WritersNewsWeekly is bringing you a chance to have your book and/or short story recognized for excellence in writing. Here are the rules:
General Rules:
1. Multiple submissions will be accepted but must be submitted separately.
2. You must submit three hard copies. Electronic submissions will not be accepted. Submissions will not be returned. They will either be donated or given to the judges to thank them for their wonderful, selfless, noble, unpaid efforts.
3. Send your submissions to:
Tommy Award
WritersNewsWeekly
3468 Babcock Blvd.
Pittsburgh, PA 15237
Submissions must be postmarked on or before August 15, 2010.
4. A submission form must be completed for and included with each submission.
5. Don’t enclose an entry fee because this year, and this year only, it’s free.
6. Don’t contact us. If you win, place or show, we’ll be in touch. That means that you should include your contact information. We won’t show up at your house uninvited more than once a month; we promise.
7. We don’t disclose the judges’ names, so don’t ask. If you hear that Chris Stokum, Sarah Schiavoni and Elizabeth Milo are three of the judges, it didn’t come from us.
8. The Acquisitions Editor does not accept bribes. She’s offended that you asked.
9. The Editor-in-Chief is a different story entirely. He’s a man on the make, benter than a spring. The only thing you can’t buy from him is his dignity, but only because he sold it last week.
10. Just kidding. He doesn’t accept bribes either.
BOOKS:
1. Published work only. Self-published? No worries, it qualifies.
2. Must be published between January 1, 2009 and June 1, 2010.
If you win:
1. You’ll receive a super nice trophy and a certificate that you can frame.
2. And, your book will be reviewed in WritersNewsWeekly.
3. And, we’ll tell people where they can buy a copy of your book.
4. And, we’ll send press releases out to the trade announcing your success.
5. And, if you want, we’ll contact your mother and assure her that the award is real.
SHORT STORIES:
1. You must be 18 or older to submit a short story.
2. Your short story may not have been previously published in any medium (This includes the internet, literary magazines, newspapers, etc.).
3. Your story must be between 1,500 and 5,000 words.
4. WritersNewsWeekly will select one category finalist from each genre. One category winner and one runner-up will be selected from the finalists. A grand prize winner will be selected from among the category winners.
5. Submissions from the grand prize-winner and all category winners and runners-up will be featured in WritersNewsWeekly. If you’re chosen as a finalist but don’t get your story in, we’ll list your name and the title of your story. We’re good people like that.
6. This is a one-time publication, so you’ll retain all rights to your story. Do what you will with your award-winning piece. Sell it. Publish it. Frame it. Eat it. Really, it’s up to you.
If you win grand prize:
1. You’ll get a trophy and a certificate.
2. And, your winning story will appear in WritersNewsWeekly.
3. And, you’ll be able to tell your friends that you’re a published author.
More information here.
General Rules:
1. Multiple submissions will be accepted but must be submitted separately.
2. You must submit three hard copies. Electronic submissions will not be accepted. Submissions will not be returned. They will either be donated or given to the judges to thank them for their wonderful, selfless, noble, unpaid efforts.
3. Send your submissions to:
Tommy Award
WritersNewsWeekly
3468 Babcock Blvd.
Pittsburgh, PA 15237
Submissions must be postmarked on or before August 15, 2010.
4. A submission form must be completed for and included with each submission.
5. Don’t enclose an entry fee because this year, and this year only, it’s free.
6. Don’t contact us. If you win, place or show, we’ll be in touch. That means that you should include your contact information. We won’t show up at your house uninvited more than once a month; we promise.
7. We don’t disclose the judges’ names, so don’t ask. If you hear that Chris Stokum, Sarah Schiavoni and Elizabeth Milo are three of the judges, it didn’t come from us.
8. The Acquisitions Editor does not accept bribes. She’s offended that you asked.
9. The Editor-in-Chief is a different story entirely. He’s a man on the make, benter than a spring. The only thing you can’t buy from him is his dignity, but only because he sold it last week.
10. Just kidding. He doesn’t accept bribes either.
BOOKS:
1. Published work only. Self-published? No worries, it qualifies.
2. Must be published between January 1, 2009 and June 1, 2010.
If you win:
1. You’ll receive a super nice trophy and a certificate that you can frame.
2. And, your book will be reviewed in WritersNewsWeekly.
3. And, we’ll tell people where they can buy a copy of your book.
4. And, we’ll send press releases out to the trade announcing your success.
5. And, if you want, we’ll contact your mother and assure her that the award is real.
SHORT STORIES:
1. You must be 18 or older to submit a short story.
2. Your short story may not have been previously published in any medium (This includes the internet, literary magazines, newspapers, etc.).
3. Your story must be between 1,500 and 5,000 words.
4. WritersNewsWeekly will select one category finalist from each genre. One category winner and one runner-up will be selected from the finalists. A grand prize winner will be selected from among the category winners.
5. Submissions from the grand prize-winner and all category winners and runners-up will be featured in WritersNewsWeekly. If you’re chosen as a finalist but don’t get your story in, we’ll list your name and the title of your story. We’re good people like that.
6. This is a one-time publication, so you’ll retain all rights to your story. Do what you will with your award-winning piece. Sell it. Publish it. Frame it. Eat it. Really, it’s up to you.
If you win grand prize:
1. You’ll get a trophy and a certificate.
2. And, your winning story will appear in WritersNewsWeekly.
3. And, you’ll be able to tell your friends that you’re a published author.
More information here.
