Peru State College Writers Guild

Toney McCrann Writer’s Guild Contest

November 1, 2012 through January 11, 2012

·     The categories are: Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction

·     Two submissions are allowed for each category

·     Maximum length of 2,000 words per submission

Prizes!

1^st- $30 Amazon gift card

2^nd- $15 Amazon gift card

Winning submissions will be published in The Leaf Press, the Writer’s Guild literary journal. 

All work sent for the context will also be considered for inclusion in the journal.

Please send submissions to pscwritersguild@gmail.com

If you have any questions, please contact either the preceding Guild e-mail address or write Dr. Bill Clemente (bclemente@peru.edu).








 2012 Creative Writing Contest Winners Announced.  

Scroll Down past the listing of Club Officers for 2012.

This fall, students organized a new club, The Peru State College Writers Guild. You can follow the group on Facebook.

Club Officers for 2012:

President--Katie Shaffer
Vice President--Dan Perkins
Treasurer--Talia Cole
Secretary--Mary Johnson
Coordinator of Poetry--Becky Amen
Coordinator of Fiction--Carrie Trecek
Coordinator of Nonfiction--Alyssa Karasek

This spring term, the club organized the Toney McCrann Memorial Creative Writing Contest, and the Guild announces now both the publication of The Leaf Press on Tuesday, May 1, and the winners of this year's contest:

1st- "Leaf" by Becky Amen
2nd- "Standardizing Test" by Becky Amen
3rd- "Lonely Flower" by Emily Rose Thatcher


Our winners for Fiction are:
 

1st- "The Race" by Patricia K. Martin Sedlacek
2nd- "Solstice" by Reuben Iron-Horse Kent

This year's volume also contains the winners of the contest for 2010:

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Creative NonFiction

1st:        "Heat" Erin Haida


2nd:            "Death in Housewares" Joni LeRette-Flores


3rd:        "Great Blue Heron" Carol Carpenter



Fiction

1st:    "Weather Is Great, Wish I Was Here" Erin Haida


2nd:    "The Well" Carol Carpenter


3rd:    "Another Life Lost" Stewart Black



Poetry:


1st:      "Certainty" Carol Carpenter


2nd:    "In Due Season" Joni LeRette-Flores


3rd:    "For LaRae" Erin Haida


  
Guild members and Dr. Bill Clemente will have copies of The Leaf Press for sale at $5.00 each.  Please purchase a copy and support both the Writers Guild and Creative Writing at Peru State College.

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Toney McCrann

Memorial Writing Contest

Love to write? SHOW US! Win money!

Prizes: 1^st- $30 and a free copy of the literary journal

2^nd - $15 and a free copy of the literary journal

What to submit: Entries will be judged in three categories: Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Poetry

Deadline: MARCH 1

Requirements: 3 entries allowed per contestant. Entries must be submitted electronically. No hard copies will be accepted.

A maximum of 2,000 words total (all submissions).

Each submission must include: the piece, the title, and the student's NUID number.

Please include in the subject line of the email submission the category (poetry, nonfiction, or fiction) and title of the piece.


Send your submissions to pscwritersguild@gmail.com

A published writer will judge the works, and the judge and guild members will also determine which non-winning pieces to include in the journal.

Toney McCrann

Memorial Cover Art Contest

Artists: The Writers Guild is restarting the Literary Journal, and we need your help! Design a cover for us and win some money! Be creative! Entries may be photographs, paintings, drawings. The sky is the limit! Be inspired!

Dates: MARCH 1

Requirements: 3 entries allowed per contestant. Entries must be electronically submitted. No hard copies will be accepted.

Prizes: 1^st- $30 and 1 free copy of the literary journal

2^nd - $15 and 1 free copy of the literary journal

Runners up- free handshake/hug

Please send submissions to pscwritersguild@gmail.com

Later in the term, the Writers Guild will oversee the publication for the first time in a few years of the college's creative-writing journal.