Essay & Short Story Contest

Essay & Short Story Contest

Friday, January 24 is the deadline for submissions to Bethesda Urban Partnership and Bethesda Magazine's Essay & Short Story Contest. Winners will be honored at the Bethesda Literary Festival, April 11-13, 2014. First place winners will receive $500 and publication in Bethesda Magazine

Essay Contest

Topic: Open.

 

Requirements: Essays should be limited to 500 words or less.

Eligibility: Residents of Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia are eligible. The contest will take entries in two categories:  High School (grades 9-12) and Adult (ages 18 +). 

 

To upload your submission, please visit www.bethesda.org.

Questions? Please email essay@bethesda.org or call 301-215-6660, Ext. 217

Short Story Contest

Topic: Open
  

Requirements: Stories must be limited to 4,000 words or less.

Eligibility: Residents of Montgomery County, MD and Upper NW Washington, DC are eligible. The contest will take entries in two categories: High School (grades 9-12) and Adult (ages 18+). 

 

To upload your submission, please visit www.bethesdamagazine.com.

Questions? Please email contests@bethesdamagazine.com or call 301.718.7787, Ext 207.

For more information, visit www.bethesda.org or www.bethesdamagazine.com

AWARDS:
First place: $500 and published in Bethesda Magazine.
Second Place: $250
Third Place: $150
Honorable mentions: $75

The first place winner in each contest will also receive a gift certificate to The Writer's Center.

All winners will be published on the Bethesda Magazine and Bethesda Urban Partnership websites and will be honored at a special event during the Bethesda Literary Festival.

High School winners receive: $250, first place; $100, second place; $50, third place. Bethesda Magazine will print the first place Essay and Short Story.