Fox Valley Writers Club contest

The Fox Valley Writers Club is offering it’s second annual Curtis L. Brown Writing Challenge. Deadline is Feb. 28, 2006. Cash prizes will be awarded.

Rules as posted on their web site:

1. There is no entry fee.
2. Deadline: Entry must be postmarked before midnight February 28, 2006.
3. Any high-school senior or older resident of the Fox Valley and surrounding area is eligible to compete.
4. Entries should not exceed 2,000 words.
5. Any form of writing is acceptable - serious or humorous, prose or verse, fact or fiction - but must not have been published before.
6. Correct English is assumed, and entries will be judged primarily on originality and clarity. The judging decision is final, and entries cannot be returned.
7. Entries should be double-spaced on one side of sequentially numbered sheets. The writer's name, address, and telephone number, the title of the entry, and its word count should appear on a separate sheet and nowhere else in the manuscript.
8. Mail to: "Curtis L. Brown Writing Challenge" 635 Quarry Lane, Neenah, WI 54956-4146.
9. Award certificates and monetary prizes will be given to the three best entries. First place: $45.00; second: $35.00; third: $20.00. Winning entries qualify for publication in the Club's Experimental Literary Journal, Ego Trips, but copyright stays with the author.