8th Annual Texas Book Festival/UIL Fiction Writing Contest |
The University Interscholastic League and Texas Book Festival announce the eighth 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, some of whom will appear at the 2009 Texas Book Festival, Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 in Austin.
Entries should focus on the theme, “In My Own Backyard.” Judges will look for excellence in use of dialogue, character development, setting, imagery, plot, conflict and resolution.
Submitted entries will be considered in three divisions: Grades 7-8; Grades 9-10; Grades 11-12. Authors will enter the division for which they were a student during the 2008-09 school year.
Schools are limited to three entries per division.
There is no entry fee. Entries must be double-spaced and formatted as a Microsoft Word document, then faxed to the Texas Book Festival office at 512.322.0722 no later than July 1, 2009.
Prizes will be awarded to the first, second and third place finishers per division. First place winners will be invited to Austin to receive an award and to read their works during the 2009 Texas Book Festival. Winning entries will be published on the Texas Book Festival Web site at www.texasbookfestival.org.
 Download the ENTRY FORM
Winners of the 2008 TBF/UIL Fiction Writing Contest
For additional information, contact:
Bobby Hawthorne
email: bhawthorne@mail.utexas.edu
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