Winners of Short Story Contest
(photos below)
High School Division (total entries 25):
1st place: Insaffatus by Candance Osterhout, Crossings Christian School
2nd place: The Sinister by Ethan Smith, Edmond Memorial High School
3rd place: Antique by Jenna Hapton, Edmond Memorial High School
honorable mention: Safe in Mind by Aubrie Visor
College Division (total entries 20):
1st place: Fiction and Reality by Dianne Wade, SNU
2nd place: The Write of Shame by Morgan Sorrell, UCO
3rd place: Unbroken Promises by Kellyn Eaddy, UCO
honorable mention: New Hope by Madison Castelli, UCO
All those who placed will be honored at the January 11, 2014 Pen and Keyboard Writers meeting. We hope all will attend. Visitors are invited.
Pen and Keyboard Writers
January 11, 2014
10:00 AM
Mardel's conference room
33rd and Boulevard, Edmond
High School Division (total entries 25):
1st place: Insaffatus by Candance Osterhout, Crossings Christian School
2nd place: The Sinister by Ethan Smith, Edmond Memorial High School
3rd place: Antique by Jenna Hapton, Edmond Memorial High School
honorable mention: Safe in Mind by Aubrie Visor
College Division (total entries 20):
1st place: Fiction and Reality by Dianne Wade, SNU
2nd place: The Write of Shame by Morgan Sorrell, UCO
3rd place: Unbroken Promises by Kellyn Eaddy, UCO
honorable mention: New Hope by Madison Castelli, UCO
All those who placed will be honored at the January 11, 2014 Pen and Keyboard Writers meeting. We hope all will attend. Visitors are invited.
Pen and Keyboard Writers
January 11, 2014
10:00 AM
Mardel's conference room
33rd and Boulevard, Edmond
The winners attending the meeting with Pen and Keyboard president Vivian Zabel
Candace Osterhout, Crossings Christian School, 1st place high school division.
Dianne Wade, Southern Nazarene University, 1st place college division.
Morgan Sorrell, University of Central Oklahoma, 2nd place college division.
Ethan Smith, Edmond Memorial, 2nd place high school division.
Aubrie Visor, Edmond Memorial, honorable mention high school division.
Madison Castelli, University of Central Oklahoma, honorable mention college division.
Note: neither 3rd place winner attended.
Note: neither 3rd place winner attended.
Student Short Story Contest
hosted by Pen and Keyboard Writers
(an affiliate of OWFI)
The competition will have two divisions: college students (local colleges only) and high school students (local high schools unless requested). Both divisions will follow the same rules. The winner of each division will receive a scholarship to attend the 2014 OWFI writing conference, May 1-3, to be held at the Embassy Suites on Meridian in Oklahoma City.
Entries are to be sent as Word doc. attachments to an email sent to pen.keyboard@gmail.com
Opening date: September 3, 2013
Deadline: October 6 at midnight
Entries are to be sent as Word doc. attachments to an email sent to pen.keyboard@gmail.com
Opening date: September 3, 2013
Deadline: October 6 at midnight
1. Only one entry per person
2. Entry should be a short story with conflict and resolution: a beginning, middle, and end.
3. Entry must be between 1,000 and 2,500 words and not be X-rated in content.
4. Include word count after the end of the story, 3-4 empty lines below last line of story.
5. Entry must be double spaced, 1” margins all around, typed in Times New Roman 12 font, and paragraphs are to be indented consistently.
6. Contestant’s name, full address, school name, phone number, and preferred email address need to be in upper right hand corner of first page. This part can be single spaced.
Example:
2. Entry should be a short story with conflict and resolution: a beginning, middle, and end.
3. Entry must be between 1,000 and 2,500 words and not be X-rated in content.
4. Include word count after the end of the story, 3-4 empty lines below last line of story.
5. Entry must be double spaced, 1” margins all around, typed in Times New Roman 12 font, and paragraphs are to be indented consistently.
6. Contestant’s name, full address, school name, phone number, and preferred email address need to be in upper right hand corner of first page. This part can be single spaced.
Example:
Mary Jones
1234 Her Street
Any town, OK 55555
Harris High School
(555) 555-1234
MJones@aol.com
1234 Her Street
Any town, OK 55555
Harris High School
(555) 555-1234
MJones@aol.com
7.. Name of contestant, title, and page number need to be on one line in upper right top of pages after first page.
Example:
Example:
Mary Jones Run Away Home 2
8 Entry is to be sent as a Word document attachment to pen.keyboard@gmail.com. Only electronic entries accepted. The subject line of the email should read: Student Short Story Contest – College or Student Short Story Contest – High School.
Entries submitted before September 3 or after midnight October 6 will be disqualified.
Entries submitted before September 3 or after midnight October 6 will be disqualified.
Notice of winners will be announced by December 15 by email to the winners and schools and then posted on the Pen and Keyboard Writers website: http://pen-keyboard.weebly.com and on the group’s Facebook page. A presentation will be given for the winners at the January 11, 2014 Pen and Keyboard Writers meeting at Mardel’s conference room, 33rd and Boulevard (Eastern/Martin Luther King) in Edmond, Oklahoma, from 10:00 AM until noon.
NOTE: Grammar, spelling, and correct punctuation are absolutely essential for top rated stories. This contest is about craftsmanship. As a side note, your judges are patently biased towards stories with some kind of conflict and some kind of resolution. Also, without good characters and a full plot, no story exists.
NOTE: Grammar, spelling, and correct punctuation are absolutely essential for top rated stories. This contest is about craftsmanship. As a side note, your judges are patently biased towards stories with some kind of conflict and some kind of resolution. Also, without good characters and a full plot, no story exists.