Bay to Ocean Writing Contest on Eastern Shore

Yesterday we featured the Delmarva Review on this blog. In association with that post, here's a little extra nugget for you in case you're interested in entering a contest:

The Eastern Shore Writers’ Association has kicked off the second Bay to Ocean Writing Contest with a call for entries from writers.

The contest is sponsored by the Eastern Shore Writers’ Association and will honor first-rate writing in three categories--short fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry. It is open to all writers, regardless of where they live, what type of writing they do or what subject matter they choose.

"There are many fine writers across the Delmarva Peninsula, and we hope to encourage them with this contest," said Wilson Wyatt, coordinator of the Bay to Ocean Writers Conference. "Good writing has no boundaries. We welcome all writers."

First-place winners will receive a $100 cash prize and free admission to the 13th annual Bay to Ocean Writers Conference at Chesapeake College on February 20, 2010 . The winning prose and poetry will be considered for publication by the Delmarva Quarterly.

Only original, unpublished work will be accepted. The length allowed will be 1,500 words for short fiction and creative nonfiction, and up to 40 lines for each poem. Writers may submit up to two entries for fiction and nonfiction or up to five poems.
A processing fee will be charged for each entry--$5 for poems; $10 for fiction or nonfiction. Checks should be made out to the Eastern Shore Writers' Association, marked "writing contest," and mailed to - Writing Contest; P.O. Box 544; St. Michaels, MD 21663.

The submission deadline is December 1, 2009. Entries must be submitted electronically only, by e-mail attachment (as a Word document) to this e-mail address: BTOContest@gmail.com.

Judges of the 2009 Bay to Ocean Writing Contest will be:
• Short Fiction: Award-winning writer and instructor Kate Blackwell, author of You Won’t Remember This and writing instructor in the Washington , D.C. area, including The Writer’s Center (www.kateblackwell.com )
• Creative Nonfiction: Sheila Buckmaster , editor at large, National Geographic Traveler magazine.
• Poetry: Award-winning poet Anne Colwell, associate professor of English, University of Delaware
Contest information is available at: http://sites.google.com/site/btocontest/

The Eastern Shore Writers' Association is a nonprofit organization dedicated to writers and the literary arts across the tri-state Delmarva Peninsula. Its website is www.easternshorewriters.org

The Bay to Ocean Writers Conference is a regional educational conference for all writers. Past conferences have sold out in advance. For more information, see the website: www.baytoocean.com

Monday Contest Winners Announced

Monday Winners for The Writer's Center's Registration Drive Contest have been selected. They are:

One Year Free Membership: Richard Bradford

One Free DVD of "The Soloist": Theresa Queen

Two Tickets to Martin Moran: Cynthia Folcarelli


Congratulations to the winners. One small change to the Registration Drive Contest: ALL registrants will be eligible to win a prize throughout the week and not just on the day they register. So everyone who registers for a class this week, all week, are eligible every day.

In other news, local blogger and Examiner.com writer Serena Agusto-Cox interviewed The Writer's Center's Kyle Semmel on bookblogging, translations, and Bob Dylan. Check it out here and here.

Closed for Repair & Caption Contest #2

The Writer's Center may be closed for cleaning and slight repair this week, but staff is still hard at work preparing for the upcoming workshop and events season. If you haven't already looked at our workshop or event schedule, go ahead and do it now. Click me.

We'll still be posting on our blog this week, of course. But if you're looking to be in touch with the WC family, go on over to our Facebook page and see what's up.

Above is installment number 2 of our caption contest, compliments of this guy: http://www.flamingspinach.com/.

Serena won last time (and Serena, it occurs to me that we owe you a prize). Serena and the winner of this contest gets to choose a "new" book from our store at the center at our Open House on September 6th. Noon to 3 p.m.

Oh, and if you have trouble posting a comment or caption on this site, please send it to thewriterscenterATgmailDOTcom.

Okay. Ready, set, go.