Please join me in thanking these very generous authors and other writing professionals for contributing their books and writing expertise as prizes by visiting their websites and blogs, considering their books and services for birthday, holiday or other gift purchases, rating and/or reviewing their books on GoodReads, Amazon, B&N, or anywhere else if you like them, recommending them for school and library visits, and supporting them in any other way you can dream up! 😊 The Prizes!: Oh! Such wonderful prizes! All I can say is, how lucky are we to be part of such a talented and generous community that offers such amazing prizes! PLEASE FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS! Large numbers of entries make it easy to cut entries that haven’t been entered as we asked. Originality and creativity – because that is often what sets one story above another. If you’re going to rhyme, give us your best 😊 Overall writing quality and use of language are also important. Quality of Writing: check your spelling, grammar, punctuation etc. Quality of story – entries must tell a story, including a main character of some kind and a true story arc even if it’s tiny 😊 Entries must not be merely descriptions or mood pieces.
The story must center on the contest – the contest must not be just an offhand mention/reference in a story about something else. Holiday Contest! – the rules state a Holiday Contest story, so it must be crystal clear that the story is about a contest that in some way relates to Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice, New Year’s, or whatever seasonal winter holiday you choose. Kid-appeal! – These stories are intended for a young audience (ages 12 and under), so we’re looking for stories that children will enjoy and relate to. (These dates are subject to adjustment if it takes the judges longer than we anticipate to get the judging completed.)
Whoever gets the most votes will be first and so on down to twelfth place (or wherever we place to), and the winners will be announced on Friday December 17th. so it might be a day or two later.) The vote will be closed on Thursday December 16th at 5 PM EST. (But it almost always seems to end up taking us longer. In the interest of finishing up the contest in a timely fashion so everyone can go about their holidays, we will do our best to post the finalists here by Tuesday December 14th for you to vote on for a winner.
The Judging: My lovely assistants and I will narrow down the entrants to approximately 12 finalists. Please copy and paste your entry with word count and byline into the body of the email – NO ATTACHMENTS please. If you have trouble commenting, you can email your entry to me and I will post it for you. There will be no regular posts (Tuesday Debut, Would You Read It, or Perfect Picture Book) for the duration of the contest so everyone will have plenty of time to visit and enjoy.
This post will remain up for your reading pleasure until I post the finalists. You are welcome to also post your entries on your own blogs and include your blog address with your entry here if you’d like to encourage people to come visit your blog, but your entry must be posted in the comment section of this post or it will not be counted because we won’t see it. All entries should include a title, byline (people always ask what this is – it means who the entry was written by, so, by Suzy Q. Post: Your entry should be posted between right now this very second and Thursday December 9th at 11:59 PM EST, and must be posted below in the comment section of this post. (And yes, if you feel compelled to submit more than one entry you may, just remember you’re competing against yourself!) Your story may be poetry or prose, silly or serious or sweet, religious or not, based on Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice, New Year’s or whatever you celebrate during the Holiday Season, but is not to exceed 250 words (I know! So much freedom after the Halloweensie Contest 😊 ) (It can be as short as you like (the judges will be grateful 😊, you are welcome and encouraged to write shorter, but no more than 250! Title not included in word count.) The field is wide open! Have fun! The more creative the better! No illustration notes please. sky’s the limit! But it must be about a holiday contest! Your contest can be anything you want! Baking, wrapping, decorating (tree or home), raising money or collecting gifts for those in need, ice skating, sledding, caroling, fancy dress, snowman or fort building. The Contest: Write a children’s holiday story (children here defined as age 12 and under) about a Holiday Contest!
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