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Enter the Summer Writing Contest:Personal EssayOpen to All Members
3500-5000 words
$25 per entry via PayPal or Guest of PayPal must be paid at time of completing the online Contest Entry Form. Submit payment here.
Prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners:
$300.00 first place
$200.00 second place
$100.00 third place
Submit manuscript as email attachment to pswgcontest@gmail.com
Entries Accepted June 15th, 2017 to September 1st, 2017
Example of Subject line of email: Subject: Summer Writing Contest, Personal Essay. YOUR NAME HEREExample of body of the email:Attached please find my entry to the Summer Writing Contest, Personal Essay titled, YOUR TITLE HERESigned, YOUR NAME
Contest Judge is Dr. R. Newman, past Director of English Composition at the University of Miami, past Chair of the College Board’s national faculty committee on the Test of Standard Written English, and an evaluator of personal essays at Yale University for the Educational Testing Service. Dr. Newman was also a contributor to the College Usage Advisory Board of the Microsoft Encarta College Dictionary.
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