We run regular monthly writing contests, now also noted as being our Writers’ Mill Monthly Literary Ezine AND Contest, with the winner of each contest invited to chose the theme for a future contest and HOST that contest (as host you created the theme, get to send in an entry for comments, and announce the top 3 most voted for entries at the monthly meeting tied to that Contest/Ezine).

Feedback from ALL members, not just that month’s authors, is encouraged and comes in the form of voting and comments. This is a WRITING CONTEST for the members of a WRITING COMMUNITY — Please support your fellow writers by reading their entries, consider posting a comment AND do VOTE! Thank you.

The current month’s contest, as well as the next two or three contest themes, can be found under “Upcoming Contests”. The window during which entries will be accepted–including the deadline for submitting an entry–can be found under a label reflecting the month when the contest will be judged and awards presented. Thus, if today is June 10, the contest you will be writing for is the July contest.

The contest pages are password protected. All entries will be password protected. Voting is only open to members who have the password. Passwords are sent via newsletters from Writers’ Mill Admin, which are only sent to those who’ve asked to join our group. If you do not have the password AND are or wish to be a member of this group, complete the request found under the heading “Sign Up”.

Old contests can be found under their respective month and year. When no longer directly visible under the Contests/Ezine heading, scroll down to the tab labeled: “past contests…”

NOTE ON WORD COUNT—

Nearly ALL contests are open to poems, essays and stories. Word count maximum is 1200 words as determined by Microsoft Word editor.

Except where otherwise noted, the word count maximum is not negotiable. Please do not send me an entry with more words than the contest allows. If this were a more public contest, any violation of contest rules would be a firm “Declined” — consider what happens here as practice for the real world.

NOTE ON SENDING ENTRIES—

All entries are to be sent to Contest @ PortlandWritersMill .Org (remove spaces)

All entries may be sent via an attached document file (doc or docx preferred) OR pasted into the body of your email. IF either of these is a problem for you, send that information to the contest coordinator via the CONTEST email noted above.

Thank you — and HAPPY WRITING!