LIFE PRESS CHRISTIAN WRITERS’ CONFERENCE

12th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

P 0 Box 2018, Cordova, TN 38088

PHONE: 901-309-3692

E-mail: <Gmoearth(at)aol.com> (replace (at) with @)

http://www.grandmotherearth.org

 

August 1, 2009

CONTEST DEADLINE

  July 6, 2009 (Postmark)

 

Contest Rules:  All entries should be inspirational or on any subject suitable
for a Christian publication, and may be previously published or unpublished.
Entries will not be considered for publication, only for awards. No  first
place poems or prose from previous years or work published in Grandmother
Earth can be entered.

 

NATIONAL AWARDS:

Welcome, writers everywhere. 

1.  Poetry:  50-line limit. $50, $25,  $10

2.  Prose:  2000-word limit. Fiction or non-fiction or devotionals. $50,
$25, $15

 

CONFERENCE AWARDS:

Open to those who register to attend the conference:

4. Poetry:  40-line limit. $50, $15, $10

5. Prose:  1500-word limit. $50, $15, $10

All prose must be double spaced; poetry should be single spaced.

Fees:  A fee of $5 entitles you to enter one entry.  $2 for each additional
entry. Critique from the judges is available for $10. Write the word critique
on the upper right corner of each entry to be critiqued (limit 6 works in each
category). No limit on the number of entries in each contest. Make checks
payable to Life Press and mail to P. 0. Box 2018, Cordova, TN 380
88. Postmark by July 6.  Send one copy of each original entry with name and
number of the contest and no identification. Include a cover sheet with your
name, address, telephone number, email and list of all entries in each contest
with total fees paid. Please send a self-addressed stamped envelope for
winners’ list.   Entries being critiqued will be returned at the
conference or if a SASE is enclosed.

PLEASE ADVISE US OF ANY CHANGE IN ADDRESS AFTER ENTERING THE CONTEST

See Website for rules for the Poetry Society of Tennessee’s Mid-South Poetry
Festival

 

If you are interested in attending, please email or send an SASE for details or
see website.

This conference will be of benefit for writers regardless of whether or now you
write

for Christian publications.  Please pre-register by July 30.  $30 includes
lunch and 

Conference Fees: A $35 Registration fee entitles a participant to send one entry
($2 each additional entry), have all entries (limit 6 works in each category)
critiqued and includes Continental Breakfast and lunch.

Registration (including food, but with-out entries) is $30.  Spouse
Registration is $20.







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