California Writers Club

Sacramento Branch

2017 WRITING CONTEST

 Category: Non-Fiction – Essay

(Narrative, Descriptive, Expository, Persuasive, Personal, etc.)

Topic: Why I Write

Submitters may use their own title

Eligibility

• Entrants will need to use a Submittable (www.submittable.com) account to enter. Click on the button below to start.
• CWC, Sacramento may, with author’s permission, use a portion of entries in publicity materials.
• After logging in to your Submittable account, you will upload your manuscript, up to 750 words, as an attachment.
• The Submittable website allows judges to evaluate manuscripts without knowing the identity of the authors. Therefore, do not include your name as author anywhere on the manuscript.
• You will be prompted to pay your entry fee with a credit card on the Submittable website. Use drop-down menu to select the correct fee.
• Your original essay must not have not appeared in any publication or online media.
• Entries must be submitted as electronic files, preferably as Microsoft Word documents or PDF files, formatted as doubled-spaced with 12-point Times Roman font, using standard one-inch margins with page numbers in upper right hand corner.
• Submissions and simultaneous payment must be made by April 1, 2017
•  The contest chair is Judith Presnall at judypresnall@hotmail.com 

• First Place: $100   ~   Second Place: $50   ~   Third Place: $25
• Winners will be recognized at the June, 2017, CWC Sacramento Branch Luncheon.

Extra Clarification

• Manuscripts and payments to be submitted through Submittable at https://cwcsacramentowriters.submittable.com
• Entry fee is $10 for members and $15 for non-members. Use the drop-down box to select the proper entry fee.