16th Annual Writing Contest

Over $500 in prizes plus publication

Deadline: Postmarked April 30, 2012

Prizes for each category:
1st Prize: $100.00 and publication
2nd Prize: $50.00 and publication
3rd Prize: $25.00 and publication
Honorary mention: at the judges' discretion
Winning entries will appear in the 2012 anthology

Categories:

Fiction: up to 2000 words per entry
Non-fiction: up to 2000 words per entry
Poetry: a submission of one to three poems constitutes one entry.

Fee per entry:
$20.00 per entry for non-members
$15.00 per entry for members
Please make your cheque payable to the North Shore Writers' Association.

Mailing address:
NSWA 2012 Writing Contest,
P.O. Box 422, 1641 Lonsdale Avenue,
North Vancouver, BC, V7M 2J5

Submissions:
Include a separate cover page with your name, address, telephone, e-mail and titles of your entries. Do not show your name anywhere on your manuscript.

Your entry must be double spaced for prose, single spaced for poems. Use Roman font, size 12 on
8 1/2 X 11 inch, white pages. Submit unpublished material only and keep a copy. Manuscripts will not be returned. Blind judging is in effect. Winners will be notified at the beginning of June.
Contact: bombaysomeday@shaw.ca (please put Contest 2012 in the subject line.)