Deadline: 26 January 2011
Time again for the annual 55-Word Writing Competition, your chance to write the Great American Squib. The rules to this contest are so easy, a bowl of arugula could do it. Write a 55-word essay or poem. 55 words, no more, no less. 55 words exactly. Then send it to me.
Winner wins $55. Your entry will be published for all to see, along with a photo of you and a flattering biographical sketch that omits all the skeletons in your closet - though, as a journalist, I will remain open to exposing these at a later date.
Entry is free. Enter as often as you like. School classes may enter and, judging by the past, many have to enter. Sorry, kids. But would you rather be studying Croatia?
Titles don't count toward your 55 words. Contractions such as "can't" count as one. Hyphenated words such as fifty-five count as two. Write "55" and it's one. Count carefully: entries 56 or 54 words long are disqualified. Entries further off are nuked.
You can mail, e-mail, fax or hand-deliver your entry. Please send e-mail as straight e-mail, not an attachment. Include your daytime phone number, so I can notify you that you won.
Deadline for entries is 5 p.m. next Wednesday, Jan. 26. Winner and selected entries will be published Sun. Feb. 6.
Contact columnist Michael Fitzgerald at (209) 546-8270 or michaelf@recordnet.com. Fax: (209) 547-8186. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/fitzgeraldblog.
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