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Midwest Writing Center presents the
4th
Annual
QC Iron Pen Contest
Prompt will be available at 5:00pm February
17th
by calling 563.324.1410
Contest: February 17-18, 2012
Award Ceremony: February 25, 2012
Registration Form:
Click Here
**Everyone
that participates in this year's Iron Pen
Contest
will
have a chance at winning a
paid-in-full tuition with value of $225 for
the
David R. Collins Writing
Conference in June of 2012.
About the annual contest
The Midwest Writing Center's Annual QC Iron
Pen 24 Hour Writing Contest is held on
February 17th through February 18th.
Register by 5 p.m. February 17th to enter.
Entrants will receive a writing prompt by
email and will have 24 hours to write a
fiction, non-fiction or poetry piece.
Entries will be judged by genre and age
division. Winners will receive medals and
will have the opportunity to read their
winning piece on February 25th at 2 p.m. at
the Midwest Writing Center, located in Bucktown Center of the Arts, at 225 E.
Second Street in Davenport. Cost is $10 per
entry, pre-registration is required.
Registration forms are available here or
at the Midwest Writing Center. For more
details, email us at
mwc@midwestwritingcenter.org or call
us at 563-324-1410.
Specific Guidelines
For the fiction and non-fiction genres there
is a 2,000 word limit.
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Contest Timeline
Friday,
February 17th, 2012:
Receive an email from
MWC at 5 p.m.
that includes a
writing prompt.
Saturday,
February 18th:
Return entry by email
or bring to
MWC no later than 5
p.m.
Wednesday,
February 22nd:
Winners will be
announced by email
Saturday, February 25th:
From 1-3p.m.
winners will present their work
at Bucktown Center
for the Arts
where they will
receive an award
(1st Place will receive a medal, 2nd
and 3rd
will receive a certificate) |
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Registration
Cost is $10 (per entry) for
adults and youth (12-16 years of age)
To Submit your entries on February 18th:
(1) Submit them online
through submission manager:
click here
OR,
(2)
Email them directly to
contest@midwestwritingcenter.org
OR,
(3)
Drop them off at the Midwest Writing
Center by 5p.m. on February 18th.
The MWC
is located at the Bucktown Center for the
Arts on the 3rd floor.
The
address is 225 E. 2nd St., Suite 303,
Davenport, IA 52801.
Please
do NOT mail them.
Your
submission MUST be in by 5 p.m. on February
18th, 2012, no exceptions.
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