Youth Contests
Youth Writing Contest in Prose or Poetry
Sponsored by the Siloam Springs Writer’s Guild
A theme or topic will be announced in the guild Gazette before each contest.
Quarterly Youth Writing Contests: March, June, September, and December.
Contest Age Categories:
6-9
10-13
14-17
Prizes for Winning Entries in each Category:
Excellent – $7.00
Very Good – $5.00
Good – $3.00
Youth membership costs $15.00 for the entire year.
CONTEST RULES:
You may write prose or poetry. (Prose simply means writing that is not poetry.)
Please use Times New Roman font.
Prose may be up to 750 words, and double-spaced.
Poetry should be single-spaced.
Do not put your name on any page of your contest entry.
Include a cover page with the following information:
Your title
The first two lines of your entry
Your name
Age
Address
Phone number
Email address
Attach your entry in one document by the 15th of the month.
Send entries to the Guild email: siloamwriters@gmail.com with the subject line: Youth Contest.
(Entries are judged in the month of the contest and awarded in the following month.
SILOAM SPRINGS WRITERS GUILD
Application for Youth Membership (Age to 17)
Please print. Information will be available for our Gazette roster and secretarial records. Contact information may be unlisted by special request.
Name ______________________________________________________________________________
Phone ______________________________________________________________________________
Email ______________________________________________________________________________
Address ______________________________________________________________________________
Birthday ______________________________________________________________________________
Annual Dues: Youth $15.00
Application and fee may be brought to a Siloam Springs Writers Guild meeting. OR application may be emailed to siloamwriters@gmail.com, with hard copy and fee mailed to SSWG, 2151 B Kristy Lane, Siloam Springs, AR 72761. Application forms are available at guild meetings.