Writing Contest 2019
Deadline for Entries: Friday, November 15, 2019
Announcement of Winners: news&views, spring 2020
Entry Categories Rules
Flash Fiction The contest is open to all ARTA
members, except members
of any ARTA committee, the
ARTA Board of Directors,
and their families.
• All submissions must be
accompanied by the official
entry form as the first page
of the submission. (Do not
send the entry form as a
separate file.) Contact the
ARTA office if a print copy of
the entry form is required.
The Writing Contest rules
and entry form can be found
on arta.net in the Wellness
section under Popular Topics
(or search for Writing Contest
in the top right-hand corner).
Instructions for including your
writing entry with the entry
form are provided online.
• All submissions must be
original work.
• Submissions with explicit
sexuality or violence will
be disqualified.
• Submissions may be
handwritten or typed.
• Electronic submissions must
be .doc or .docx; other formats
will not be considered.
• In electronic and typed
submissions, decorative fonts
are not appropriate.
• Illustrations are not accepted
with submissions.
• Submissions are limited to one
1,000-word maximum
A fictional work of extreme brevity
that still offers character and plot
development.
Poetry
Any form (except rhyming couplets),
any subject, any length.
Confessions of a Classroom Clown
1,000-word maximum
The writing must be completely
fictional but may have some basis
in fact. Writers who wish to use
elements from their experience must
ensure that names and any other
identifying information is changed.
Any story that, in the opinion of
the judges or the Communications
Committee, appears to put an
individual’s privacy at risk will
be disqualified.
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 if you have already 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
entry per category; however,
submissions in more than
one category are welcome.
A separate entry form must
accompany each entry.
• Entries that exceed the
category word count will
be disqualified.
• Prizes are awarded for First
and Second Place. The
selection of winners by the
Communications Committee
is final.
• Entry submission implies
permission to publish
in news&views. As with
all news&views content,
submissions are subject
to editing. In accordance
with ARTA’s principles,
the aim should be
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; however, we ask that
winners 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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