Enter your essay in Real Simple’s yearly contest. Finish this sentence: “I never thought I’d. . .”
Have you ever taken a huge, surprising risk? Did you climb a mountain? Go back to school? Get married (again)? Tell us about it: Enter Real Simple’s Third-Annual Life Lessons Essay Contest and you could have your essay published in Real Simple; win round-trip tickets for two to New York City, hotel accommodations for two nights, tickets to a Broadway play, and a lunch with Real Simple editors; and receive a prize of $3,000.
To enter, send your typed, double-spaced submission (1,500 words maximum, preferably in a Microsoft Word document) to lifelessons@realsimple.com. Contest begins at 12:01 A.M. on June 1, 2010, and runs through 11:59 P.M. on September 24, 2010. Open to legal residents of the United States age 19 or older at time of entry. Void where prohibited by law. (Entries will not be returned.)
See below for complete contest rules, plus frequently asked questions. You can also read last year’s winning essay, chosen from 6,970 entries: Beauty in Motion, by Andrea Avery, 33, of Phoenix, a 10th-grade English teacher in Paradise Valley and a part-time instructor at Arizona State University in Tempe. The winner of our first contest was A Witness to Grace, by Aldra Robinson.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. How should I format my entry?
A. Essays should be submitted in English at a maximum of 1,500 words and typed and double-spaced on 8½-by-11-inch paper. Essays exceeding this length or handwritten may not be considered. If submitted by e-mail, we prefer that you send the essay in a Microsoft Word document; however, we will also consider essays that are pasted into the body of the e-mail itself.
Also be sure to include your name, address, and phone numbers (home, work, cell) in the body of the e-mail and on any copies or attachments of the essay itself.
Q. How do I submit my entry?
A. You have two options.
1. E-mail your submission to lifelessons@realsimple.com.
2. Mail your entry to the following address:
Essay Contest
Real Simple
1271 Avenue of the Americas, 9th floor
New York, NY 10020
We’re so sorry that we cannot consider essays submitted by our Canadian readers. Unfortunately, due to the rules that bind this particular contest, we can consider only legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, age 19 or older at the time of entry. But feel free to submit your story ideas and original essays for consideration to letters@realsimple.com, labeled ATTENTION: LIFE LESSONS.
More information here.
Have you ever taken a huge, surprising risk? Did you climb a mountain? Go back to school? Get married (again)? Tell us about it: Enter Real Simple’s Third-Annual Life Lessons Essay Contest and you could have your essay published in Real Simple; win round-trip tickets for two to New York City, hotel accommodations for two nights, tickets to a Broadway play, and a lunch with Real Simple editors; and receive a prize of $3,000.
To enter, send your typed, double-spaced submission (1,500 words maximum, preferably in a Microsoft Word document) to lifelessons@realsimple.com. Contest begins at 12:01 A.M. on June 1, 2010, and runs through 11:59 P.M. on September 24, 2010. Open to legal residents of the United States age 19 or older at time of entry. Void where prohibited by law. (Entries will not be returned.)
See below for complete contest rules, plus frequently asked questions. You can also read last year’s winning essay, chosen from 6,970 entries: Beauty in Motion, by Andrea Avery, 33, of Phoenix, a 10th-grade English teacher in Paradise Valley and a part-time instructor at Arizona State University in Tempe. The winner of our first contest was A Witness to Grace, by Aldra Robinson.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. How should I format my entry?
A. Essays should be submitted in English at a maximum of 1,500 words and typed and double-spaced on 8½-by-11-inch paper. Essays exceeding this length or handwritten may not be considered. If submitted by e-mail, we prefer that you send the essay in a Microsoft Word document; however, we will also consider essays that are pasted into the body of the e-mail itself.
Also be sure to include your name, address, and phone numbers (home, work, cell) in the body of the e-mail and on any copies or attachments of the essay itself.
Q. How do I submit my entry?
A. You have two options.
1. E-mail your submission to lifelessons@realsimple.com.
2. Mail your entry to the following address:
Essay Contest
Real Simple
1271 Avenue of the Americas, 9th floor
New York, NY 10020
We’re so sorry that we cannot consider essays submitted by our Canadian readers. Unfortunately, due to the rules that bind this particular contest, we can consider only legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, age 19 or older at the time of entry. But feel free to submit your story ideas and original essays for consideration to letters@realsimple.com, labeled ATTENTION: LIFE LESSONS.
More information here.
