Fall 2020
Fabulous First Chapter
Writing Competition
@ Your GCC Libraries
The GCC Library seeks your first chapter of a novel-in-progress for our
Fall 2020 Writing Contest. All styles and genres welcome.
Deadline: Friday, November 20, 2020 by 11.59p.m.
Submission Guidelines
Please read submission guidelines carefully. Submissions may be disqualified for failure to meet any of the submission guidelines.
Manuscript Format:
Please submit your entry in double-spaced, 12 point, Times New Roman font.
The working title of the novel must be listed on each page of the submission but the author's name should be listed only on the Google form used for submission. Judges will be evaluating each entry without knowledge of the author’s identity.
Rules
originality
“grab factor”
technique
mechanics/grammar
overall effectiveness of the chapter.
Writers should strive for a first chapter that inspires the reader to continue reading the novel.
Questions? Please contact karen.reed@gccaz.edu
Congratulations to our Fall 2020 Fabulous First Chapter winner! Read the winning entry below.
Chapter 1 of "The Hitmage Chronicles" by Eric Blinn
Fall 2019
Fabulous First Chapter
Writing Competition
@ Your GCC Libraries
The GCC Library seeks your first chapter of a novel-in-progress for our
Fall 2019 Writing Contest. All styles and genres welcome.
Deadline: November 30, 2019
Submission Guidelines
Please read submission guidelines carefully. Submissions may be disqualified for failure to meet any of the submission guidelines.
Manuscript Format:
Please submit your entry in double-spaced, 12 point, Times New Roman font.
Rules
Congratulations to our Fabulous First Chapter 2019 Writing Competition Winner.
The GCC Library seeks your poetry and short fiction submissions for our Spring 2019 contest. All styles and genres welcome.
Library should be an important element of your submission. Set your story or poem in a library--any library--or otherwise use library as a main element of the piece. This is the only requirement for theme.
Deadline: March 31, 2019
Submission Guidelines
Please read submission guidelines carefully. Submissions may be disqualified for failure to meet any of the submission guidelines.
Short fiction: Fiction entries may be up to 3,000 words. Please submit your entry in double-spaced, 12 point, Times New Roman font.
Poetry: Poetry entries may be up to 30 lines (not including title). Please submit your entry in single-spaced, 12 point, Times New Roman font.
Congratulations to our Spring 2019 Writing Competition Winners.
Writing Competition: Magical Library The GCC Libraries seek your creative writing submissions on the theme “Magical Library.” Enter your flash fiction, short fiction, or poetry submissions for publication on the GCC Library website and a small prize. What is “magical” to you, and how might magic manifest (either literally or figuratively) in a library setting? Let your imagination loose! All genres welcome. Deadline: November 2, 2018.
Please read submission guidelines carefully. Submissions may be disqualified for failure to meet submission guidelines.
Submission Guidelines
Flash fiction: Fiction entries up to 500 words on the theme “Magical Library.” Please submit your entry in single-spaced, 12 point, Times New Roman font. Writer’s name should not appear on any pages of the manuscript but only on the submission form. (See link to submission form below.) Please list the entry’s title on each page of the manuscript, followed by page number.
Short fiction: Fiction entries up to 3,000 words on the theme “Magical Library.” Please submit your entry in double-spaced, 12 point, Times New Roman font. Writer’s name should not appear on any pages of the manuscript but only on the submission form. (See link to submission form below.) Please list the entry’s title on each page of the manuscript, followed by page number.
Poetry: Poetry entries up to 30 lines (not including title) on the theme “Magical Library.” Please submit your entry in single-spaced, 12 point, Times New Roman font. Writer’s name should not appear on any pages of the manuscript but only on the submission form. (See link to submission form below.) Please list the entry’s title on each page of the manuscript, followed by page number.
Congratulations to the winners of our Fall 2018 Magical Library Writing Competition. Scroll down to read the winning entries in the poetry and short fiction categories. We did not receive entries in the flash fiction category, therefore a winner was not awarded. The next Writers Connect Writing Competition will be planned for Spring, 2019.
Poetry - "Discovering My Story" by Cecilia Elisabeth Reyes
Short fiction - "The Library of Peace" by Raushan Mateen