FWA
Collection #5—It’s A Crime
2013
Entry Guidelines
It’s A Crime
is the title and theme for the 2013 FWA
Collection #5
of sixty short pieces, written by FWA members, submitted
electronically, published by FWA, and marketed across the nation
through national booksellers as well as on our own website.
The Collection is
published annually; each year presents a new theme and Person of
Renown. This year’s Person of Renown is Edna Buchannan.
It’s A Crime
is a story about crime, or perhaps the idea of crime(s). Every
submission must be connected in some way with crime. Any kind of
crime–think about it–crime itself, breaking the law in its
numerous manners, social crimes, or “criminal” behavior. It can
be connected with concepts, too. Have you ever heard someone shout,
“I could kill you for that!” Or have you ever heard the comment,
“I think it’s a crime she’s wearing that!”
Virtually all
stories as well as poems are eligible. Two entries may consist of two
stories, one story and one poem or two poems. This is a blind
judging. No one knows the author until the sixty winners are
announced. Readers love variety and look for fiction or nonfiction
subject matter with a wide interpretation. Entries may be funny,
quirky, dramatic, tragic, disturbing, or heart-warming.
FWA’s judges will
select their sixty favorites from the electronic submissions received
between February 1 and midnight May 15, 2013. Judges score each entry
independently. Each judge submits his/her scores to the Collections
Coordinator who computes the total. The top sixty scoring entries
will be published.
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