2018 Writing Contest
Deadline for Entries: Friday, November 16, 2018
Announcement of Winners: Spring issue of news&views (March 2019)
Entry Categories:
Flash Fiction
Rules:
• The contest is open to all
1,000-word maximum
A fictional work of extreme brevity,
that still offers character and plot
development. Here are two links for
guidance in your writing:
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thereviewreview.net/publishing-
tips/flash-fiction-whats-it-all-about
castlegatepress.com/four-elements-
that-every-flash-fiction-story-needs
Poetry
Any form, any subject, any length.
Poems in rhyming couplets will not
be considered.
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Once Upon A Time:
A Tale for Children
1,000-word maximum
A fairy tale—often beginning
“once upon a time”—is a story,
usually intended for children, that
features such fanciful and wondrous
characters as elves, goblins, wizards,
and fairies.
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How to Submit:
Submit electronic entries as an
attachment to an email with the
subject line WRITING CONTEST to
writingcontest@arta.net. You will be
notified when your submission has
been received. Please do not resubmit
your entry to the address below once
you have submitted it electronically.
Handwritten or typed manuscripts
may be sent to Writing Contest, c/o
ARTA Office, 11835 149 Street NW,
Edmonton, AB T5L 2J1
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ARTA members, except
members of any ARTA
Committee, the ARTA Board
of Directors, or their families.
All submissions must be
accompanied by the offi cial
entry form as the fi rst page
of the submission. (Do not
send the entry form as a
separate fi le.) Contact the
ARTA offi ce if a print copy of
the entry form is required.
All submissions must be
original work.
Submissions with sexuality
or explicit or implied violence
will be disqualifi ed. First and
second place fi nishers are
published in news&views.
Submissions that do not meet
the magazine’s guidelines will
not be considered.
Submissions may be
handwritten or typed.
Electronic submissions must
be .doc or .docx; other formats
will not be considered.
Decorative fonts are not
appropriate in electronic and
typed submissions to this
contest.
Illustrations are not accepted
with submissions.
All entries require a title.
Submissions are limited
to one entry per category;
however, submissions in
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more than one category are
welcome. A separate entry
form must accompany each
entry. Each entry must be
sent as a separate fi le.
Entries that exceed the
category word count will be
disqualifi ed.
Prizes are awarded for
fi rst and second place. The
selection of winners by the
Communications Committee
is fi nal.
Entry submission implies
permission to publish
in news&views. As with
all news&views content,
submissions will be edited
using The Canadian Style
and the Canadian Oxford
Dictionary. Our aim is
respectful, clear writing that
avoids stereotyping.
Winners will be advised
privately by letter and
publicly in the spring issue of
news&views.
All entrants retain ownership
of publication rights to
their work; winners may
not submit their entries to
another market until after
publication in news&views.
ARTA retains the right to use
the entries for promotional
purposes during and after the
competition.
All prizes must be accepted as
awarded.
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