Writing contest announced
The Write-On Writers Guild is sponsoring its second summer writing contest. Winning entries will be read at the seventh annual Writers Workshop set for Saturday, Oct. 17.
The Write-On Writers Guild is sponsoring its second summer writing contest. Winning entries will be read at the seventh annual Writers Workshop set for Saturday, Oct. 17 at the Frontier Power community room, 770 S. Second St., Coshocton.
Registration and continental breakfast will begin at 8:30 a.m. The featured speaker will be Wendy Koile. There will be a creative-writing exercise, open mic, soup lunch, free critiquing, raffle baskets, a chance to read the winning entries and more. The cost to attend is $15 per person, and the workshop will run until approximately 4 p.m.
There is a 500-word limit for the writing contest. Categories include short stories, poems, essays and letters. Choose your own topic. Two entries per person are allowed. No graphic or political entries. All entries should be “G” rated. Write-On Writers Guild members are not eligible.
Contest entries are due by Monday, Aug. 31. They can be mailed to Write-On Writers Guild, c/o Sally S. Kinkade, 23010 Township Road 420, Coshocton, OH 43812, or emailed to gkinade420@gmail.com.