The Almost Famous Authors' Faire is proud to announce that the first quarter of the Second, Annual Almost Famous Authors' Faire Writing Contest has come to a close, and winners were announced and given their awards at the Second Almost Famous Authors' Faire at the Green Tree Mall, March 27th, 2010! Thanks to all that participated in the first quarter 2010 contest. We hope to be able to read more of your submissions in the 2010 second quarter contest, beginning April 1 and running until June 7.
Now...would you like to now who the winners were? Of course you would! Below are the names of the first, second and third place winners of the first quarter contest:
Mark Hothi - The Gift of the Nameless - First Place
Mary Dixon - A New Heart for My Girl - Second Place
Cheri Powell - Necessary Data - Third Place
The Second, Annual Almost Famous Authors' Faire Writing Contest will be a bit different than the 2009 contest. How will it be different? It will be different in that there will be TWO contests being held during the year. The first ran January 15-March 15. Due to summer being an incredibly busy time for many writers, the second will run from April 1-September 15 (The original cutoff date of June 7 has been extended a few more months!)
The cash award for the published works will not be paid out until the Christmas Almost Famous Authors' Faire, to be held December 11, 2010 at the Clifton Center on busy, artsy Frankfort Avenue in Louisville, KY.
Unpublished, winning entries from the first contest will go forward to be judged against the top three unpublished in the other contest. An overall top prize will be awarded to the top three published books, and top three unpublished entries. So for the unpublished arm of the contest, your one entry fee gives you a chance to possibly win two prizes.
And of course, the top 30 unpublished entries in the overall 2010 contest will be published in the Second, Annual Almost Famous Authors' Faire Top Thirty by Bearhead Publishing LLC.
Our judges look forward to reading your entries!
Submission Guidelines:
ENTRY FEE: Unpublished poems and short stories $10.00
Published Works $25.00
ENTRY GUIDELINES:
1. Each entry needs a cover page. The cover page should include: Title of work, Writer's Name, Writer's address, home phone and e-mail
2. PUBLISHED works need to send the book
3. No more than 2,000 words for unpublished
4. To identify each page of the UNPUBLISHED work, use only the title, NOT the writer's name.
5. POSTMARK DEADLINE; SEPT. 15, 2010 FOR UNPUBLISHED & PUBLISHED
6. Members of the AFAF Board are ineligible
7. Submissions will not be returned.
8. Must be 18 years of age
9. Send Self-Addressed, Stamped Envelope for acknowledgement
TOP 30 SHORT STORIES will be published in book from and be available at the: Almost Famous Authors' Faire on December 11, 2010 at the Clifton Center on Frankfort Avenue in Louisville, KY.
AWARDS RECOGNITION: UNPUBLISHED FIRST PLACE $100.00 SECOND PLACE $75.00 THIRD PLACE $50.00
PUBLISHED FIRST PLACE $200.00 SECOND PLACE $100.00 THIRD PLACE $50.00
Send entries and entry fee to: ALMOST FAMOUS AUTHORS' FAIRE, P.O.BOX 16539, LOUISVILLE, KY 40256
| 2009 Writing Contest |
The winners of the published arm of the contest were: First Place: Bill Hunt, A Full Grown Man, Second Place: Claudia Pemberton, Love Leaves No One Behind, & Third Place: George Lysloff, Poetry and Stanzas II
Thanks to new author, Lori A. Moore, for this fabulous photo!
The AFAF Top Thirty Short Stories & Poems is still available to purchase. If you couldn''t make it to the faire (we're so sad to hear this), but you still want to find out if a particular authors' work was included in this book and/or purchase a copy of this awesome Top Thirty book, hop on over to the
