Transparent Narrative Writing Contest, Grand Prize: $300 + Free Tuition to MatadorU

The initial essay competition Matador has sponsored in over the year, the Transparent Narrative competition prize is $300 as well as tuition to MatadorU, as well as the possibility for writers to explore brand new poetry styles as well as subjects they competence not write about otherwise. Image source: National Library of Scotland

OVER THE LAST couple of weeks weve been seeing some unequivocally engaging brand new transport narratives, as well as we motionless to to run the contest.

The leader gets $300 as well as giveaway the number enrolled to the transport essay program during MatadorU [worth $350]. The winning story, along with honorable mentions will be published here during the Travelers Notebook.

Even if youre the veteran writer who doesnt necessarily need classes, consider this about the U: we get lifetime access to the forums as well as Market Blog, with leads as well as essay opportunities researched as well as curated by Matador editors, along with all destiny Pro Modules we tell upon brand new media strategies, branding, SEO, as well as alternative areas of continuing education.

TRANSPARENT NARRATIVE

Part of the concentration of this competition is to inspire pure writing. This is the poetry character where the anecdotist narrates events / scenes as he or she viewed them during ground-level. Example:

Disposing of my boxers in the bathroom rubbish can, I free-balled through the rain . . .

This is against to language that attempts to explain or justify something, or suggest the reader feel the sure approach about the place or culture:

Id regularly dreamed of indulging in the diverse cuisine of India.

Transparent narration may be thought of as the opposite of codified writing, that we defined as well as analyzed here during the cover last month innotes upon codification.

All of this said, ! the form of your story , the structure, is completely up to you. It can be the array of notes or scenes. It can be the kind of virtual postcard or letter. It could be the bit of memoir. The many critical element however is that the anecdotist tells what happens in the pure style.

DETAILS

1. Stories can be any length, as well as super precipitated sketches may be submitted, however, somewhere 500-1,500 difference seems to work well.

2. Travel essay reveals the persons relationship with the place. So that said, we dont have to be roving to submit the story. The stories themselves dont have to be travelogues. They can be about something function right now in your hometown, or something that happened in the past.

3. Deadline for submissions: 5pm EST Sept. 10, 2010

4. Multiple submissions are ok.

HOW TO SUBMIT

There are three steps:

1) Well be announcing the leader during Twitter, so make sure we follow us @MatadorNetwork so we can get in touch.

2) a. Let us as well as others know youre entering the competition by tweeting the following:

Entering the Transparent Narrative #writing contest. Prize: $300 + tuition to MatadorU http://bit.ly/cHdQJG Details: http://bit.ly/bilT6B

b. Also, greatfully like this post if youre upon Facebook.

3). Submit your story to david@matadornetwork.com with:

a. Submission: Transparent Narrative as well as the pretension of your story in the subject line
b. the couple to your twitter / Facebook like
c. the short (2-3 sentence) bio
d. your story possibly attached as the .doc or pasted directly into the email.

What Is MatadorU?

MatadorU is an online preparation core for the enrichment of transport writers, photographers, as well as filmmakers. From essay as well as photography skills to social media, personal branding to scheming work for publication, the village of students as well as teachers offers support as well as guidance for those looking t! o procee d or allege their careers as writers, photographers, as well as brand new media professionals.

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