Rising Star Creative Writing Competition

From The Nature of Words:


"The competition, now in its fourth year, is awarded at the annual literary festival, scheduled for November 4-8, 2009 in Bend, Oregon. Prizes will be awarded in fiction, literary nonfiction and poetry in two age categories, 15-18 and 19-25. Winning writers will receive a cash prize, inclusion of their winning entry in an anthology, recognition in an awards ceremony at the November festival, and a scholarship to one of The Nature of Words workshops in their winning genre."

• The competition is open to writers in Oregon, Washington and Idaho.


• Competition genres include poetry, fiction, literary nonfiction and literary non-fiction-nature essay.


• The nature essay should offer a reflection on the natural world as it affects and informs the personal world. The writing should demonstrate close observation of nature, as well as the ability of the writer to extrapolate from that observation nature’s ability to instruct mankind.


• All entrants must be a member of one of the eligible age categories: ages
  15-18 or ages 19-25.


• Entries must be received in The Nature of Words email (risingstar@thenatureofwords.org) no later than 12 midnight on the submission date of June 10, 2009.

Full details available here.