WRITING CONTESTS
The GFWC Writing Contests seek to provide an avenue for GFWC members and community youth to freely express themselves and draw upon their experiences through writing. These submissions illustrate the talent of GFWC members and are a reflection of our communities. GFWC offers short story and poetry contests for members and youth in the communities GFWC serves.
GFWC MEMBER CONTESTS – Short Story and Poetry
6. Entries may not have been published prior to the competition and must be original works by the author.
7. A signed GFWC Creative Arts Waiver must be included with each submission, which is located at the end of this section.
8. Short stories are limited to 2,000 words.
9. Poetry entries can be any style, with a minimum length of eight lines and a maximum of 50 lines.
10. One entry per member per category.
Manuscripts will not be returned. Authors should keep a copy.
Clubs must send entries to State Arts Chairman for state judging by February 1, 2017 and 2018.
One winner from each district will be chosen.
State Arts Chairman shall select judges who will evaluate submissions and select the winners.
National Level: State Arts Chairman must send one state winning entry in each contest, along with a cover letter listing the names for each entry to the national GFWC Writing Contests Chairman, postmarked on or before April 1 each year.
The GFWC Writing Contests seek to provide an avenue for GFWC members and community youth to freely express themselves and draw upon their experiences through writing. These submissions illustrate the talent of GFWC members and are a reflection of our communities. GFWC offers short story and poetry contests for members and youth in the communities GFWC serves.
GFWC MEMBER CONTESTS – Short Story and Poetry
- Authors must be dues-paying members of an active GFWC club.
- Entries must be typed, double-spaced, printed on one side only, with minimum margins of one-inch on all four sides, on 8.5 x 11-inch paper.
- Entries must be written during the contest year (January 1-December 31).
- Entries must have the following on the top right hand corner of each page:
- Author’s name, email address, mailing address, and phone number
- Name of author’s GFWC club and State Federation
- Category
- Title of work
6. Entries may not have been published prior to the competition and must be original works by the author.
7. A signed GFWC Creative Arts Waiver must be included with each submission, which is located at the end of this section.
8. Short stories are limited to 2,000 words.
9. Poetry entries can be any style, with a minimum length of eight lines and a maximum of 50 lines.
10. One entry per member per category.
Manuscripts will not be returned. Authors should keep a copy.
Clubs must send entries to State Arts Chairman for state judging by February 1, 2017 and 2018.
One winner from each district will be chosen.
State Arts Chairman shall select judges who will evaluate submissions and select the winners.
National Level: State Arts Chairman must send one state winning entry in each contest, along with a cover letter listing the names for each entry to the national GFWC Writing Contests Chairman, postmarked on or before April 1 each year.