Hey everyone!
Welcome to our autobiography writing competition 🙂 If you want some tips on what we’re looking for, make sure you go and check out my previous post all about autobiographic writing! We would love you to join in. So here’s how everything is going to work:
WHAT TO SUBMIT
It’s a either a chapter of your autobiography or an autobiographic short story… the word limit is 2500 words! We won’t be reading beyond that. And make sure it’s a true story (I mean, we can’t prove that but it would really be appreciated.)
HOW TO SUBMIT
Email us your submission at thesewriterly@gmail.com
In the subject please include your name, and the title of the chapter/piece you are submitting. Microsoft word submissions can be attached or the chapter can be copied into the body of the email. Make sure it is maximum 2500 words because we will not read any further than that mark. In the body of the email make sure to include how we can reach you if you are a winner as well.
WHEN DOES THE COMPETITION END?
All submissions must be sent before the 25th of June. Anything received after that date will not be entered into the competition.
WHAT CAN YOU WIN?
Read about the prizes in detail below. The wonderful author Ruta Sepetys who has recently released her novel Salt to Sea is sponsoring the competition! Here are the prizes below:
1st Place: A paperback copy of Sathnam Sanghera’s The Boy in the Topknot, an autobiography that has to do with schizophrenia and culture, as well as a Salt to Sea bookmark. Also, your winners certificate!
2nd Place: A Salt to Sea bookmark, a Shakespeare and Company bookmark and also 2 Into the Dim by Janet B. Taylor temporary tattoos. Also, your winners certificate!
3rd Place: A Salt to Sea bookmark and a Into the Dim by Janet B. Taylor temporary tattoo. Also, your winners certificate!
MORE ABOUT HOW EPIC RUTA SEPETYS IS
Winter, 1945. Four teenagers. Four secrets.
Each one born of a different homeland; each one hunted, and haunted, by tragedy, lies…and war.
As thousands of desperate refugees flock to the coast in the midst of a Soviet advance, four paths converge, vying for passage aboard the Wilhelm Gustloff, a ship that promises safety and freedom.
Yet not all promises can be kept.
Inspired by the single greatest tragedy in maritime history, bestselling and award-winning author Ruta Sepetys (Between Shades of Gray) lifts the veil on a shockingly little-known casualty of World War II. An illuminating and life-affirming tale of heart and hope.
About Ruta:Â Ruta Sepetys was born and raised in Michigan in 
a family of artists, readers, and music lovers. As an author of historical fiction, Ruta is drawn to stories of strength through struggle. Her award-winning debut novel, “Between Shades of Gray” was inspired by her family’s history in Lithuania and is published in 45 countries. Her second novel, “Out of the Easy” is set in the French Quarter of New Orleans in 1950, and her third novel “Salt to the Sea” exposes one of the greatest hidden disasters of World War II. Ruta lives in a treehouse in the hills of Tennessee.
Stalk her here:Â On her Website, Twitter, Youtube, Facebook, Pinterest and Goodreads.
If Almost Famous were a YA novel… a raw, honest debut celebrating music, friendship, romance, and life on the road.
About Charlotte:Â Charlotte Huang is a graduate of Smith College and received an MBA from Columbia Business School, which is clearly something every aspiring writer should do. When not glued to her computer, she cheers her two sons on at sporting events and sometimes manages to stay up late enough to check out bands with her music agent husband. Charlotte lives in Los Angeles and is the author of 
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