The Writers’ Workshop is sponsoring two contests. Please do not use FedEx, certified mail, etc. Enclose a legal sized, self-sealing SASE for critique and list of winners. Entry fees payable online at www.twwoa.org.
– 20th Annual Memoirs Competition. Deadline: Postmarked by Nov. 30. First place, $350; second, $250; third, $150; 10 honorable mentions
Submit a memoir of 4,000 words or less. Multiple entries are accepted. All work must be unpublished. Pages should be paper clipped, with name, address, e-mail, phone and title of work also on a cover sheet. Double-space, and use 12 point font. The entry fee is $20 per memoir. Make check or money order payable to The Writers’ Workshop, mail to: Memoirs Contest, 387 Beaucatcher Road, Asheville, NC 28805. Electronic submission may be sent to writersw@gmail.com, with Memoirs Contest in the subject.
– Meet The Authors Writing Contest: E.L. Doctorow and Peter Matthiessen in New York. Deadline: Postmarked by Dec. 30. Contest winners are eligible for a free trip to New York to meet National Book Award-winning authors E.L. Doctorow and Peter Matthiessen. The winners will also receive autographed books by the authors or may opt for a combined $1,000 in cash prizes instead of the trip. In addition, 10 honorable mentions will receive recognition.
First place, $500, or an all-expense paid trip to meet the authors; second, $300 or meet the authors, accommodation provided; third, $200 or meet the authors.
Guidelines: Submit an unpublished story or chapter of a novel (fiction or creative non-fiction), of 5,000 words or less. Pages should be paper clipped. Your name, address, e-mail, phone and title of work should also appear on a cover sheet. Double-space; use 12 point font. The entry fee is $25 per story. Multiple entries are accepted. Please make check or money order payable to The Writers’ Workshop, and mail to: Author’s Contest, 387 Beaucatcher Road, Asheville, NC 28805. Electronic submission may be sent to writersw@gmail.com with “Author’s Contest” in the subject.
Sign up for a library card in Stanly
September is Library Card Sign-up Month, a time when the American Library Association and libraries across the country remind parents that a library card is the most important school supply of all.
The observance was launched in 1987 to meet the challenge of then Secretary of Education William J. Bennett, who said: “Let’s have a national campaign … every child should obtain a library card ó and use it.”
Library cards are generally free to any Stanly County resident. Materials can be checked out as soon as the card is issued.
All locations of the Stanly County Public Library will celebrate with prizes and give-aways. Bring a friend who doesn’t have a library card in to get a card and both of you will be entered into a drawing for a $25 gift card. The adult and child at each location who bring in the most people to get library cards will be entered into a drawing for book sale gift cards. Everyone who uses their card during the month will be entered into a drawing for one of 19 Memory Band USB devices. The library also has card holder key chains to give away and new library cards with a key card option to go with our new Web site.
Library locations are Albemarle, Badin, Norwood, Oakboro or Locust, or check out www.stanlycountylibrary.org.