OPENING DATE: January 3, 2024
CLOSING DATE: April 12, 2024, 11:59 pm PST
Winners will be announced during the 2024 Clackamas Community College Compose
Creative Writing Conference on May 18, 2024.
GENRES
- Short Story - up to 5000 words
- Essay - up to 5000 words
- Poetry - any style, up to 100 lines
- Play - up to 30 pages in manuscript format
ELIGIBILITY AND CONTEST RULES
- Entries must be original work, composed by the applicant.
- Entries must not have been published elsewhere in any form.
- Writers can submit one entry per genre; each entry requires a separate application and fee.
- Entries in both English and Spanish will be accepted.
- Writers must work or live in Clackamas County, Oregon and be at least 18 years of age at the time of submission.
- Clackamas County Arts Alliance staff, board, and committee members may not enter.
- Entries will be judged anonymously.
DOCUMENT FORMAT
- Documents must be submitted in .doc, .docx, or .pdf format and names must include only the title of the piece (no identifying information).
- Documents must be formatted using Times New Roman font size 12 with 1 inch margins left/right and top/bottom.
- The title of the piece and page number must be shown at the top of each page. Do not use any other headers or footers.
- Short stories and essays must use 1.5 line spacing.
- Poems must use single line spacing.
- Plays must use standard manuscript format.
ENTRY FEE: There will be a $25 entry fee per entry, payable at submission. Entry fees are
non-refundable.
AWARDS: There will be one First Place winner and one Runner Up per genre.
- First Place winners will receive a cash prize of $250 and complimentary registration to the 2024 Clackamas Community College Compose Creative Writing Conference.
- Runner Up winners will receive a cash prize of $100 and complimentary registration to the 2024 Clackamas Community College Compose Creative Writing Conference.
COPYRIGHT
By entering this contest, participants grant Clackamas County Arts Alliance (CCAA) the non-exclusive rights to post the submitted story, essay, poem, or play in CCAA publications. Participants understand this authorization will not affect their own rights to, and ownership of, their work. Participants further understand that CCAA may post an image of their work on the CCAA social media sites and website, and that CCAA may, with participants' consent, submit their work to newspapers, magazines and similar forums for publication.
QUESTIONS? Email Clackamas County Arts Alliance at info@clackamasartsalliance.org.