Murdock Newsletter - February 2, 2011

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NINTH ANNUAL ALDRICH FOUNDATION SHORT STORY CONTEST ANNOUNCEDOriginal short stories by Nebraska authors are currently being accepted for the 2011 Bess Streeter Aldrich Foundation's short story contest.

Story length should be 1,000-2,000 words (there is no minimum word requirement for the Intermediate category) and submissions should be written in the wholesome spirit displayed by Bess Streeter Aldrich in her works.  No essays, please.

Prizes will be awarded at the annual Spring Banquet of the Bess Streeter Aldrich Foundation.  Cash prize amounts are:  Adult:  1st Prize  $100.00,  2nd Prize  $50.00,  3rd Prize  $25.00.  High School (grades 9-12) and Middle School (grades 6-8):  1st Prize $50.00, 2nd Prize $25.00, 3rd Prize $15.00.  Intermediate School (grades 3-5): 1st Prize $25.00, 2nd Prize $15.00, 3rd Prize $10.00.

Writers, please send a cover sheet with your name, address, e-mail address, phone number, title of story, and two copies of your story, one with your name and one without. Please include a line telling how you learned about the contest.  For students, add age, grade, school, and teacher's name to the cover sheet.  Please enclose a SASE for return of contest results.  Stories will not be returned.  Families of Bess Streeter Aldrich Foundation Board Members are not eligible.

The due date for submissions is the author's birthday, February 17, 2011 (postmark date).  Send submissions to:  Bess Streeter Aldrich Foundation, P.O. Box 167, Elmwood, NE  68349.  A complete list of rules can be found at www.BessStreeterAldrich.org.

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