Art
Affair Western Short Story Contest Rules
Art
Affair’s western fiction contest (maximum: 5,000 words) is
open to any writer. Enter
your own original work only.
Please do not include a SASE: entries will not be
returned.
Entries
must be postmarked by October 1, 2008 and should be unpublished
and/or unaccepted for publication when entered into the
contest. Manuscripts must be double-spaced and in 12-point font.
Please
type Western and your name, address, telephone number, and title of
manuscript on a cover page which will be removed before
judging. On your
manuscript, type page/word counts in the upper right-hand
corner of the first page.
You may
enter as many western short stories as you like but each entry
requires an entry fee.
Prizes:
$50.00, $25.00, $15.00 (Prize money and certificates
will be mailed to the winners and a list of winners will be
published on the website in December 2008.)
Entry Fee:
$5.00 per manuscript (Make
check payable to Art Affair) Deadline:
October 1, 2008
Mail entries to:
ART AFFAIR
- CONTEST
P.O. BOX 54302
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73154
Note: Not enough entries were received in 2007 for judging but the judges are looking forward to reading more westerns from you next year!
Art
Affair 2006 Western Short Story Contest Winners:
First
Place – Susan K. Salzer, Columbia, MO –
“Cornflower Blue”
Second
Place – Gerald Eisman, Sarasota, FL – “Duel on Dunphy's Mesa”
Third
Place – Vivian Gilbert Zabel, Edmond, OK – “Never Leave Me”
Honorable Mention – Stoney Hardcastle, Wilburton, OK –
“She/Devil On the Range”
Honorable Mention – Betty Powers, Yukon, OK – “The
Dreamer” Honorable Mention – Danny Wright, China Spring, TX – “Mulling a Texas Problem”
Art
Affair 2004 Western Short Story Contest Winners:
First
Place – Robert Edward Harper, Bull Shoals, AR –
“Cherokee Raid”
Second
Place – Jerry Craven, Canyon, TX – “Runaways”
Third
Place – Gerald Eisman, Sarasota, FL – “Trueblood”
First
Honorable Mention – N. E. Chapman, Oklahoma City, OK –
“A Memorable Time”
Second
Honorable Mention – M. Carolyn Steele, Tulsa, OK – “The
Pity of It All”
Art
Affair 2003 Western Short Story Contest Winners:
First
Place - Peggy Bechko, Santa Fe, NM - "Skykicker"
Second
Place - Gerald Eisman, Sarasota, FL - "Carmody"
Third
Place - Lori Van Pelt, Saratoga, WY - "Death Track"
Honorable
Mention - Susan K. Salzer, Columbia, MO - "Captives"
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