2011 KATHERINE PATERSON PRIZE FOR YOUNG ADULT AND CHILDREN’S WRITING
Official Website: http://www.hungermtn.org/katherine-paterson-prize-for-young-adult-and-childrens-writing/
Deadline: June 30th (postmarked)
Fee: $20
How: Online or snail mail.
Prize: 1st: $1K & publication / 3 HMs: $100 (1-YA, 1-MG, 1-PB)
Specifics: Unpublished story or novel excerpt. Maximum: 10,000 words. May include a synopsis if entry is an excerpt.
Be sure to visit the contest site for the complete texts of last year’s winner (young adult fiction), and the runners up in young adult fiction, middle grade, and picture book.
2011 Judge: Kimberly Willis Holt
Info: Anyone can enter. All entries considered for general publication as well as for the Katherine Paterson Prize. Multiple entries permitted. Each one $20. E-mail: hungermtn@vermontcollege.edu w/ questions.
Be sure to search the Hunger Mountain website as they have other contests available throughout the year in various genres.
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