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Announcing the 2009 Bethesda Magazine Short Story Writing Contest
Categories
- Open category: Open to all residents of Montgomery County, Md.
- High School category: Open to all residents of Montgomery County, Md. who are enrolled in a public or private high school as of March 16, 2009
Prizes
- Open category:
First prize: $500
Second prize: $250
Third prize: $100
- High school category:
First prize: $250
Second prize: $100
Third prize: $50
Submission requirements
- The maximum length is 4,000 words
- Submissions must be sent, as Microsoft Word attachments, to: susan.coll@bethesdamagazine.com
- The submission deadline is March 16, 2009
- Each story must include the writer's full name, address, phone number, email address and which category he/she is entering. High school students must include what high school they attend and what grade they are in. Entries without this information will be excluded from the competition.
- The winning writers will be notified by May 15, 2009.
The winning stories in each category will be published in the July/August issue of Bethesda Magazine and on the magazine's Web site, www.bethesdamagazine.com. The runners up will be published on the Web site.
Judges
 ADULT CATEGORY
Keith Donohue, the author of The Stolen Child and the forthcoming Angels of Destruction.
Paula Whyman, award-winning fiction writer, whose work appeared recently in The Hudson Review and on NPR's "All Things Considered."
Julie Wakeman-Linn, Editor of Potomac Review.
HIGH SCHOOL
Sarah Pekkanen, author of the forthcoming novel Opposite of Me, and a Bethesda Magazine columnist.
Jean Heilprin Diehl, award-winning short-story writer and author of the children's book Loon Chase.
Adriana Bourgoin, author of Nine Months in August.
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