Kids Write
SAN DIEGO BOOK AWARDS - GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS
- KIDS WRITE
$50 First Prize, $30 Second Prize, $20 Third Prize
Open to San Diego County Residents Only, Between the Ages of 10 and 13
Download Guidelines and Entry Form (PDF)
- Your story submitted for SDBAA Kids Write may be no more than 1,000 words, must be original, and not previously published.
- Submit four (4) copies of your typed, double-spaced manuscript. You may submit only one story for this contest, although you must submit four copies of the story.
- Your name must not appear anywhere on your story. Attach all four copies to the Required Submission Form.
- Type the name of your story and page number at the top of each page.
- The margins of your story should be 1 inch at the top and bottom and 1-1/4 inch on each side.
- Use white paper only and indent five spaces for each new paragraph.
- Use 12-point Times New Roman, Times, or Courier.
- Do not staple your story or put it in a notebook or bind it in any way. Hold each copy of your story together with a paper clip.
- Required Submission Form: A Required Submission Form must accompany the story you submit, and it must be completed and dated and signed by you and your parent or guardian.
- Mail the Required Submission Form and four (4) copies of your story to Kids/Write, San Diego Book Awards Association, P.O. Box 501943 San Diego, CA 92150-1943. You must mail it so that it is postmarked no later than February 15, 2012.
NOTIFICATION OF WINNERS AND AWARDS
Finalists will be notified in advance of the San Diego Book Awards ceremony, which will be held on June 9, 2012. The three top finalists will be honored at the awards ceremony. Each finalist may attend the ceremony with two guests at no charge. At least one of the guests must be a parent or guardian. Winners will be promoted on the SDBAA website: http://www.sdbookawards.com.
Rights: All submissions remain the literary property of the writer.