Ivy Tech Fac­ulty Writ­ers fundraise for TRIAAC

Cre­ative writ­ing con­test set for adults and children

The Fac­ulty Writ­ing Group of Ivy Tech is hold­ing a writ­ing con­test to ben­e­fit TRIAAC (Three Rivers Insti­tute of Afrikan Art & Cul­ture). Adult and child entrants are wel­come to sub­mit works in one of the fol­low­ing gen­res: fic­tion, cre­ative non­fic­tion, poetry, graphic works/comics, and horror/fantasy short fic­tion. Child entries should be either fic­tion or poetry and child writ­ers should indi­cate their grade level on the entry form.

The guide­lines for the con­test are as follows:

• Length—fiction, cre­ative non­fic­tion, horror/fantasy: 2500 words, or ten pages; poetry: max­i­mum of three poems, not to exceed four pages; graphic works/comics: up to six pages with pan­els and/or illus­tra­tions; children’s entries should be five pages or less.
• Works must have titles that appear on the first page (do not put names on entries)
• Writ­ers must include a cover page with the names of all works sub­mit­ted and the writer’s name, address, phone and email address if applicable
• Each work must have page numbers
• Prose and poetic works must be typed in black ink, on stan­dard printer paper—on one side of the page
• Entry fees should be paid by check or money order, and made payable to: TRIAAC (The fee is $10 for adults and $5 for children)
• Entries with­out fees are ineligible

Entries, along with required entry forms and fees should be mailed to:

TRIAAC

ATTN: Writ­ing Contest

501 East Brack­en­ridge Street

Fort Wayne, IN 46802–3522

Writ­ing Con­test to Ben­e­fit TRIAAC Entry Form

Writer’s name__________________________________________

Writer’s address______________________________________________________

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Writer’s email address (if under 18, pro­vide par­ent or guardian’s email address)

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Writer’s phone num­ber (include area code) _____________________________________

Writer’s age or grade cat­e­gory (choose one):  ____adult   ____K-2  ___3-5  _____6-8 ____9-12

Type of writ­ing sub­mit­ted (choose one): ___fiction ____poetry  ____creative non­fic­tion      ____horror/fantasy     _____graphic work/comic

Entry fee:   child $5   adult $10 (cir­cle one)

Write the title of the work submitted_________________________________________

Click on the link in the head­line to down­load the Entry Form.

Please read and sign the pas­sage below. Entrants younger than 18 years of age require the sig­na­ture of a par­ent or guardian.

By sub­mit­ting work to the Writ­ing Con­test to Ben­e­fit TRIAAC, I affirm that the work sub­mit­ted is com­pletely orig­i­nal and I hold all rights. Fur­ther, I agree that the judges of the con­test as appointed by the mem­bers of the Fac­ulty Writ­ing Group at Ivy Tech have the final deci­sion regard­ing win­ning entries and agree to abide by such deci­sions. I fur­ther agree to accept any prize awarded to me, in the event that I win, and under­stand that there are no sub­sti­tute prizes. In addi­tion, at the con­clu­sion of the con­test, I under­stand that I may sub­mit the work entered for this con­test to other con­tests or pub­li­ca­tions for fur­ther con­sid­er­a­tion. I also agree that no fur­ther monies, ser­vices, or goods  (bar­ring any prize that might have been won) are due to me as a result of my par­tic­i­pa­tion in this con­test. Addi­tion­ally, I under­stand that in the event that judges find no entry wor­thy, no prize will be awarded.

Signed___________________________________________ Date________________________

(If under 18, par­ent or guardian signs here)__________________________________________

Date____________________________________

Unsigned entries will not be accepted