7th Annual Texas Book Festival/UIL Fiction Writing Contest |
The University Interscholastic League and Texas Book Festival are sponsoring the seventh annual Fiction Writing Contest. Texas junior high and high school students are invited to submit a piece of original fiction, no more than 2,000 words in length, to be judged by Texas authors scheduled to appear at the 2008 Texas Book Festival next November in Austin. Winners will be invited to an awards presentation during the opening ceremony of the festival.
Entries should focus on the theme, “Last Man Standing.” Judges will look for excellence in use of dialogue, character development, setting, plot, conflict and resolution. Entries should be e-mailed as a Word document(s) to
uil@texasbookfestival.org
Schools may submit multiple entries per disc. Each entry must be titled. Deadline for receipt: no later than noon, July 1, 2008.
Entries will be submitted in three divisions: Grades 7-8; Grades 9-10; Grades 11-12. Schools are limited to three entries per division. There is no entry fee.
 Download the ENTRY FORM
Ten finalists will be selected per division. Prizes will be awarded to the first, second and third place finishers per division. First place winners will be invited to Austin to an awards ceremony during the 2008 Texas Book Festival. Winning entries will be published on the Texas Book Festival web site at www.texasbookfestival.org.
Winners of the 2007 TBF/UIL Fiction Writing Contest
For additional information, contact:
Bobby Hawthorne
email: bhawthorne@mail.utexas.edu
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