BigCloset Holiday Contest
It had been my intention to have a BC-TS Halloween writing contest this year but while I was distracted, Sapphire started one and I don't think we need two Halloween writing contests in this community. :)
So...announcing the BigCloset TopShelf Holiday Story Contest. Any story with a holiday related theme posted to BC before December 31, 2006 will be eligible. Yes, that includes all the way back to 1999.
If you wrote such a story or post such a story you've written in the next few months, let me know if you want it included in the contest. If you have a favorite story on a holiday theme written by someone else or posted elsewhere, let me know that too and try to get the author to post here or ask for a nomination.
If you are a Southern California writer who knows how to find my house, you're disqualified from winning anything! Sorry, can't have people thinking Wanda or Lainie could come over here and personally pressure me on who to vote for. :) Oh, that disqualifies me, too. But not Bob Arnold or Little Katie since they know where I live but aren't in Southern California. If you're disqualified, you can still enter but you can't get higher than Honorable Mention.
What's a holiday? An annual recurrent celebration or event tied to a calendar date or calendar calculation. This means birthdays, D-Day and 9/11 qualify (and for you Euro/British types, I don't mean November 9th).
Prizes? We don't need no stinkin' prizes. Oh. Oh, yes, maybe we do. I'm thinking of Barnes and Noble gift cards or donations to charity. No promises.
Voting will be in January and maybe February, here on BC and there may be more than one division, like 2006 vs. pre-2006, depending on how many entries we get. I'm willing to put up $100 in prize money but how that gets divided up, we'll have to see. Winners will be announced here sometime before the end of, oh, March, as a guess.
Am I sure about all this? Yeah, I think so. :) Oh, and suggestions will be taken for a 2007 contest theme.
Good luck and good writing.
- Erin