PRESS RELEASE

The North Shore Writers Association is pleased to announce our 12th
Annual Writing Contest

Deadline:  December 22, 2007 - midnight

Categories:   Fiction:  Maximum 2000 words
                   Non-Fiction:  Maximum 2000 words
                   Poetry:  Maximum 40 lines, any form

New this year:  submissions for all three categories from youth (aged 13
to 18)

Blind judging will be in effect for all submissions.

Please send your entries to:  NSWA 2007 Writing Contest
Suite 422-1641 Lonsdale Avenue
North Vancouver, B.C.
V7G 1H8

For youth submissions, please include your age on the cover page.

1st prize:  $100.00 and publication in our newsletter “Write On!”
2nd prize:  $75.00 and publication in our newsletter “Write On!”
3rd prize:  1 year membership with NSWA and publication in our
newsletter “Write On!”

Previously unpublished material only, please.
Adult Entry fee:  $15.00 for non-members, $10.00 for members (per entry
- one submission per category)
Youth entry fee:  $5.00 for non-members, $2.00 for members (per person,
maximum three entries, one in each category)

Please send entries on 8 1/2 x 11 paper, New Times Roman font size 12,
double spaced
Number all pages, author’s name on front cover page only.

For queries regarding contest, please e-mail the contest co-ordinator at
winfish@shaw.ca.  Please mention NSWA 2007 Contest in the subject line.