TRAIL DAYS WRITING CONTEST:

         CELEBRATING WRITERS

         AND THEIR TRAIL EXPERIENCES

 

--ESSAY CONTEST RULES--

 

  1. Entries must be in essay format.

  2. The essays must be related to hiking in the Appalachian Region or anywhere on the Appalachian Trail.

  3. Entries must be in English.

  4. Entries must be original and unpublished.

  5. Entries must be typed, double-space, numbered, and not to exceed 10 pages.

  6. Participants may submit only one essay.

  7. Entries must be written by someone 18-years-old or older.

  8. DO NOT PUT your name on the submission itself, but include a cover page with your name, address, phone number, email address (if available), and fax number (if available).  If submitted by email or email attachment, the first information in the electronic submission should be your name, address, phone number, email address, and fax number (if available).

  9. Submit electronic files in Microsoft Word or Text Format to trail@wcpl.net.

  10. Publication rights remain with the authors, but the Washington County Public Library acquires the right to have the winning entries read, in whole or in part, at an awards ceremony conducted during Trail Days and posted on the Washington County Public Library website (www.wcpl.net).

  11. If you submit your manuscript by USPS and would like it returned, pleased include a S.A.S.E.

 

    Deadline:

A postmark of April 17, 2003, or email submission no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 24, 2003.

 

Awards:

First Place: $150

Second Place: $100

Third place: $50

 

 

     Notification:

Winners will be notified via method of submission.  The list of winners, along with the winning entries,
will be posted at www.wcpl.net/trail from May 11 - June 11, 2003.

 

           For More Information:

Call 676-6246 or email jcromer@wcpl.net or write to Trail Days Writing Contest, Washington County Public Library,
205 Oak Hill Street, Abingdon, VA  24210.