The Pencil Princess Workshop will award $25 & publication in the RLS Hoff Newsletter to the winner. I will also publish both the winning entry and honorable mentions on this website.

Rules:

• Entries must be 1000 words or fewer, must be written in English, and must be appropriate for a general audience that may include children.
• The deadline to enter is midnight at US Mountain Standard Time on June 26, 2021
• Entries must be original poems or stories, written by the person entering the contest.
• Writers of the poems or stories retain all rights.
• Writers entering this contest grant The Pencil Princess Workshop the non-exclusive right to publish their entry in the RLS Hoff Newsletter and on this website.
• Submissions are open to anyone from anywhere.
• Young writers are welcome and encouraged to enter. However, they must get a parent or guardian’s permission to do so if they are under 18 years of age.
• RLS Hoff will decide which piece is best based on (her admittedly subjective opinion of) the quality of the writing and the connection to the picture.
• Look for the winning entry in the June 30, 2021 RLS Hoff Newsletter. Winners will begin to appear on the website June 30 as well.

How to Enter:

Download this form, fill it out, and send it to rlshoff@pencilprincessworkshop.com. Use “Spring 2021 Writing Contest” as the subject line.