In the Beachburg Fair Book, there was a minor mistake in the Creative Writing section. Please use this page if you are submitted an article to this section. Creative Writing 2018
(Please note the early submission date of July 10, 2018)
1) Open to adults 16 and over.
2) Entries must be submitted to “ Eleanor McLaughlin, Box 382, Beachburg, Ont. K0J 1C0” postmarked by Tuesday, July 10, 2018
3) Stories and poems must be original and unpublished.
4) (a)The cover page must include author’s name, address and phone number the title and class number (39, 40, 41, 42, or 43) this info must not appear on the entry itself.
Submit 2 copies of your entry (one for the judge, one for display). The judge will write private comments (critique) of your work on one of the copies. Please include a Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope if you wish to receive your critiqued copy.
Entries must be typed in English, preferably double-spaced, the class number typed at the beginning of your entry (ex. Class 41 – A Story for Children) and the total word count or (poetry lines) printed at the end of your entry.
Entries are limited to one per person per class. An entry fee of $2 for a single entry, $4 flat fee(max) for multiple entries, payable to Beachburg Agricultural Society, must accompany entries.
Judging will be done by a qualified judge. It will be “blind judging” (No names or identifying features are to be on the entries.) The judge’s decision will be final.
Prize money can be picked up at the Secretary’s office on Sunday, July 29 or will be mailed.
Committee: Heather Campbell (582-3257), Jean Robinson (582-3597) Eleanor McLaughlin (582-3441)
Class 39
Prize Money — $12, $10, $7, $4
Short Story:
Fiction or non-fiction; maximum 2000 words. Open topic.
Class 40
Prize Money — $12, $10 $7 $4
A Poem: Minimum 12 lines, Maximum 42 lines.
Topic: Anything weather related
Class 41
Prize Money — $12, $10, $7, $4
A Story for Children: Maximum 1000 words.
Targeted age: 6 to 12 years
A story related to Country Living
Class 42
Prize Money — $12, $10, $7, $4
An Essay: Maximum 2000 words
Theme: Penmanship vs. the Electronic age
Class 43 — SPECIAL
Prize Money — $15, $10, $7, $4
An Acrostic story starting with: “Adjusting to the change would take time…………………
The story must have 26 sentences that tell a full story (beginning, middle and end) using the sequence of the English Alphabet to start each sentence, (2nd sentence starting with B, 3rd C etc.) Story must have a plot and be in multi-paragraph form as in any story. No maximum or minimum number of words.
