ROUNDTABLE WRITERS' GROUP SEEKS STORY SUBMISSIONS.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 Palmdale Writers' Roundtable is now accepting entries for its short story contest. The city of Palmdale and the Palmdale Playhouse are sponsoring the contest, which is open to all members of the community. The deadline for submissions is Nov. 28. Barnes & Noble gift certificates will be given for first-, second- and third-place winners. Each winner will also be given a year's gift membership to the Writers' Roundtable program, for which membership fees are $50 for Palmdale residents, $60 for nonresidents. The winners will receive their awards and present their short stories during the Writers' Roundtable reception at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 15 at the Palmdale Playhouse. Participants can submit as many stories as they wish. There is a $10 submission fee per story. Checks should be made payable to the city of Palmdale. Submissions must be double-spaced dou·ble-space intr. & tr.v. dou·ble-spaced, dou·ble-spac·ing, dou·ble-spac·es To type or format so that there is a full space between lines. Adj. 1. 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. Originals will not be returned. All copyrights remain with the author. 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 left-hand adj. 1. Of, relating to, or located on the left. 2. Relating to, designed for, or done with the left hand. left-hand Adjective 1. 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. An accurate word count should be included. Contestants can mail submissions to Palmdale Playhouse, Writers' Roundtable Short Story Contest, 38334 10th Street East, Palmdale, CA 93550, or deliver them to the playhouse box office. The Palmdale Writers' Roundtable is open to writers of all genres, including fiction, journalism journalism, the collection and periodic publication or transmission of news through media such as newspaper, periodical, television, and radio. Schools , 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. The goal is to provide a forum where ideas and styles can be shared in a supportive atmosphere. For more information, contact the Palmdale Playhouse at (661) 267-5684. |
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