General Guidelines
The following guidelines apply to all KWG contests. See specific guidelines under each contest heading for individual exceptions or additions.
The following General Guidelines apply to all KWG contests. See Specific Guidelines under each contest heading for individual exceptions or additions.

1.Contests are open to all individuals above the age of 18 with the following exceptions: Members of the KWG board of directors and contests committee may not submit entries to KWG competitions. Previous first prizewinners are barred from the contest they won for one year. Also, see Specific Guidelines under Young Writer’s Prize for exceptions to that contest.

2. Use black type on white paper with 12 point Times New Roman or Courier fonts. Set your margins to one inch, and do not justify. Please remember to double-space your line, not single or triple, but double.

3 Contestants may enter more than one contest simultaneously. Please see each contest’s Specific Guidelines regarding multiple submissions.

4. All submissions must be postmarked or emailed before midnight April 30, 2011.

5. Winners and runners-up will be announced in a timely manner. Include SASE to receive a list of winners or check out the KWG website.

6. Include a cover sheet with each entry, clearly designating the contest you are entering. Include your name, address, phone number and email address (optional) on cover sheets only. A cover sheet must accompany each entry. Do not put name or other identifying information on the entries themselves. They will be coded, by number, for judging. No previously published works. Yes, you can send your submissions by email as a Microsoft Word attachment to kwg2011@yahoo.com. Please use the title of your work to identify the attachment or via Submishmash.

7. Manuscripts will not be returned; keep copies.

8. See below for descriptions of individual contests, deadlines, and any specific rules for a particular contest.

9. Except for the KWG Award for Fiction, in honor of Leslie Garrett, and the KWG Young Writers' Prize in Poetry, contests charge a $20 entry fee for nonmembers and $10 for Guild members. Guild membership is $30 per year; $15 for students. To join, make checks payable to KWG or pay by credit card at our website, www.knoxvillewritersguild.org.

Note: You can pay entry fees in two ways: either by personal check with your submissions or by credit card via PayPal on our website. Print out your receipt of payment and attach with your submission. Click here to pay by credit card.

10. Prizes: First Prize - $100, Second Prize - $50, Third Prize - $25.

11. Send to:
kwg2011@yahoo.com
And if you must send by mail:
(Name of Contest)
Awards Office
The Knoxville Writers’ Guild
P.O. Box 10326
Knoxville, TN 37939

12. By submitting to the contest, in consideration for any and all compensation or prizes, writer grants Knoxville Writers’ Guild first publication rights to first place, second place, third place, and honorable mention works. Writer retains all other rights.
Enter as many of the following contests as you wish:

The KWG Award for Fiction
In memory of the late Knoxville author, Leslie Garrett.
Fee: There is no fee for entering this contest.
Specific Guidelines:
1. Entry consists of one short story totaling no more than 5,000 words each.
2. Only one entry per contestant.
3. Please, include the word count on the cover sheet. See General Guidelines.

The KWG Award for Poetry
In memory of Libba Moore Gray.
Fee: $10 for KWG members; $20 for nonmembers.
Specific Guidelines:
1. Entry consists of no more than three typed poems.
2. Multiple submissions O.K. See General Guidelines.

The KWG Award for Creative Nonfiction
This year’s topic is open. The topic is your choice.Creative nonfiction is the truth as you know it; the telling of a true story using the tools of fiction. However, names of people and places can be changed.
Fee: $10 for KWG members; $20 for nonmembers.
Specific Guidelines:
1. Entry consists of one typed, double-spaced nonfiction essay of no more than 3,000 words.
2. Multiple submissions O.K. See General Guidelines.

The Young Writers' Poetry Prize
Fee: There is no fee for entering this contest.
Specific Guidelines:
1. Entry consists of three typed poems of no more than totaling 100 lines or fewer. Please, only one entry per contestant.
2. No restrictions as to style or content.
3. Open to all high school students in the Greater Knoxville Area of East Tennessee, grades 9-12. No identifying information on poems themselves; a cover sheet must be attached with student's name, address, phone number, as well as school's name, address and phone number (except in the case of home-schooled students). See General Guidelines.

Novel Excerpts
Send us something that makes us want to read more.
Fee: $10 for KWG members; $20 for nonmembers.
Specific Guidelines:
1. Entry consists of typed, double-spaced novel excerpt or novella totaling no more than 10,000 words.
2. Only one entry per contestant. Please, include the word count on the cover sheet. See General Guidelines.

Flash Fiction
Fee: $10 for KWG members; $20 for nonmembers.
Specific Guidelines:
1. Entry consists of typed, double-spaced story of no more than 1,000 words.
2. Multiple submissions O.K. See General Guidelines.

Blogs
According to Wikipedia: A blog (a blend of the term web log)[1] is a type of website or part of a website. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. Blog can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.
Fee: $10 for KWG members; $20 for nonmembers.
Specific Guidelines:
1. Entry consists of one typed, double-spaced of no more than 1,000 words, or three days of entries, whichever comes first.
2. Use .doc format to maintain all hyperlinks. See General Guidelines.
For more about KWG contests, visit www.knoxvillewritersguild.org or write to “Contests” at PO Box 10326, Knoxville, TN 37939.
For further information, please contact the Contests Coordinator.