05/18/2006: "2 Days Left: Young Authors Writing Contest"

"Danny Jones was a funny guy...." finish that sentence with a short story, submit it by 6:00 PM this Friday, and you may be a winner.

"Danny Jones was a funny guy...." is the prompt to the San Juan Island Library's fourth annual Young Authors' Writing Contest. The Young Authors' Writing Contest for middle and high school age students to show off their writing talents in a piece of short fiction, judged by a panel of talented writers from the community.

The contest rules are that the submission must start with the sentence: "Danny Jones was a funny guy", be no more than 600 words, be typed with 12 point font that is easy to read, be double spaced on 8 1/2 X 11 inch paper and only one submission per person will be accepted. The author's name must not be on the actual story, instead a cover sheet should be used. The submission deadline is Friday, May 19, 2006 at 6:00 PM. The awards ceremony will be held on Thursday, June 1, 2006 at 6:30 PM. at the San Juan Island Library when the winners will be announced. Prizes will be awarded to the first, second and third place authors at the Middle and High School levels.

The winning entries from the 2003, 2004 and 2005 contests are posted online by the San Juan Update (www.sanjuanupdate.com) at the addresses below, along with photos of the winners reading at the awards ceremonies: http://www.san-juan.net/authors2005/ , http://www.san-juan.net/authors2004/ and http://www.san-juan.net/authors2003/

Cover sheets must include name, address, phone number, and grade level. All submissions may be dropped off at the San Juan Island Library or mailed to:

Young Authors' Writing Contest

San Juan Island Library1010 Guard StreetFriday Harbor, WA 98250