Contest Rules and Regulations

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Youth Rules

Youth Entry Form

2010 Contests in Prose and Poetry

      The Anson County Writers’ Club (ACWC) will award over $400 in prize money to the winners of its 22nd annual contests in prose and poetry.
     First, second and third place winners in the adult prose and adult poetry categories will receive $50, $30 and $20, respectively. Youth winners (grades 10-12) will receive $20, $15 and $10, respectively. Grades 3-6 and Grades 7-9 will compete separately in the children’s division. Prizes are $15, $10 and $5, respectively, for prose and poetry winners in both categories.
      All winners will receive a certificate suitable for framing and will be honored at a reception for friends and family on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011.
     Winning entries will be published in an anthology, Anson Pathways, which is released every three years. Anson Pathways, Volume VII, with winning prose and poetry from the 2007, 2008 and 2009 contests, will be available soon.
     The adult contests are open to anyone residing in, having resided in, attending school in or working in Anson County; or members of the ACWC. There is a $1 entry fee, which is waived for students at any institution of higher learning.

     There is no entry fee for students. Entries will be accepted from students living in or attending school in Anson County. Rules and entry forms will be provided to all schools.
     Deadline for the 2010 contest is 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 3.
     A complete copy of the rules and an entry form that must accompany each entry are available at the H.B. Allen Library; the Anson County Chamber of Commerce; or by writing to ACWC 2009 Contests, P.O. Box 363, Wadesboro, N.C., 28170 (enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope). Printable forms may be found on line (see links at left of page).
     For more information, call contest co-chairs Carla Marshall at 704-694-7870 or Sandy Bruney at 704-694-5211; or e-mail at info@ansoncountywritersclub.org.

     Winners of the Anson County Writers’ Club 2009 contests in prose and poetry were honored at the club’s 21st annual awards ceremony on Feb. 28 at the Little Theater, H.B. Allen Library in Wadesboro.
     ACWC president Rufus Getzen welcomed the winners and their families. Getzen stressed the importance of the written word in preserving our culture and history even in this age of computers and television. The story of Joseph takes two hours to tell in the musical, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” Getzen said. It can be read in its entirety in just a few minutes.     Talent helps, but anyone can be taught to write clearly and to convey their ideas in a logical and understandable form, Getzen said. The ACWC fosters the art of writing by encouraging both beginning and experienced writers through its annual contests. Club members also act as coaches at the monthly Open Mic meetings by offering suggestions as to how writers might improve their work.
     Winners in the poetry, grades 3-6 category, were: first place, Sasha Mayes, WPS, “Snowballs”; second place, Cydney Livingston, AES, “Falling Leaves”; third place, Eukela Little, WPS, “When I Open a Book.” Prose awards went to: first place, Savannah Sommerville, WES, “Sugar Shack”; second place, Colten Kelly, AES, “My Big Brother Troy; third place, Maggie Horne, WPS, “A Thanksgiving to Remember.”

     Poetry winners in grades 7-9 were: first place, Alena Moore, AMS, “Winds of Change”; second, Alicia Moore, AMS, “Baking Christmas Cookies”; third, Quatavis Liles, AMS, “Doubt.” First place in prose went to Andre Tyson, AHS, “Does It Really Matter?”; second, Seth Templeton, AHS, “ A Day in the Life of Alexander Drake”; third, Kayla Downer, AHS, “The Daily Life of Emma Dove.”
     Grades 10-12 winners in poetry were: Kelvin Dashun Coxe, AHS, “Christmas Hope”; second, Sasha Burns, ACA, “Blind Eyes”; third, Tiffany Treadaway, AEC, “Words.” Prose awards went to: D’Anya Chance, AHS, “Stereotyping in the African American Culture”; second, Shamicka Hough, AHS, “Flying Away”; third, Rhonda Stewart, AHS, “Dear Lord Thy God.”
     Adult winners in poetry were: first place, Mario Kersey, “Upon Reflecting After a Morning Lick”; second, Hilda Gaddy Courter, “City Pond”; third, Dorothy Morrison, “Christmas Eyes.” Prose winners were: first place, Dorothy Morrison, “Shortnin Bread”; second, Karen MacMurray, “The Best Laid Plans”; third,Beverley Getzen, “The Light Bulb.”
     A reception followed the presentation of certificates and cash prizes.
     The ACWC wishes to thank the Union County Writers’ Club for acting as judges in the 2009 contests; and the Anson County teachers who encouraged their students to submit their work.