Category: Writing Contest
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September 2025: Awards Ceremony
Congratulations to all the winners in the 49th Annual Cisco Writers Club Writing Contest! A special thank you to our judges, each accomplished and knowledgeable in their respective categories: Kelly Smithwick West who judged Adventures in Writing, Margaret Hetrick who judged Articles, Markay Rister who judged Books, Alexis Toof who judged Publication Briefs, Sheryl Nelms…
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November 2024: Abilene Writers Guild Writing Contest
Abilene Writers Guild is currently accepting entries through November 30th for their annual writing contest open to all writers fifteen and over. The categories, max number of words (or lines), and entry fees are as follows: 1. Rhymed Poetry, any style, 50 lines, $7 2. Unrhymed Poetry, any style, 50 lines, $7 *3. Flash Poetry:…
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September 2024: Awards Ceremony
Awards for this year’s contest will be given out at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 5, 2024, at the Myrtle Wilks Community Center, 1498 I-20 W in Cisco. Light refreshments will be served. Come join us in celebrating the award winners! A big thank you to our contest chair, Ruth York, and all the judges…
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July 2024: Annual Writing Contest
Cisco Writers Club’s 48th Annual Writing Contest is now underway and continues until midnight, July 31. With six categories, low entry fees, and awards and special prizes totaling approximately $1,500, this contest is our service to our community. This year’s theme: The Power of Story. Entering is easy. Once your entry is polished and ready…
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Thank You, Contest Judges!
The magic that emerges from effective collaboration is undeniable. When diverse minds converge with a shared purpose, the results can be transformative.
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Pizza and Planes!
On September 30, 2024, local and nearby contestants of the 2024 Adventures in Writing contest (the 15-and-under category of Cisco Writers Club’s Annual Writing Contest) received a fifteen-minute flight around Cisco in a private plane. Plus pizza! Family members and Cisco Writers Club members joined to celebrate with these young writers. Our thanks goes out…
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September 2023: Writing Contest Awards Ceremony
A lively crowd celebrated winning authors and 47 years of Cisco Writers Club contests to promote involvement in the craft of writing. Awards totaling $1,480 for the 47th Annual Cisco Writers Club Writing Contest were given out on September 7th at 7 p.m., at the Myrtle Wilks Community Center in Cisco. See complete list of…
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September 2022: Annual Writing Contest Awards Ceremony
Thanks to all who joined us Thursday, September 1, 2022, in the Myrtle Wilks Community Center, Big Dam Room, as we presented awards, celebrated writers and judges, and recognized our underwriters for their generous support of Cisco Writers Club’s 46th Annual Writing Contest. Light refreshments were served as guests and members mingled after the awards.…
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October 2020: Pizza and Planes
The Cisco Writers Club thanks Cisco Aviation for the delightful afternoon of flying winners in our Adventures in Writing contest. First, second and third places were entitled to a flight in a private plane, originating in the Gregory Simmons Memorial Airport in Cisco. Sadly, only one of these young people, Haddie Brumley, was close enough…
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September 2017: Writing Contest Awards Ceremony
Cisco Writers Club celebrated all those who submitted manuscripts in our 41st Annual Summer Writing Contest on Thursday, September 7, 2017. Significant cash accompanied several certificates as we handed out almost $1,500 in prize money. For winners in the Adventures in Writing category, focused entirely on 15-year-olds-andunder, the prize was a flight in a small…
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