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Lillian Dean
Writing Competition
The Lillian Dean Writing
Competition is a FIRST PAGE writing contest.
Agents and editors will not turn the page if the story
doesn’t intrigue them. Grab their attention and hook
them with something different. Whether it’s your
voice, word choice, imagery, setting and/or
characters, your writing should WOW readers and make
them want to turn the page. Stories are blind-judged on
the following criteria: effectiveness of “hook”,
establishment of setting, emotional investment in
character, creativity/use of language, voice,
organization/flow, and originality of idea.
 Sue McGinty serves as this
year's contest coordinator.
She is a former computer programmer in the
Southern California aerospace industry and technical
writer for McGraw-Hill. Sue has written freelance
articles for local publications, including the Tribune.
Her short fiction has been featured in three Central
Coast Mystery Writer anthologies. She
is treasurer of the local chapter of Sisters in Crime,
an international organization of mystery writers and
readers. Murder in Los Lobos is her first
mystery novel.
See Sue’s Web site at
www.suemcginty.com.
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Official Rules
Contest is open to
any registered participant of Central
Coast Writers’
Conference XXVI.
Entries are limited to the FIRST PAGE in
one of five categories:
(1)
Novel;
(2) Short Story; (3) Memoir/Creative
Non-Fiction;
(4) Poetry;
or (5) Children/Young Adult.
First place
winners in each category will
read aloud during the Saturday afternoon assembly and
will receive a trophy. Certificates will also be given
to the second and third place winners in each category.
An award may not be granted in a category in which there
are fewer than five submissions or where the judges feel
there is no submission worthy of being selected a
winner.
Submissions should
be maximum of one (1) page, double-spaced, typewritten
in 12-point standard font such as Times New Roman, no
script fonts, with at least a 1-inch margin, and on one
side of paper only. 250 words maximum. Poetry entries
may be single-spaced but cannot exceed the 250 word
limit. All entries must be previously unpublished.
Entries not following these
rules will be disqualified.
See
Prose
Sample.
See
Poetry
Sample.
Electronic submissions are preferred.
Send the
entry as a Microsoft Word Document (.doc) or Rich
Text Format (.rtf) attachment. Clearly mark at the top
of the email page the category
in which you are entering. Do not put your name on
your entry. In the body of your email, indicate
your name, phone number, email address, title of entry,
and category.
Electronic submissions should be sent to
lhinson@cuesta.edu
If
you are unable to submit electronically, print three
copies of each entry. Clearly mark at the top of the
page the category in which you are entering.
Do not
put your name on your
entry. Include with each
entry a separate page with your name, phone number,
email address, title of entry, and category. Entries
will not be returned so do NOT include a self addressed,
stamped envelope.
Make Checks payable to Cuesta College & Mail
with entries to:
Lillian Dean Writing Competition
Community Programs
PO Box 8106
San Luis Obispo, CA 93403-8106
Be sure to enclose submission fee of $10 per entry
at time of conference registration
Return
to
Conference Fees Page to register
102WC.310
Writing Competition
Submissions must be
received by 4pm on Friday, Aug 13th
Late entries will not be
accepted
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Lillian Dean First Page Competition Winners
2009 Award
Winners
2008 Award
Winners
2007
2006
2004-05
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