Twins Magazine 2004 January February

Participate in our
6th annual
fiction contest!
Y
ou’re
invited to
write an extraspecial
story for twins or
triplets (or more!) between
the ages of 6 months and
6 years. We’re looking for
sweet, endearing, funny
stories about multiples,
especially girl/girl and boy/girl
twins. Remember that you’re
writing a book for children,
not one for parents.
If you are
named a top
winner, we may
publish your
manuscript.
2004 Contest rules and terms
Story Categories. Your original, unpublished
manuscript must focus on multiples or their
families. There are three story categories:
• Ages 6 months to 18 months
• Ages 19 months to 4 years
• Ages 5 to 6 years.
Choose one story category: Winners will be
selected on the overall quality of the story and
writing—with special attention to the age category—as
well as tone, character development,
quality of language, brevity and clarity of the
plot. Stories should engage young multiples
and early readers. We will commission illustrators
for the winning stories. Details of the contract
will be provided to contest winners. Each
entry must be original, not previously published
or accepted by any other publisher at
time of submission.
Submitting a manuscript: There is a $10 entry
fee for each story. Send a typed, doublespaced
copy of your manuscript with your
name, signature, address and phone number
in the upper left-hand corner of the first page.
Keep a copy of your submission. Submissions
cannot be returned.
Deadline for entries: We must receive entries
no later than Friday, April 23, 2004. TWINS
Magazine is not responsible for manuscripts
lost in the mail. Send entries to TWINS
Magazine, Fiction Contest, 11211 E. Arapahoe
Rd., Suite 101, Centennial, CO 80112-3851.
Only one entry per household, please.
Winners: First prize is $250 and publication in
the January/February 2005 issue. Second prize
is $175; third, $100. Winners will be notified by
mail by Friday, July 30, 2004, and announced in
the date issue. Winning stories may be published
in book form and may become part of our
Bookshelf. No phone calls, please!
Terms: TWINS Magazine reserves the right to
accept or reject an entry for any reason and to
edit manuscripts as necessary.
Any and all materials submitted will become
the property of TWINS Magazine. Prior to actual
publication of any material, the author will be
required to execute a copyright assignment
form. Your signed entry constitutes an agreement
to execute a publishing contract that
includes copyright assignment.
Limitation: TWINS Magazine reserves the
right to decide whether or not to publish
in any form the winning fiction contest winners.
The top winner (first place) will be published
in the January/February 2005 issue of
TWINS Magazine.
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