Thank you to all of the writers who entered the Summer’s Over Poetry Contest! Here are the results:

Winner:
“Cupcake Girl” by Sierra Ryan

Runner-Up:
“The Child of Shalott” by Katie Scibelli

Honorable Mentions:
“Wild Eyes” by Bryan Thresher
“Summer Long Gone” by Linda Drake

Best Family Team:
“Too Old” by Patricia Haggard and “Merry Go Round” by MaryLynn Haggard (age 7).

Congratulations!

And now we have a new contest! Similar rules, but a new theme: Halloween! Here are the guidelines:

• You must incorporate Halloween somehow in prose (fiction or non-fiction) or poetry. These are loose requirements. Get spooky and be creative!
• You may submit up to 3 poems, any form. Single-spaced. Total length of combined poems must not reach over 5 pages. Please put the title at the beginning of every poem and your last name at the top of every page.
• You may submit multiple pieces of prose totaling no more than 2500 words, fiction or non-fiction (e.g. You may submit a fiction piece of 1000 words and a non-fiction piece of 1500 words, but no more than that). Indicate whether each piece is fiction or non-fiction. Please title your piece and place your name at the top of entry.
• You may submit in both poetry and prose.
• No crazy fonts please, and submit in either .doc (no .docx), .rtf, .txt, or .pdf as attachments. Poetry must be single-spaced. Prose must be double-spaced.
• Submit to daniel.gregory@uconn.edu with the subject heading: LRR Halloween Contest. In the body of the e-mail, please provide your contact information, i.e. your name, preferred e-mail, and phone number, in case we are unable to reach you.
• This contest is open to everyone, not just those affiliated with UConn. All ages, all communities are encouraged to submit.
• We will be accepting submissions from today, Friday, October 16, 2009, until Sunday, October 25th, 2009, 11:59 p.m. EST. One Winner and one runner-up for each genre will be announced on Monday, October 26th, 2009.
• The contest will be judged anonymously by a panel of former Long River Review staffers and current Creative Writing students (We ask for your name at the top of the entry for sorting purposes. Each entry will made anonymous for the judges).We have signed books as prizes and winners will have the opportunity to be a featured reader at the Halloween edition of Long River Live! on Wednesday, October 28, in addition to having your work published on this very site!If you have any questions, don’t hesitate. E-mail daniel.gregory@uconn.edu