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As a follow-up
to our amazing conference in November 2009,
Jung in the Heartland: Portals to the Sacred, the C.G. Jung
Society of St. Louis
invites you to discern and open more of these portals through
writing. Then, submit your work to our contest!
Attendance at the 2009 conference is not required to enter this
contest. We are
soliciting several genres: essays, creative non-fiction, and one
act plays. |
Here's the theme:
Portals to the Sacred from a Jungian Perspective.
Here are the prizes:
1st Prize, $1000; 2nd Prize, $500; 3rd Prize,
$250.
Here's where the
winning entries can be heard, so mark your calendar!
Jung in the Heartland:
Portals to the Sacred II, November 10-13, 2011
Toddhall Retreat and Conference Center,
Columbia,
Illinois
Complete details about submitting entries
are below.
Winners will be
announced by December 1, 2010.
We are accepting
entries through October 15, 2010.
Send inquiries to
CGJungSTLWriting@sbcglobal.net
Begin now!
Details for Submission:
Essays,
Creative Non-Fiction, or One Act Plays
on “Portals to the Sacred from a Jungian Perspective”
$1000 first prize
$500 second prize $250 third prize
Winning entries will be read at the Jung in the
Heartland Conference:
Portals to the Sacred II, November 10-13,
2011
Attendance at the 2009 conference is not required to enter this
contest.
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Submission
Guidelines:
1. Entry Fees
-$20 for each entry (each participant may submit up to 3
entries)
-Preferred payment method: Paypal on cgjungstl.org website.
(See below)
-Alternative payment: check for the entry fee(s) made out to The
C.G. Jung Society of St. Louis mailed to: Jane Wilson, 63
Marshall Place, St. Louis, MO 63119
2. Deadline: Submissions will be accepted until
October 15, 2010.
No entries will be accepted after the October 15 deadline.
3. Submission genres accepted for the writing
contest are essay, creative non-fiction or one act plays. Submissions must be emailed as a Microsoft
Word document to:
CGJungSTLWriting@sbcglobal.net Entries should be double-spaced, using size 12 Times New Roman
font.
4. Maximum length for entry is 4,000 words.
All submissions must be original and no previously published
works, or works accepted for publication elsewhere, are
eligible. Work may be under consideration elsewhere, but
MUST be withdrawn from the competition if accepted elsewhere for
publication. The C.G. Jung Society of St. Louis reserves the
right of first publication both online and in print. Current
board members of the C.G. Jung Society of St. Louis are not
eligible to enter the contest.
5. Name, address, telephone number and email
address should appear only on the first page or cover sheet.
The author’s name and identifying information should not appear
on any subsequent page for anonymity during judging. This
allows us to separate your name from the submission; we will
associate name to submission by number, internally.
6. Judging criteria: Primary consideration will
be given to the entry's originality and its
contribution to knowledge and insights from a Jungian
perspective regarding the theme, “Portals to the Sacred.”
Entries will be judged according to the following criteria:
- Substance and originality
- Idea development (clarity, creativity, Jungian perspective)
- Writing style, composition and organization.
7. Prizes: $1000 first prize, $500 second
prize, $250 third prize.
The judges reserve the right not to award all prizes if the
quality of entries is not sufficient to merit awards.
8. Winners will be announced by December 1,
2010.
All contestants will be notified by email of the judges’
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Pay your entry fee online!
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Writing Contest
Entry Fee:
$20
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