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Writers Rising Up 2012
Paul Gruchow Essay Contest, Earth Walk and Readings – April 2012 $200.00 Prize
Prairie Poetry Prize: Prairie Sampler - YouTube Presentation - June 2012
Digging to the Roots Poetry Anthology Calendar 2013 – August 2012
Elizabeth Fries Ellet Trailing Excursion - September 2012
Carol Bly Short Story Contest – October 2012 $200 Prize
Winter in Variations: Bill Holm Witness Poetry Contest – December 2012 $200.00 Prize
Paul Gruchow Essay Contest and Earth Walk- April $200.00 Prize
Earth Walk and Reading at Staring Park in Eden Prairie
Saturday April 21, 2012 - Time: 10AM to 12PM
• 3,000 words or less
• One essay only per person
• 8 x 11 white paper, typed, paginated
• Include name, address, phone, email on separate piece of paper only
• Previous Winners Not Eligible
• $200 Cash Prize, first publication on web site, author owns all rights.
• No essays will be returned; they will be shredded
• Only original work to be submitted
• Submission $5.00 USA currency only
• Submission deadline April 1, 2012
Send to: Writers Rising Up
16526 W. 78th St #163, Eden Prairie, MN 55346
Prairie Poetry Prize: Prairie Sampler – YouTube Presentation
• Submission Deadline June 1, 2012
• Subject Matter- Prairie Grasses
• Submit only in the body of email to writersrisingup@yahoo.com
• No attachments will be read
• Quantity-eight poems no longer than a page each
• Winning poet(s) to receive Prairie Poetry Prize 2012. Poems selected
will be published in an online presentation
• YouTube reading by winning poet(s)
• Include-name, city and state
• Poems must not be previously published
• Writer owns all rights
• Choose poetic forms from list at http://wrupblog.blogspot.com/
Digging to the Roots Poetry Anthology Calendar 2013- August
• Submission Deadline August 2012 Calendar available November 2012
• Seasonal poems no more than twenty lines
• Submit only in the body of email one each: fall, winter, spring, summer
• Best poems will be chosen for the Calendar which will be available for purchase in Nov 2012
• Email poems to writersrisingup@yahoo.com
• Must be original unpublished work
• Include, name, city, state
• Writers own all rights
Elizabeth Fries Ellet Trailing Excursion Richard T. Anderson Conservation Area, Eden Prairie- September 2012
Day and Time to be Announced
Carol Bly Short Story Contest- October $200 Prize
• Submissions accepted up to October 1st 2012
• Entry Fee: $5.00 (only one entry per writer)
• Theme related to place, inner struggles and relationships
• Must be original unpublished work of 2500 words
• Typed and paginated white standard computer paper, double spaced
• Include name, address, phone, email on separate piece of paper only
• Mail to: 16526 West 78th St #163, Eden Prairie, MN 55346
• No Short Stories will be returned. Do not include self-addressed stamped envelope
• Winner or winners to be published online at www.writersrisingup.org
• Prize- $200.00 (May be split if more than one winner.)Previous Winners Not Eligible
• Writer owns all rights
Winter in Variations: Bill Holm Witness Poetry Contest- December $200.00 Prize
• Submission of six poems accepted up to November 1st 2012
• Entry Fee: $5.00 (entry fee per writer)
• Write poems about witnessing some every-day occurrence in winter
• Must be original unpublished work
• Typed white standard computer paper, double spaced, no more than one page a poem
• Include name, address, phone, email on separate piece of paper only
• Mail to: 16526 West 78th St #163, Eden Prairie, MN 55346
• No poems will be returned. Do not include self-addressed stamped envelope
• Winner or winners to be published online at www.writersrisingup.org
• Prize- $200.00 (May be split if more than one winner.)
• Writer owns all rights
Writers Rising Up retains the right to split the prize between deserving submissions.
*All submission opportunities must be in English and are open to all who live on our shared planet
www.writersrisingup.org
writersrisingup@yahoo.com
