A big thank you to everyone who participated in our 2nd Annual Writing Contest. Winners will be announced shortly and contacted via email.
Prizes:
First place is $125.00, second: $50.00, third: $15.00.
Formatting Guidelines:
– double-spaced, 12-pt. Times New Roman font
– under 2,000 words
Entry Fee:
The entry fee is $10.00 (US dollars) per submission. The fee must be paid by mail. Please send a money order, cashier’s check or personal check made out to Blue Bus Publishing to:
Blue Bus Publishing
PO Box 194
Amherst, WI 54406
Personal checks must be cleared before entries are considered valid. Blue Bus Publishing is not responsible for lost entries or payments. Submissions without an entry fee will be disqualified.
Judging:
The editors of Journal from the Heartland are judging this contest. Our main criterion for selection is quality. though we always look for human interest and originality.
We encourage potential participants to read our previous issues which are available at journalfromtheheartland.com/order-now/.
Submitting Entries
Email entries to: journalfromtheheartland@gmail.com
Entries must be submitted as a .doc or .docx attachment with only the title and page numbers included on the contest entry itself. Include name, phone number, and email address in the body of your email, also please provide a 2-3 sentence bio describing yourself. Type “Writing Contest Entry” in the subject line.
We prefer email submissions but print versions will be accepted. Mail your entry to:
Blue Bus Publishing
PO Box 194
Amherst, WI 54406
For more information, contact Eleonore Hebal at journalfromtheheartland@gmail.com
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We would like to thank all the participants in our 1st annual writing contest. We received many unique and well-crafted submissions. Our editors selected the following winners.
1st Place, $100 prize: Paths Not Our Own by Adrienne Sundquist (prose)
2nd Place, $50 prize: Tobacco Barn by Mary Rowin (poetry)
3rd Place, $25 prize: The Angry Mother by Bill Zimmermann (prose)
The winning submissions were featured in Issue 2 of Journal from the Heartland. Congratulations to these authors!