Writing Contests

FLASH FICTION

• Maximum 750 words
  
• Any genre
  
• No theme

SHORT STORY

• Maximum 3,000 words
• Theme: True Love
  

POETRY

• Maximum 75 lines
• Any form or style, free verse to formal or anything in-between
• No theme
  

TEEN SHORT STORY

• Open to 18 years old and younger
• Maximum 1,500 words
• Any genre
• No theme
  

Eligibility:

• Wisconsin resident OR
• Wisconsin student OR
• Registered participant of 2020 Lakefly Writers Conference

*Members of the Lakefly Conference Planning Committee are NOT eligible to enter

Winners:

• Winners will be notified by April 17, 2020.
• Prizes include: 1st place: $100; 2nd place: $75; 3rd place: $50 cash
• Winners must be able to attend our awards ceremony to be eligible to win.
• The awards ceremony is part of the Lakefly Writers Conference, held at the Oshkosh Convention Center (2 N Main St, Oshkosh, WI, 54901- Free parking available). The ceremony portion of the conference is free and open to the public: Saturday, May 9, 2020.

• Contest submissions will be accepted starting January 6, 2020.
• Entries must be original and unpublished; Electronically or self-published works are ineligible.
• There is no entry fee.
• Limit one entry per author per category.
• Entrants should include a biography written in third person, maximum 100 words. If entering the Teen Short Story Contest please include your age and grade level.
• Submissions will not be returned.
  

• Format: Double spaced; Times New Roman, or Courier; 12 point font
• Cover page: name, mailing address, phone number, e-mail address, submission title, word or line count, category
  
• Subsequent pages: title and page number at the top of each page (Example: The Dark Night, page 1 of 3)
  
• Please put your name or other identifying information on the cover page ONLY.
  

Electronic Submissions:

• Send to: LakeflyContests@gmail.com
• Attach your submission as a .pdf file.
• Entries must be time stamped by midnight, March 13, 2020.

Mailed submissions:

• Mail to: Lakefly Writing Contests, c/o Oshkosh Public Library, 106 Washington Avenue, Oshkosh, WI 54901
• Entries must be postmarked by midnight, March 13, 2020.