erma bombeck writing competition

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Mari

No entry fee.

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* Choose one category for entry:
o Humor
o Human Interest
* Write a personal essay of 450 words or fewer (as determined by Microsoft Word word count tool) following the judging guidelines.

A personal essay “deals lightly, often humorously, with personal experiences, opinions, and prejudices, stressing especially the unusual or novel in attitude and having to do with the various aspects of everyday life.” ËœPhillip Lopate, The Art of the Personal Essay.

Full info here: http://www.wclibrary.info/erma/index.asp

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One Response to erma bombeck writing competition

  1. Hal says:
    January 12, 2010 at 5:57 am

    Thanks for the post Mari. Good to have this information. I’ve never entered a writing contest.