2011-2012 Contest Guidelines:

Fiction stories that are age appropriate for readers 8-12 years old
Open to North Carolina and South Carolina residents
Line/Word Count: 500-1200 words

Dates, Fees, & Prizes
Deadline: January 17, 2012
Award Date: March 20, 2012
Entry Fee: CWC Members: $5.00, Non-members: $10.00
Prizes: First Place: $100.00, Second Place: $50.00, Third Place: $25.00, Honorable mentions (up to 3)

Contest Judge: TBA

Click here for Manuscript Requirements, Eligibility & Submission Information 

Send submissions to:
Children's Short Story Submission
Charlotte Writers' Club
P.O. Box 220954
Charlotte, NC 28222

For inquiries or questions, email contests@charlottewritersclub.org.

For email submissions, please follow the instructions below.

• Manuscript and eligibility requirements apply as above.
• Submission(s) may be emailed to contests@charlottewritersclub.org.
• Entry fees must be paid through PayPal and received at the same time as each submission. If submissions are submitted without entry fees, the submission will not be judged.
• Please read the entry fees options below carefully and choose the correct option. The first two options include new membership dues for an individual. (If you are an existing member, you do not have to pay the membership fee at this time.)

CONTEST WINNER ARCHIVES

2010-2011 Children's Story Winners
Contest Judge: Helen H. Kimbrough
1st Place: Elizabeth Swann for "A Garden's Grace"
2nd Place: Bridgett Langson for "Bandit and the Bone"
3rd Place: Kimberly Condon for "Molly and Me"
Honorable Mention: David Lyon for "Chloe McSimmons Doesn’t Like Me"

2009-2010 Children's Story Winners
Contest Judge: Gillian Summers
1st Place: Lori Norman for "Surprise, Surprise, Surprise"
2nd Place: Sue Friday for "Girl Lessons"
3rd Place: Tammy Wilson for "Brother Dirk"
Honorable Mentions:
Rebecca Shoniker for "Grandma's Rose Garden"
Cathy Mahaffey for "The Keepers"
Trent Roberts for "Tessa To the Very End"

2008-2009 Children's Story Winners
Contest Judge: Samantha Bell
1st Place: Marnie Brooks for "Keisha's Aliens"
2nd Place: Eileen Hayes for "Rainbow Dreams"
3rd Place: Paula Woolf for "Seeing Things Differently"
Honorable Mentions:
Nancy Lammers for "Henrietta, The Wild Thanksgiving Turkey"
Paula Woolf for "Zambo"

2007-2008 Children's Story Winners
Contest Judge: Ruth Moose
1st Place: Carol Staton for "Cecelia's Journey to the Sea"
2nd Place: Al Manning for "King Wilfred of Woppingsham"
3rd Place: Paula Wolff for "Earl the Pearl"
Honorable Mention:
R. Trentham Roberts for "The Helium Museleum"

2006-2007 Children's Story Winners
Contest Judge: Margaret Shealy

2005-2006 Children's Story Winners
1st Prize: Nancy McGill for "Annie's Christmas, 1939"
2nd Prize: Sharon Massey for "A New Year"
3rd Prize: Emily Kern for "The Fox and the Seven Ducklings"
Honorable Mentions:
Sigrid S. Sacra for "The Extraordinary Butterfly"
Judith W. Aplin for "Rochester Proves Himself"

2004-2005 Children's Story Winners
1st Prize: Tammy Wilson for "Aunt Bett's Jewels"
2nd Prize: Grace W. Looper for "The Magic Circle"
3rd Prize: Sharon Massey for "Juggling Junior"

2003-2004 Children's Story Winners
Contest Judge: Gloria Hamilton
1st Prize: Carolyn Callison Murray for "Toasted"
2nd Prize: Sharon Massey for "The Misfits"
3rd Prize: Grace Looper for "Of Doodlebugs and Dandelions"
Honorable Mentions:
Betsy Humphreys for "The Rise and Fall of Bad Judy"
Resa Goldberg for "The Golf Green Thing"
Lynn Gorski for "The Other End of the Tunnel"