The Telling Room Writing Contest

Write and submit a back cover blurb of 100 words or fewer that sets the stage for a novel establishes the characters and raises the stakes in a way that makes readers want to find out more.

The telling room writing contest. 2020 the telling room. The telling room has gone virtual until it feels safe for our staff volunteers teaching artists students and community to gather. In the interest of following guidance from local state and federal. Focused on young writers.

225 commercial street suite 201. All submissions must come from writers who live in the state of maine. The telling room portland me. The telling room young writers contest poetry may 2015 the telling room a nonprofit writing center in portland asked young writers to submit poems and prose pieces that fit the theme bodies of water.

Our annual themed creative writing contest allows youth from all over the state of maine to show off their writing chops. The telling room a nonprofit writing center in portland received hundreds of submissions for its writing contest this year. The contest is themed. Middle and high school students from all over the state wrote poems and stories on the theme objects of wonder.

Annually december february accepts online submissions we run a writing contest open to all maine residents ages 11 18. While we are happy to accept multiple submissions a new form must be completed for each piece of writing that you. The contest runs from mid december through january each year. We re so excited to announce our 2019 20 telling room writing contest winner.

Writing contest submission form our writing contest closes at 11 59pm est on friday january 31 2020. If it is before the deadline please submit your writing here if you have followed the contest guidelines. This writing contest is all about book blurbs. Full submission guidelines are available here on our website.

A panel of professional writers selects one grand prize winner. May 4 4 min read. Winners are published in maine magazine and in our annual anthology and win a cash prize. 6 165 likes 54 talking about this 521 were here.

We want blurbs about completely made up nonexistent books. The telling room is a nonprofit writing center for youth ages 6 18 in portland maine.