Enter our "Ho-ho-Humbug" Contest

The holidays are now upon us. You have to make those lists, battle the crowds, buy those presents, bake those pies, take the kids to see Santa... sometimes it's enough to turn even the most upbeat person into a SCROOGE. So tell us about it. What is YOUR Scrooge tale? And it can true or not, but either way, we need a happy ending. Poetry and prose accepted.     

Submit as many entries as you'd like, but each entry must be by separate email and accompanied by separate payment. The winning entry will be judged on creativity and originality.

First Place wins:

• A $25 Barnes & Noble Gift Certificate

• Publication in Writer Online

Second and third place will win a $10 Barnes & Noble gift certificate and publication in Writer Online .

Deadline Wednesday, December 9, 2004 12pm EST, USA

No submissions accepted after deadline.
NOTE: We'll send a single confirmation of receipt of your payment.
WOL can't be responsible for communication problems or missing emails. Entrants should use the "confirm receipt" option in their email program. WOL cannot refund entry fees for entries that are not accompanied by a submission.

Pay the contest fee, then email your submission to: contests@writeronline.us

After paying your entry fee, please make sure you send in your submission. Write the title at the top. Please put your full name, postal address and email address at the bottom. This provides WOL with identifying information.

NOTE: If you do not receive notification that your submission was received, please send it in to the email address listed below again. (We often receive entry fees without entries.)

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Contest fee : $5.00 if paying by credit card; $7.00 if paying by U.S. check; $12.00 if paying by non-U.S. check.

If paying by check, please make out in the correct amount (!) and send to:

Mary Anne Donovan
P.O. Box 24524.
Rochester, NY 14624

With receipt of payment, all Writer Online contest entrants receive a coupon for a $10.00 discount on purchase of the Writer's Software Companion .

Contest Rules

Submit entries by email to contests@writeronline.us . (No attached documents, please) . Winners will be announced in our next issue.

Please include your name and mailing address in your email. Prizes and publication offered only to entrants who have are Writer Online subscribers and who have paid their entry fee.

Subscribe to Writer Online by entering your email address here:

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By submitting, the entrant certifies that the work is original. Please do not write follow-up memos regarding the status of your submission.

Writer Online reserves the right to publish and archive any winning contest entry without further notice to the writer. Cash awards will be made by check and mailed within 30 days of the publication of the winning entry.

Last Week's Winner!!

Congratulations Margaret B. Davidson from Fairport, NY. for winning  first place in our Tongue-in-Cheek Contest. How often we've wanted to write a letter such as this to one of our neighbors.  Click HERE to read the winning entry.