[Gabs] National Contest

[Isaiah Wilcox]

THE YOUNKIN-RIVERA PRIZES FOR YOUNG WRITERS AT SOUTHERN ILLINOIS  
UNIVERSITY
CARBONDALE

http://www.angelfire.com/il/yww/contest.html

A nationwide competition for creative writers aged 15-18. Entries  
accepted
during the month of April in the genres of poetry and prose.
Prize in each category: $250 and a full tuition scholarship to the 2009
Young Writers Workshop at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

To enter in poetry: send no more than 2 poems (limit of 25 lines each)  
per
entrant, along with an entry fee of $5.

To enter in prose (fiction or essay): send one essay or story (no more  
1000
words) per entrant, along with an entry fee of $5.

To enter in both poetry and prose: send no more than 2 poems (limit of  
25
lines each) and one essay or story (of no more than 1000 words) per  
entrant,
along with an entry fee of $10. Entries longer than the limits listed  
above
will be returned, along with their entry fees.

Entrants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

All entries must be typed on white 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper. Do not put  
your
name on your entries. Include a separate cover sheet with the following
information on it: your name, home address, phone number, e- mail  
address,
date of birth, and the name and address of your high school. Checks or  
money
orders to cover the entry fee should be made out to SIUC, with "Young
Writers Workshop" written in the check's memo line. Please do not send  
cash.
Include a self-addressed stamped envelope for c
ontest results. No entries will be returned, so please keep copies of  
the
work you send. No e-mail or faxed submissions will be accepted.

Prizes will be awarded at a ceremony during the annual Young Writers
Workshop at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, a five-day, co-ed,
residential creative writing workshop for high school sophomores,  
juniors,
and seniors interested in developing their skills in the writing of  
poetry
and prose. If a prizewinner cannot attend the Workshop, the prize will  
not
be awarded to that winner. Travel costs to and from the Workshop are the
responsibility of the winner. Previous award winners cannot enter again.

The Young Writers Workshop will be held in 2009 from June 23 to June 27,
2009.

To enter, send your submissions, postmarked from April 1 to April 30,  
2009,
to:

The Younkin-Rivera Prizes for Young Writers

Allison Joseph, Director

The Young Writers Workshop

Department of English

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Faner Hall 2380--Mail Code 4503

1000 Faner Drive

Carbondale, IL 62901

Questions only: aljoseph at siu.edu

Winners will be announced at the end of May 2009.

Joe Orozco
Isaiah Wilcox
President of the Georgia Association of Blind Students
Phone: 404-291-7791
E-mail: iwilcox2011 at gmail.com

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