Oh, Joy! Lucky Us!: A Multi-Generational, Collaborative, Family Essay-Writing Contest
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- Category: Contests
- Created on Thursday, 26 January 2012 09:51
- Written by Admin
• The essay contest is designed to celebrate the book The Joy Luck Club through a collaborative process and product of a parent-child writing team.
• The essay should focus on the multi-generational perceptions of a single family experience, such as a holiday, fashion, conflict, expectation, rite of passage.
• Essays may be between 1000-5000 words per submission (submissions can be from 1-3 authors writing on a theme) and may be written in collaboration or in tandem as long as both contributors explore the same theme or concept, albeit from different points of view. A single author should address the topic from differing points of view with distinctly different voices.
• Previously published material is ineligible.
• Employees of the Pioneer Library System and their immediate family members are not eligible to enter the competition.
• Authors should submit biographical information with their essays, limited to one paragraph. In addition, authors should submit a brief statement about what inspired them to write the essay.
• Submissions will be made via the PLS Big Read web site.
• Winners will be determined through a blind review by a panel of writing professionals.
• Entrants maintain their rights to intellectual property, but agree to grant the Pioneer Library System limited rights to use the work to promote and support the PLS Big Read: The Joy Luck Club.
• Deadline for submission is 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, March 14, 2012.
• Contest participants will be invited to attend the PLS Big Read Kick-Off at the Norman Embassy Suites on March 29 where the winner will be announced.
• Winner(s) will receive a complimentary ticket to the PLS Foundation brunch with Amy Tan, Saturday, April 28.
• Winning and selected entries may be included in PLS Big Read: The Joy Luck Club promotional materials and discussion guides including publication online and/or PLS publications.
Click to view the sample essay.