The Robyn Herrington Memorial Short Story Contest is a contest for young writers. The 2024 contest is open to kids under the age of 18 who reside in Alberta or the Northwest Territories.
About the Contest
Writers younger than 18 are invited to submit their original, unpublished written works of fiction to the 2024 Robyn Herrington Memorial Short Story Contest, "In Places Between". There is no entry fee. Ten selected stories will be published in the annual contest book. The author retains copyright.
All entrants will receive a critique from our panel of judges.
Contest Rules and Requirements
Competition Format
Stories are judged on a combination of factors, including professional presentation, originality, ingenuity, entertainment factor, character, plot, spelling, grammar, and other authorial skills.
Ten stories will be selected.
We pay $45.00 for each selected story.
The top ten stories will be printed in the annual In Places Between book. A copy of this publication will be provided to each of the ten winning authors, volunteers, and contributing artists.
These are in ascending order with the least advanced tips at the beginning, and tips for more experienced writers toward the end.
“My dialogue ends with a comma because the sentence continues after I stop speaking,” Jordan said. ”If dialogue contains a complete sentence, end with a period. Use a comma if the sentence continues,” he added. “Sometimes, the dialogue is the entire sentence.”
Kim said, “Start dialogue with a capital letter if it's the first bit of dialogue in the sentence.”
“However,” added Jordan, “start with a lower-case letter if it's a continuation of dialogue within the same sentence.”
“This is a new paragraph because it's a new speaker,” said Kim.
Each year we recruit artists to illustrate each of the ten stories in the contest book. We pay $30 per illustration, plus a copy of the contest book.
We need a black and white illustration, sized to fit a 5.5 inch wide page. We want digital images or scanned files, ideally 1500 pixels wide by no more than 2500 pixels tall so it will print nicely at 300 DPI.
We'll send you a copy of the story you'll illustrate in mid-May, and you'd need to deliver the art by mid-June.
If you're interested, send an email to info (at) ipbcontest.ca with "Artist" in the subject line.
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Robyn Meta Harrington was a treasured part of Calgary's writing community until her untimely passing in 2004. An active member of IFWA, SFWA, and SF Canada, she had stories and poetry published in a wide variety of magazines and anthologies. One of her stories was even produced by CBC Radio. Robyn played an instrumental role in saving a local writing contest that was in imminent danger of being cancelled. When she passed away the contest was renamed in her honour.
Robyn was passionate about writing and about helping her fellow writers. We're proud to continue In Places Between in her name.
Inquiries, submissions, and complaints should be directed to info (at) ipbcontest.ca. Nice clear subject lines would be appreciated.
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