Congratulations to Mary Ellen Walsh, who won our first monthly short-form contest at Wild Violet. Her winning entry will be viewable both from the direct link here and from the “Contest Winners” category (accessible from the sidebar).
Because my due date for my first child is rapidly approaching, I’m posting the June topic early for our monthly short-form writing contests (500 words for fiction, 20 lines for poetry).
Topic: “Round and Round”
Deadline: midnight, Friday, June 18
To enter, post a link to your entry, which can appear on either a personal site or any blog. If you must, you can e-mail it to wildvioletmagazine@yahoo.com, with the subject line: “June Contest Entry.” Please do not post your entry directly into the comments.
After the deadline, I’ll create a poll, allowing people to vote. The June winner will receive a Wild Violet rectangle magnet and publication.
The link to my contest entry is http://www.myhouseholdjunk.com/2010/05/24/gizmo-is-missing/
This is my submission for this month (a poem this time):
http://amylevy.com/wp/2010/06/incense/
The topic “Round and Round” got me thinking about those moments in life when we need to jumpstart ourselves– when things just won’t go “round” the way we want them to.