Short Story Contest

Congratulations to the 2011 Short Story winners:

1st Place - Yuna Kwak from Chief Joseph Middle School

2nd Place - Alaina Wangsgaard from Chief Joseph Middle School, "One Wish"

3rd Place - Anita Whyatt from Enterprise Middle School, "Vigilante's Tale"

Honorable Mention - Yean Ly from Park Middle School, "A Classical Twist"

Honorable Mention - Riley McShane from Chief Joseph Middle School, "Dream Portals: Sacore's Stuggle"

Read, Write, Imagine!

Students attending participating Cavalcade of Authors schools are invited to submit short stories to the 2012 Cavalcade of Authors Short Story Contest.

1st Place ~$40 gift certificate to Barnes & Noble

2nd Place~$25 gift certificate to Barnes & Noble

3rd Place~$15 gift certificate to Barnes & Noble

In addition, each winner will receive an autographed book from one of the Cavalcade authors. Winners will be published on the Cavalcade website with students’ permission.

SUBMISSIONS

Contest Deadline is January 18th, 2012.
Submit 2 copies to your school librarian.
The 2 best stories from each school will be judged by an independent panel of judges.
Winners will be announced March 9th, 2012. Winners not attending Cavalcade will be notified by their librarians.

CONTEST RULES

You must be a student at a participating Cavalcade of Authors school.
Short stories must be no more than 1000-1500 words.
Story must be the original work of the entrant.
Story must meet the format guidelines.

FORMAT GUIDELINES

Submitted stories must:
Be no more than 1000-1500 words.
Be double spaced, 12 point Times New Roman font.
Include in the upper left hand corner, your name, the name of your school, your grade, and the name of your librarian.
Center the title two lines below your contact information.
Include in the upper right hand corner the approximate word count of the story.