1. Your entry must be an original, unpublished composition.
2. Entries should not be bound and must be typed or printed double-spaced with one-half inch first line paragraph indents on 20-pound 8.5 x 11 inch white paper. (No handwriting should appear on the manuscript.)

* Use Courier or Times 12-pt or equivalent font.
* Margins for prose entries should all be one inch.
* Those for poetry no less than one inch.
* The title on the first page of prose entries should be centered and three inches down from the top of the page.
* All pages except the first one should be numbered in the upper right hand corner, and each page except the first one should bear the first three words of the title on the same line as the page number and flush with the left margin.
* Pages should be attached with a paperclip, not a staple.

3. Please include the title of your piece and the word count on both the first page of the manuscript and on the cover sheet. Do not include your name or contact information anywhere on the manuscript.
4. Your short story or non-fiction essay should be from 500 to 2000 words. Your poem should not be longer than 60 lines.
5. Submit two copies for consideration. Manuscripts will not be returned.
6. Complete a cover sheet (Download copy from website.) with your entry.
7. Submit all copies of your entry to your teacher on or before 15 May 2009.
8. Entries must be received by 15 May 2009. Work submitted later will not be considered for a prize.
The author retains all rights to the work. To download a copy of the following files, please click on the links below:
Cover sheet for submission.
Youth Guidelines/Rules.
Please complete the Cover Sheet and send it along with you entry no later than May 15, 2009. Mail to:

Chattahoochee Valley Writers' Conference
ATTN: Alice Martin
Youth Writing Contest Coordinator
P. O. Box 2184
Columbus GA 31902

For further information please contact Alice Martin, Youth Contest Coordinator, at alimar42@att.net