DEADLINE NEARS FOR STORY ENTRIES.Byline: Daily News PALMDALE Palmdale, city (1990 pop. 68,842), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in the irrigated Antelope Valley; a growing residential suburb of Los Angeles near Little Rock Creek where it forms Lake Palmdale Reservoir, inc. 1962. - The deadline is Dec. 6 to submit entries in the Palmdale Writers' Roundtable annual short story contest. Writers can submit as many stories as they wish, with an entry fee of $10 per story. Checks should be made payable to the city of Palmdale. Submissions must be double-spaced and typed on plain white 8 1/2-by-11 paper using 12-point (standard typewriter typewriter, instrument for producing by manual operation characters similar to those of printing. Corresponding to each key on the instrument's keyboard is a steel type. size) type. Stories should be no more than 3,000 words, or approximately 12 pages. Shorter stories will be accepted. Each page should be numbered and marked with the author's name Noun 1. author's name - the name that appears on the by-line to identify the author of a work writer's name name - a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing" and the name of the story. The top left-hand corner of the first page should include the author's name, story name, address, phone number and e-mail address See Internet address. e-mail address - electronic mail address if available. Participants should keep a copy of each story submitted, as originals will not be returned. Stories do not need to be stapled or submitted in a folder In a graphical user interface (GUI), a simulated file folder that holds data, applications and other folders. Folders were introduced on the Xerox Star, then popularized on the Macintosh and later adapted to Windows and Unix. In Unix and Linux, as well as DOS and Windows 3. ; a simple paper clip is preferred. An accurate word count should be included. Contestants can mail submissions to Palmdale Playhouse, Writers Roundtable Short Story Contest, 38334 10th St. E., Palmdale, CA 93550, or deliver them to the Playhouse box office at 38334 10th St. E., Palmdale. Antelope Valley Mall The Antelope Valley Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Palmdale, California. Opened in September, 1990, its buildings take up around 1 million square feet (90,000 m²). Its physical main building, parking lots, and ring road businesses encompass an area a bit less than 0. gift certificates will be given to the first-, second- and third-place winners and each winner will be given a gift membership to the Writers' Roundtable program. The winners will receive their awards and present their short stories during the Writers' Roundtable reception at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 16. The Palmdale Writers' Roundtable is open to writers of all genres, including fiction, journalism, children's stories, poetry and screenplays. Program members meet the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 7 p.m. in the Palmdale Playhouse lobby. For more information, contact the Palmdale Playhouse at (661) 267-5684. |
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