Edison Writer's Club is pleased to announce the 2003 Spring Fiction and Poetry Contest.  Enter your best short stories or poems on any subject.

Prizes

     Prizes will be awarded in all  categories, totaling $360.

1st Place                     $50.
2nd Place                    $25.
3rd Place                     $10.
Honorable Mention     $  5.

Categories
        Adult
        High School

Only original unpublished manuscripts will be accepted.

  On removable cover sheet , include your full name, address, telephone number and title of entry. Authors name should not appear on the manuscript.

  Do not submit originals, no entries will be returned.  Clear photocopies are acceptable.

  Include self-addressed, stamped envelope if you would like a list of winners.

  Fiction must be 1500 words or less, double spaced.

  Poems must be 50 lines or less, single spaced, rhymed or unrhymed.

  Winning entries from previous contests may not be reentered.

Note:  Edison Writer's Club reserves the right to disqualify any manuscripts that do not meet the stated requirements.

Send entries to:         Edison Writer's Club
 Attn:  Cathy Essinger
 Edison Community College
 1973 Edison Drive
 Piqua, Ohio  45356

  Adult              $3.00
    High School   $1.00

     Enter as many times as you'd like.  Only one cash prize will be awarded per entrant.  Please include the proper fee for each entry.  Multiple entries can be mailed using one check made out to:
Edison Community College

Deadline

    All entries must be postmarked no later than March 15.

Judging

     All entries will be judged anonymously by members of the Edison Writer's Club.

Winners   

     Winners will be notified by mail.  Public announcement will be made at a Coffeehouse style Open Reading to be held in May, in the Edison Student Lounge.

     At the Reading, winners will be announced and cash awards presented.  Winning authors will be invited to read their entries.

For more Information:
   Call Cathy Essinger at the College,
 (937) 778-8600 ext. 7906