Posted on: Sunday, October 8, 2006
Share your holiday spirit with a tale
Advertiser Staff
Two well-written pieces of short fiction will win a pair of writers $200 each in The Advertiser's annual Holiday Fiction Contest.
Entries are being accepted now in two divisions: a story for adults, and another suitable for reading aloud to children.
Contest entries need not be on overtly holiday themes and need not concern any holiday in particular. But they will be judged on their ability to provoke thought and feeling, engender hope, convey the strength of the human spirit or give us all a good smile — or even a belly laugh. And on the quality of the writing, of course.
CONTEST RULES
Word count limit: 1,500 words.
Stories — fictional or fact-based — must be the author's own work. Winners will be required to sign a fee-for-service contract attesting to that fact and granting The Honolulu Advertiser the right to publish the story and place it online.
Entries in verse are acceptable. Illustrations will not be considered.
Judges' decision is final. Employees of The Honolulu Advertiser may not enter.
Manuscripts or e-mails must include name, address, daytime telephone and e-mail address. No pen names, please.
Manuscripts or e-mails must be labeled "adult" or "children's."
Deadline: Postmarked or e-mailed on or before Nov. 30.
Send stories to: Holiday Fiction, Island Life, Honolulu Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802. Or e-mail to islandlife@honoluluadver tiser.com with Holiday Fiction in the subject line.
