The Telling Room Writing Contest

Write and submit a back cover blurb of 100 words or fewer that sets the stage for a novel establishes the characters and raises the stakes in a way that makes readers want to find out more.

The telling room writing contest.

If it is before the deadline please submit your writing here if you have followed the contest guidelines. In the interest of following guidance from local state and federal. We want blurbs about completely made up nonexistent books. Focused on young writers.

The contest is themed. The telling room young writers contest poetry may 2015 the telling room a nonprofit writing center in portland asked young writers to submit poems and prose pieces that fit the theme bodies of water. The contest runs from mid december through january each year. Full submission guidelines are available here on our website.

Annually december february accepts online submissions we run a writing contest open to all maine residents ages 11 18. Our annual themed creative writing contest allows youth from all over the state of maine to show off their writing chops. A panel of professional writers selects one grand prize winner. We re so excited to announce our 2019 20 telling room writing contest winner.

Writing contest submission form our writing contest closes at 11 59pm est on friday january 31 2020. By logan wilbur a high school sophomore from bass harbor me. The telling room portland me. This writing contest is all about book blurbs.

225 commercial street suite 201. The telling room is a nonprofit writing center for youth ages 6 18 in portland maine. Middle and high school students from all over the state wrote poems and stories on the theme objects of wonder. The telling room a nonprofit writing center in portland received hundreds of submissions for its writing contest this year.

2020 the telling room. Winners are published in maine magazine and in our annual anthology and win a cash prize. The telling room ages 11 18 submission window. May 4 4 min read.

While we are happy to accept multiple submissions a new form must be completed for each piece of writing that you. 6 165 likes 54 talking about this 521 were here.