas. Eleven special awards boost prizes for winning entries.

FEES: $4.00 for each prose entry and $4.00 for each poetry entry.

CATEGORIES AND MAXIMUM LENGTHS: Limit two entries per category.

1. Christine Reich Rhymed Poetry - 30 lines

2. Dr. Joe Stamey Unrhymed Poetry - 30 lines

3. Jasper Cook Humorous Poetry - 30 lines

4. Short Shots (brief anecdotes, as in Reader's Digest) - 200 words

5. Columns of General Interest - 750 words

6. Children's Stories FOR ages 12 and younger - 1,200 words

7. Articles of General Interest - 2,000 words

8. Articles of Inspiration - 2,000 words

9. Articles of Nostalgia - 2,000 words

10. Short Stories - 2,500 words

11. Books - Brief Synopsis and first two chapters

IN CATEGORIES RECEIVING LESS THAN FIVE ENTRIES, entries will be
returned unjudged.

SELECTED JUDGES, competent in their categories, will be asked, but not required, to critique
entries.

MANUSCRIPTS must be your original work, unpublished as of May 1, 2009, and must not have
placed first previously in this contest. Entries must be typed. You may send the original typed manuscript
(dark ribbon, please), a clear photocopy or a letter-quality computer printout. Retain a copy for your
records. Note: While Cisco Writers Club exercises reasonable precautions, it is not responsible for lost
or stolen material. All manuscripts must be typed on only one side of standard typing paper with margins
no smaller than one inch all around. Prose must be double-spaced.

Poetry may be single-spaced. Make
book synopses brief summaries, covering basic plot or theme and revealing the ending.

COVER SHEET: In the upper left corner, put your name, complete address, telephone number and
E-mail address (if any). In the upper right corner, put the name of the category and number of lines if
poetry, words if prose (except books). In the middle of the sheet, center the title. DO NOT PUT YOUR
NAME ON ANY OTHER PAGE.

FIRST PAGE: In the upper right corner, repeat the category and number of words or lines. Double
space eight times; center title; double space twice; begin manuscript, book synopsis, or first chapter page.
(Center chapter titles two double spaces below book title.) DO NOT PUT YOUR NAME on this page or
any succeeding page. On each SUCCEEDING PAGE, write the title and page number in upper right
corner.

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MAILING: Fasten cover sheet and manuscript of each entry with a paper clip. DO NOT STAPLE
ANYTHING. Make money order or check to Cisco Writers Club. Mail FLAT. If you cannot pick up
your entries at the September meeting, please include a self-addressed and stamped envelope for return
after September 8, 2009.

BY ENTERING THIS CONTEST you grant permission for Cisco Writers Club to use your
name, town, contest placement, and/or photograph in our publicity.

SEND ENTRIES TO: Cisco Writers Club, 2301 County Road 169, Cisco TX 76437.

CONTACTS: www.ciscowritersclub.org; E-mail info@ciscowritersclub.org; phone 254-442-3530.