Kansas Voices
 
 

 

Eighteenth Annual

Contest for Writers Living in Kansas

 

 

$900 In Prizes

Prizes: Adult Division: $275 best poem, $275 best short story
Youth Division: $75 best poem, $75 best short story
Honorable Mentions: $200 total

Deadline: Postmarked by March 15, 2008

Eligibility: Entrants must live in Kansas. There is no requirement for subject matter. Writers competing in the Youth Division must be under 18 or currently enrolled in high school.

Entries: Unpublished poetry or short story competition. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but writers must notify us immediately if an entry has been accepted elsewhere. No single entry may be longer than 20 pages. All entrants will be notified of the contest winners.

Judging: Entries will be judged entirely on literary merit. Past judges have been Gar Bethel, Troy Boucher, Denise Low, Janet Peery, Stephen Trapscott, Natalie L. Petesch, Judy Vollmer, Liza Field, Tony Sobin, Rawdon Tomlinson, Frank Parman, Essie Sappenfield, Tom Page, Brian Dietrich,  Anna Seaton Huntington Judith Zaccaria, John Jenkinson, Tom Averill, Joan Spilman, Stephen Meats, Gordon Houser, William Sheldon, Debra Seely,  William Coleman, Kerry Jones, Amy Fleury, Kathleen DeGrave, Jason Wesco and Jim Hoy.

Winners: Winners will be notified by April 4, 2008 and will be honored and invited to read at a special presentation. The reading will be held at Winfield Community Center, during Kanza Days, May 3, 2008. Winning entries may be published by the Kansas Voices contest, however, writers retain all rights.

Previous Winners: Thomas Fox Averill, Liza Field, Kris Vervaecke, Sandra Morgan Robbins, Donn Irving, Debra Dockter, Joy Clumsky, Jacob Schrag, Erin Butsch, Sylvia Christianson, Rose Mary Mong, Margaret B. Meyers, Phillip Kimball, Jo McDougall, Julia Dagenais, Tod T. Marshall, Sarah Kanning, Al Ortolani, Hannah Love, Sara Scherrer, Barbara Seaman, Orrin Smith, Evan Grosshans, Sherry Burns, Leslie Reynard, Susan Kraus, Phillip Sueper, Briony Barnes,  Nathan Crowell, Miranda Pultz, Ms Wyatt Townley, Melissa Stanton, Grace Becker, Lesley Owens, Jenna Wiegert, Maggie Jones, Siobhan Coman, Alex Dryden, John Jenkinson, Katherine Settle, Jennifer Johnson, Lois Ruby, Catherine Evans, Bill DeArmond, Benjamin Boroughs, Kathleen Gilbert, Megan Heacock, Chelsea Growden, Rachael Beaumont, Lora Reiter, Lisa Moser, Matt Copeland, Mary-Lane Kamberg, Brenton Phillips, Barbara Lamborn, James Wright, Arna Hememway, Muthoki Mumo, Vanessa Zimmerman, Daniel Spees, Shala Mills

Manuscripts: Manuscripts will not be returned. Do not send your only copy. Type entries on one side only of 8½ x 11 inch white paper. Poems may be single spaced, but prose must be double-spaced and at least 12 pt. Clear photocopies are acceptable. A copy of the completed entry form must accompany the entries. Titles of all works entered must be listed on the entry form. The writer's name must not appear on the manuscripts.

Entry Fee: $3 for each poem or prose submission. Authors may enter as many times as they wish in either category. A $20 fee will be charged for all checks returned NSF.

Sponsored by:
Cowley College, Arkansas City
CornerBank, Winfield
Union State Bank, Winfield
Winfield Daily Courier, Winfield

Southwestern College, Winfield
Love Box Company-a subsidiary of Pratt Industries, Wichita
GE Engine Services, Winfield

 Winfield Consumer Products, Winfield

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Book Order form for Kansas Voices, Winning Entries I, II, III

 Name__________________________________________________________ Phone: (       )______________  

Address_________________________________________________________________________________ 

City, State, & Zip_________________________________________________________________________ 

            Number of copies  Book III—2000-2004___________________ x $13 each = __________________ 

            Number of copies   Book II—1995-1999____________________x $13 each=__________________ 

            Number of copies    Book I—1990-1994_____________________x $13 each=___________________

                                                                                                                                                (total enclosed)                           

                                               ($9.00 each book, sales tax included,  plus $4 shipping and handling each)

                                                   (A $20 fee will be charged for all checks returned NSF.) 

Mail order form to:                           
Kansas Voices                                 
Winfield Arts & Humanities  Council
700 Gary  Ste A & B                          
Winfield, KS  67156
                                                                                 

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