2019 Writing Contest
Deadline for Entries: Friday, November 16, 2019
Announcement of Winners: Spring issue of news&views (March 2020)
Entry Categories:
Flash Fiction
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:
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.
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.
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
one category are welcome.
A separate entry form must
accompany each entry.
members, except members
Each entry must be sent as a
of any ARTA committee, the
separate file.
ARTA Board of Directors, or
• Entries that exceed the
their families.
category word count will
• All submissions must be
be disqualified.
accompanied by the official
entry form as the first page of • Prizes are awarded for
first and second place. The
the submission. (Do not send
selection of winners by the
the entry form as a separate
Communications Committee
file.) Contact the ARTA office
is final.
if a print copy of the entry form
• Entry submission implies
is required.
permission to publish
• All submissions must be
in news&views. As with
original work.
all news&views content,
• Submissions with sexuality
submissions will be edited
or explicit or implied violence
using The Canadian Style
will be disqualified. First and
and the Canadian Oxford
second place finishers are
Dictionary. Our aim is
published in news&views.
respectful, clear writing that
Submissions that do not meet
avoids stereotyping.
the magazine’s guidelines will
• Winners will be advised
not be considered.
privately by letter and
• Submissions may be
publicly in the spring issue
handwritten or typed.
of news&views.
• Electronic submissions must
be .doc or .docx; other formats • All entrants retain ownership
of publication rights to their
will not be considered.
work; winners may not submit
• Decorative fonts are not
their entries to another
appropriate in electronic
market until after publication
and typed submissions to
in news&views.
this contest.
• Illustrations are not accepted • ARTA retains the right to use
the entries for promotional
with submissions.
purposes during and after
• All entries require a title.
the competition.
• Submissions are limited to one • All prizes must be accepted
entry per category; however,
as awarded.
submissions in more than
Rules:
• The contest is open to all ARTA
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