‘Contests’ Archives
Contest Winner & September Topic
Congratulations to Lindsey Renuard, who won our June 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). My apologies for not running contests in July and August, but I was busy adjusting to life with my newborn [...]
June 2010 Contest Winner: Gizmo is Missing
The lights are on at 3 am. I’m wondering, wandering up and down the halls Gizmo is missing. He left Tuesday afternoon – without direction. Never been out of the house. A fat cat content to sleep in the sun has taken up residence in the rain. Gizmo is missing. I’m moving on Friday so the search is frantic. Fliers, [...]
June Contest Poll
After a brief hiatus while my husband and I got to know our newborn baby boy, I'm finding time to get back to work. So it's finally time to vote for the first Wild Violet monthly short-form contest. For this month's contest, we have three entries, a little better than in May. Please let your friends know that the July topic will be coming [...]
Contest Winner & June Topic
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 [...]
May Contest Poll
It's time to vote for the first Wild Violet monthly short-form contest. For this first contest, only two entries were received. Please get the word out to your friends, so that we can have more participants in the June contest! The May topic was "My Favorite Mistake." The first entry is this poem by Mary Ellen Walsh, which was received over [...]
May Contest Topic
This month begins our monthly short-form writing contests (500 words for fiction, 20 lines for poetry). Topic: "My Favorite Mistake" Deadline: midnight, Friday, May 14 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 [...]
Monthly Contests Coming
Starting in May, Wild Violet will be offering monthly short-form writing contests (500 words for fiction, 20 lines for poetry). Once a month, I'll post a topic, and people can post a link to their content, which can appear on either a personal site or any blog. We will ask that contest entries not be posted directly into the comments. Each [...]
