Contest            See below for 2008 winners!   
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    The Kay Owens Award

    Do you have what it takes, to show the world what
    good writing looks like?  

    For the second year, we are pleased to offer the Kay
    Owens Award for Excellence in Christian literature.  

    Kathleen Eleanor Sheldon was born in North
    Hollywood, California on August 7, 1934. She
    graduated from Van Nuys High School and attended
Los Angeles Valley College.  For many years Kay served as Choir Director for Osborne
Neighborhood Church in Pacoima, and as pianist/organist for various churches in the
Los Angeles area.  After raising five children she moved to the Antelope Valley,  
where she worked as a bus driver for the Palmdale School District for 15 years.  In
her later years she lived in Pleasant Hill, Oregon, until her death in 2006.

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Kay's daughter Carol Craig is an accomplished freelance editor and
writing mentor.  She has graciously offered to sponsor this annual
award, to encourage new writers to pursue their passion.  The cash
prizes are as follows:

     First place             $300.00
    Second place         $200.00
    Third place            $100.00

Our panel of judges will read all of the entries and select the top three, to be
announced at the end of the conference.  


Interested?

If you plan to attend our conference -- and you'd like to enter the contest -- just send
us a sample of your latest
unpublished writing project.  Print your manuscript (up to
10 pages), double-spaced, on 8.5 x 11” white bond paper.  Make sure that your name
appears in the header on every page.  Use 12-point Times New Roman font, with one-
inch margins on all sides.  

When you're done, place it unfolded into a 9 x 11.5” envelope.  Mail it to:

    Antelope Valley Christian Writers' Conference
    Attn: Contest
    5022 Avenue N, Suite 102-128
    Palmdale, CA 93551

Otherwise, you may send by email attachment.  Use the same formatting as for paper
submissions, above.  (MS Word files with .doc extension only, please.)  Email to
avwriters@yahoo.com. Your manuscript will then be forwarded to our judges for
evaluation.  All submissions must be received no later than April 1, 2009.

Important -- There is no charge to enter the contest; however, entries will be
considered only with paid enrollment.  You may enclose a check for your tuition along
with your manuscript.  If you are also submitting a manuscript for critique, be sure to
send it separately.  


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Winners!

For our 2008 contest, our winners are (drum roll, please)...

First place: Ryan K. Massey, Past Notes

Second place: Jaimie Blake, Say It, Mama

Third place: Debby Alten, Paragon
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