Weta Nichols Writing Contest Entry Form

Electronic Entry with Hard Copy Payment

Name __________________________________ Address _______________________________

City _________________________________ State __________ Zip __________

Email _________________________________________ Phone ______________

Entry Name ___________________________________ Genre ______________________

Submit the first ten pages of your unfinished or finished novel (no short stories please,) to wetawritingcontest@gmail.com. Send as an attachment in .doc format with one inch margins all around, double spaced, in 12 pitch Times New Roman font. Please send the first ten pages only, and no less than 7 pages. Stories should be previously unpublished and can be any genre, romance, sci-fi, mystery, etc. Your name should appear on this entry form and the cover page of your electronic entry only. Also on the cover page, please put your contact information, the name of your submission and the genre. The title of your story and the page number should appear in the header of each page submitted. The title in the top left and pg. number in top right.

Please send entries no later than May 1, 2010. Entries after that date will be disqualified. Winners will be announced at the Romancing the Ozarks Conference July 10, 2010

Mail a $10.00 (per entry) fee along with this form to

Weta Nichols Writing Contest, 24 Northwoods Drive, Kimberling City, MO 65686
Send your electronic entry attachment to wetawritingcontest@gmail.com

Number of entries __________ Amount enclosed _______________

Please make personal check or money order payable to Ozarks Romance Authors. No cash, please.

Judges comments are given solely as a guide to improving your writing, but comments from judges should be used at the discretion of the writer. If there is a twenty-five point or more difference between the scores, another arbitrator will judge the entry and the highest score will be used. To determine the winner, the top eight scoring stories will be judged by separate arbitrators. All judges will be published authors.

You will receive a copy of the judges scoring sheets, upon return of your entry, along with judges comments. Ozarks Romance Authors is not responsible for comments made by the judges. These are personal opinions only, and are not the expressed opinion of Ozarks Romance Authors. Names of the Judges will be unknown to entrants and shall remain so. After the contest if you want to convey comments to them on their judging, give them thank you notes etc., please put the Judge # in the subject box and email your comments to wetawritingcontest@gmail.com. All will be forwarded.

Agreement: I have read and agree to abide by the rules of the 2010 Weta Nichols Writing Contest and the decision of the judges regarding winners of the contest. I realize judging is subjective, and I may receive comments with which I do not agree, but will hold harmless Ozarks Romance Authors, its contest personnel and judges in any dispute arising from my participation in this competition. I also verify that I am the author of the entry named above, that it is my original manuscript and has not been accepted for publication at the time of submission.

Signature ___________________________________ Date _________________________