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Bethesda Essay and Short Story Contest
Local Writers Have Opportunity to Shine with Bethesda Essay & Short Story Contest
As part of the 15th Annual Bethesda Literary Festival, the Bethesda Urban Partnership, Inc. (BUP) invites local writers to enter the Essay & Short Story Contest for a chance to win $500 and be published in Bethesda Magazine. The Bethesda Urban Partnership, Inc. and Bethesda Magazine have partnered to welcome adults (ages 18 and over) and high school students to write a 500-word essay and/or a 4,000-word short story about any topic, for the Essay & Short Story Contest.
The first place winners in each category will be awarded $500, and be published Bethesda Magazine; second place winners are honored with $250; third place winners will receive $150; and honorable mentions will be awarded $75 each. The first place winners will also receive a gift certificate to The Writer’s Center.
High School winners receive: $250, first place; $100, second place; $50, third place. Bethesda Magazine will print the first place Essay & Short Story.
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All winners’ essays and short stories will be published on the Bethesda Magazine and Bethesda Urban Partnership’s websites and will be honored at a special event during the Bethesda Literary Festival.
Entries for the Essay & Short Story Contest must be received by Friday, January 23, 2015. For entry requirements and eligibility, please call 301/215-6660 or visit www.bethesda.org.
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The 15th annual Bethesda Literary Festival will also showcase novelists, journalists, poets and children’s authors throughout downtown Bethesda’s bookstores, arts organizations and community centers. For more information, please call 301/215-6660 or visit www.bethesda.org.
Bethesda Urban Partnership, Inc. (BUP) is the creator and producer of Taste of Bethesda, Imagination Bethesda, the Bethesda Literary Festival, a free Summer Concert Series, Winter Wonderland and Bethesda Outdoor Movies: Stars on the Avenue. Bethesda Urban Partnership also manages the Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District. The beautification of downtown Bethesda’s parks, streets and sidewalks is also maintained by BUP.
