Advocate Jan 2014
Advocate Jan 2014
Advocate Jan 2014
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THE ADVOCATE VOL. 72 PART 1 JANUARY <strong>2014</strong><br />
71<br />
ANNOUNCING THE <strong>2014</strong> ADVOCATE<br />
SHORT FICTION COMPETITION<br />
ELIGIBLE CONTRIBUTORS<br />
Any person who is now, or has been, a member of the Law Society of British<br />
Columbia (including lawyers, judges and masters) or who is an articled<br />
student. Contest judges and the “staff” of the <strong>Advocate</strong> are ineligible to<br />
contribute.<br />
ELIGIBLE FICTION<br />
A fictional work, written in English, to a strict maximum of 2,500 words that<br />
deals, if only incidentally, with legal subject matter. For the <strong>2014</strong> competition<br />
(and in order to keep things challenging and interesting) the work must<br />
contain the following sentence: “I can ___________________ my bonbons<br />
depending on size and intricacy.” The blank in the sentence (which is a real<br />
phrase uttered in a law firm boardroom) may be filled in by the author. It<br />
may be a single word or several.<br />
The contributor must be the author of the work, which must be entirely<br />
original and must not ever have been published or submitted for publication<br />
or consideration in a writing competition elsewhere.<br />
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS<br />
The close of business on Friday, September 5, <strong>2014</strong>. Submissions will not be<br />
re turned, so authors should maintain file copies of their work.<br />
FORMAT FOR SUBMISSIONS<br />
Two double-spaced, typed manuscript copies, each with a separate cover<br />
sheet bearing the work’s title together with its author’s name, address, daytime<br />
telephone number and a word count. The author’s name should not<br />
appear anywhere on or in the manuscript itself, as all submissions will be<br />
judged anonymously, strictly on literary merit.<br />
ADDRESS FOR SUBMISSIONS<br />
<strong>Advocate</strong> Short Fiction Competition<br />
c/o D. Michael Bain, Editor<br />
The <strong>Advocate</strong>, #1918–1030 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6E 2Y3