TCAN and Morse Library announce 3rd Annual Short
Story Contest
Natick, MA
- (October 20, 2006) The Center for Arts in Natick (TCAN) and
the Morse Institute Library
announce
the 3rd Annual Short Story Contest to highlight the
talents of area fiction writers at a reading next spring.
The contest
is open to all writers 18 years and older. There is no cost to
enter. Winners of the contest will be invited to read selections
from their entries at an event scheduled to be held at TCAN on
April 25, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. Winners will also have their work
published on TCAN's website (www.natickarts.org) and held in
the library's collection. Judging for the contest will start
this winter and will be based on the quality of the work submitted.
Submissions are due to TCAN by Friday, December 15, 2006 at 5
p.m. Eastern Time.
Guidelines
for the contest will be posted at TCAN, on TCAN’s
website at www.natickarts.org, and at Morse Institute Library.
The guidelines are as follows:
- Writers
aged 18 and over are eligible to enter.
- Writers
should submit only previously unpublished work. Each writer
is limited to one entry.
- Submit
work that is typed on double-spaced pages, using at least a
12-point font by December 15, 2005 at 5 pm.
- Work submitted
should not exceed 3,000 words.
- Please put
your name, address and telephone number, e-mail address and
story title on the first page only. Story title should appear
on all following pages.
- Submit work
by e-mail at storycontest@natickarts.org, or
by hand or mail to SHORT STORY CONTEST, TCAN, 14 Summer
Street, Natick, MA, 01760.
- Simultaneous
submissions are OK, but please tell us if your story gets accepted
elsewhere.
The Center for Arts in Natick provides the MetroWest area with an opportunity to actively participate in community enrichment through the arts, and a place to meet and make new friends sharing an interest in music, theatre and visual arts for the enjoyment of all.
Winners will
be invited to read aloud from their stories on the evening
of Thursday April 27, 2006 at The Center for Arts in Natick.
Winners'
stories also will be posted on the TCAN website and will become
part of the Morse Institute Library's collection.
Read
the winning entries for 2006 here.
A note
about what makes a good short story: The best fiction
shares with readers what it's like to be another person, facing
the world from that
character's point of view. Good stories convey what it means
to be human, alive and changing. Good stories have an element
of conflict, with people the reader cares about at the center
of the drama. Good short stories typically show that a person
has undergone some kind of change. Good short stories have a
clear sense of beginning and ending; the best short stories leave
the reader feeling something, caring about what has happened
to the main characters during the action of the story. In the
best stories I've read, that feeling lingers for quite some time
after I've finished reading it. -- Michael Goldberg, contest
coordinator
The Center
for Arts in Natick provides the MetroWest area with an opportunity
to actively participate in community enrichment
through the arts, and a place to meet and make new friends
sharing an interest in music, theatre and visual arts and
spoken word for the
enjoyment
of all.
For more information,
contact Michael Goldberg, story contest coordinator, at michaelsgoldberg@yahoo.com,
or 508-934-9597 for additional information.
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