If writing is your muse, please read on and consider submitting your original piece for our first annual competition.
Throughout the centuries mushrooms have been intertwined with mystery and mayhem, mistrust and dread. They've had a relationship with death and decay, fairies and elves and witches. Join in this tradition or turn your back on it. Go wherever your imagination takes you! Create a fairy tale, a mystery, a romance. Or, create an ode, a verse, a rhyme, a limerick, a sonnet, an epic. Or, how about a comic!
We'll gather together Curry County mushroom fanciers who'll review all the entries. Their "favorite" submission will be the recipient of our $100 award and will be spotlighted on this website.
We don't want to "bug" you, but we'd sure
like you to enter our writing contest!
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E-mail us your original, unpublished submission written in English for inclusion on our website, using "Writing Contest" as part of the subject line.
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All entries must be received at MadAboutMushrooms@gmail.com by midnight on June 30, 2010 to be eligible for the award. The winner will be announced on this website on or before July 15, 2011. Likewise, the $100 check for the winner will be mailed by July 15, 2011.
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All entries must include a place name in or reference to Curry County. For example, the entry could mention Port Orford, Cape Blanco, or the Rogue River.
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All entries must include some reference to mushrooms.
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This is a free contest, open to all who wish to participate and the winner is chosen solely at the discretion of the judges.
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There is no minimum or maximum number of words that must be submitted to qualify.
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Multiple entries will be accepted.
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Be sure to include your name, mailing address and phone number; we need to be able to easily contact you. This information will be kept from the judges so that they can make their selection without prejudice.
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By submitting an entry, the entrant certifies that he/she has authored their submission and that, as such, it reflects their own efforts and creativity and is unpublished. Submission must not violate any copyright laws.
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The entrant understands that their submission may be published on this website and/or as part of a manuscript, and, by their submission, authorizes and agrees to such publication without any compensation other than if they are selected the prize winner. Unless authorized in writing, we will not share your personal information with anyone for any reason whatsoever. All decisions are final.
So, put your creative energies to work and start tapping on the keyboard. Hope to be reading your contribution soon!
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