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The Old Schoolhouse Magazine Short Story Contest

5:59 PM, Jul. 17, 2006

Wanted: Good Writers, both Adult and Children's Fiction Stories

The Old Schoolhouse(r) Magazine Short Story Contest

Winners will have their stories PUBLISHED in TOS Magazine (Spring, 07) as

well as at the popular CROSSWALK.COM.

The Old Schoolhouse Magazine is now accepting entries for our first ever

Short Story Contest. The two categories are Adult Fiction and Children's

Fiction. Judges from The Old Schoolhouse(r) will review each entry and

select the 20 finalists. Those finalists will be listed on the TOS website

by title, author, and city. From there a panel of judges who are 'experts in

the field' will select the first prize winner and two honorable mentions in

each category. Deadline for entries is November 1, 2006. $7.00 per entry.

You may enter as many submissions as you wish (pay online at the link

below).

Get published both in print (TOS Magazine) and online at Crosswalk.com, the

number one Christian content website!

First Prize winners will receive: $100 gift certificate to the Schoolhouse

Store

Publication in Spring, 07 The Old Schoolhouse Magazine

Publication on www.TheHomeschoolMagazine.com

Publication on www.Crosswalk.com

Certificate of Achievement

2 Honorable Mentions will each receive: Certificate of Achievement

Adults:

We want stirring fiction that will encourage and inspire the stay at home

mom. Story should be no more than 2500 words. Examples of what we are

looking for are: "The Day I Died" by Jenefer Igarashi and "Escaping the Homeschool Matrix" by Steve Walden. Contest is open to writers age 16 and up.

Children:

Attention kids 15 and younger. We want your fictional stories, 1500 words or

less. Do you have a tale about a boy lost in the woods? A story about a cow

who thinks he is a farmer? Use your imagination and be creative! The sky is

the limit. You will win a $100 gift certificate to the Schoolhouse Store and

your story will be published in the Spring, 07 issue of The Old

Schoolhouse(r) Magazine and website and also published on www.Crosswalk.com. Show us what you've got!

Click here to read the official rules for entries.

Click here to submit your entry.

Good luck!

Be sure to check back with us in November to see our list of finalists! All

20 will be listed on our website, www.TOSMAG.com.

Winners will be announced Monday, November 20, 2006.

To enter the writing contest, TOS Magazine charges a $7.00 entrance (reader)

fee. You may make multiple submissions, and each entry costs $7.00, payable

at the time of entry.

To enter by USPS mail, please enclose a check or money order in the amount

of $7.00 with your story. We encourage you to enter online but offline

entries are also welcome.

Send to:

The Old Schoolhouse Magazine StoryTime Writers Contest

P.0. Box 10

White Pine, TN 37890

Sincerely,

Paul and Gena Suarez

Publishers

The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, LLC

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Comments
It costs me money to enter?

2:32 PM, Jul. 18, 2006, posted by Anonymous

There is an entry fee for the contest? Each one I submit?

Yes

2:51 PM, Jul. 18, 2006, posted by tn3jcarter

There is a $7 entry fee per submission. The Writer's Digest has a Short Story competition going on now where the entry fee is $12 per submission.

Good luck. We look forward to reading many great stories and discovering some great writers!

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The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
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