ERMA BOMBECK WRITING COMPETITION 2007

batyler65 · Jan 8, 2007

Hi, Gang!

Here is an excerpt from the notification I received today regarding submissions to this annual competition.

The 2007 Erma Bombeck Writing Competition is open for
entries. Entries must be submitted using the online entry form,
and will be accepted until 11:59 PM, EST, on February 18,
2007. There is no entry fee and no age restriction. One
Dayton, Ohio-area winner and one global winner will be
awarded cash prizes in each of two categories -- "Humor" and
"Human Interest." Dayton-area winning essays will be published
in the Dayton Daily News, and all winners will be published
on the Washington-Centerville Public Library Web site.
Judges will also select several essays for "Honorable
Mention."

For complete writing competition guidelines, online entry
form, or more information, visit
http://www.wcpl.lib.oh.us/adults/erma.html

Happy writing and good luck!

Barb

wyntermoon · Jan 8, 2007

BAM! I've got the perfect piece, thanks!!!

Edit: I'm in! *shakin' my bad thang*

JeanneTGC · Jan 8, 2007

wyntermoon said:
BAM! I've got the perfect piece, thanks!!!

Edit: I'm in! *shakin' my bad thang*

Whoo hoo, you go, girl! My stuff is always too long...*sigh*. So you have to win, since I'm not entering.

Riddler · Jan 8, 2007

I wonder if I should submit the piece I wrote about the crush I have on Erma Bombeck.

stormie · Jan 8, 2007

My sense of humor usually has people scratching their heads. But at least the competition has a "human interest" category and I consider myself an interesting human.

AmyDoodle · Jan 8, 2007

Wynter, if you're in, I'm going with ya. 'Course I'm at the age when my bad thang doesn't so much shake as it does flap in the breeze.

Besides, I can't go on without my annual Erma rejection.

wyntermoon · Jan 8, 2007

AmyDoodle said:
Wynter, if you're in, I'm going with ya. 'Course I'm at the age when my bad thang doesn't so much shake as it does flap in the breeze.

heheheh -- that'll win ya something right there

Come on y'all, join meeeeeeeeee!

JeanneTGC · Jan 8, 2007

Riddler said:
I wonder if I should submit the piece I wrote about the crush I have on Erma Bombeck.

It could be a winner, you never know.

SherryTex · Jan 9, 2007

I've submitted!

Freckles · Jan 9, 2007

Awesome! Good thing I checked this forum today!!

stormie · Jan 9, 2007

Freckles,
Sign up for their mailing list. I like the newsletter put out by Tim Bete (sp?), too.

wyntermoon · Jan 10, 2007

Whoo HOOO! Where's KTC? He's always up for a contest!

Michelle Hoppe · Jan 19, 2007

I also took the plunge and sent in an entry. This was my first contest entry and I had a moment of panic once I hit the send button, but now that it's done, I'm happy I entered. Good luck to everyone else who has entered.

AmyDoodle · Jan 19, 2007

Good luck, Michelle! Hitting that Send button is the hardest part. Well, that and the waiting. . .

stormie · Jan 19, 2007

AmyDoodle said:
Hitting that Send button is the hardest part. Well, that and the waiting. . .

Nah, I forgot about it already. Sort of. Maybe. Not.

wyntermoon · Jan 19, 2007

My fingers have been drummed to the bone. How much LONGER must we wait?

Weeks?

Oh.

*drum drum drum*

Michelle Hoppe · Jan 20, 2007

According to the site, winners will be announced in the spring. It does not say, early or late spring, just spring. I suggest we drum really, really softly for now.

wyntermoon · Jan 20, 2007

Guess I'll have to find something else to do until then...

Think I'll go for a ride! :e2bike2:

stormie · Jan 20, 2007

^^LOL!^^

HSJRivers · Feb 18, 2007

Hi, all.

I usually hang out at the greeting card forum, but entered the humor contest last year, and entered again this year. It's good practice fine-tuning it to 450 words. I know they receive lots of entries, but you never know---someone around these parts might win.

Good luck to all, and to all a good night.

Sherri

Nancy · Feb 19, 2007

I entered, too, this year and it's my first time entering any writing competition. Keeping it to 450 words was indeed a challenge.

Good luck to the rest of you, too!

Riddler · Feb 19, 2007

Mine was right at 450 words. I had to scan the whole thing a few times and pick out 2-word phrases to replace 3-word phrases to make fit.

JeanneTGC · Feb 19, 2007

I bow to all of you. 450 to be funny in isn't enough for me.

Can't wait to see which one of you guys wins. (I am, of course, expecting one from our fab Humor group to make it to the top slot. So I'm biased...so shoot me.)

wyntermoon · Feb 20, 2007

Er, is it spring yet?

stormie · Feb 20, 2007

Now, now, Stacey, we must be very, VERY CALM!!!!

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