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Mark Twain Essay Contest
December 16, 2009
| by: Misty Bell
Your short story or essay could earn you $1,000. The Truckers News Mark Twain Essay Contest is open to all truck drivers and immediate family members. The work may be fiction or nonfiction, so long as it is no longer than 2,000 words and previously unpublished, in print or online. Postmark deadline is April 1. For contest rules and a printable entry form, click here.
Read Barb White’s honorable mention Mark Twain Essay Contest entry on the importance of staying in touch on the road and the ways technology has improved this ability.
Contest Rules
You must be a trucker, trucker’s spouse or trucker’s relative to enter. The article can be an essay or short story but must deal with trucking. The work must be previously unpublished and may be fiction or nonfiction, funny or sad. Entries must be 2000 words or less.
Winners will be determined by the editorial staff of Truckers News. The three winning entries and selected honorable-mention winners will be published in Truckers News, beginning with the June 2010 issue.
Publishing rights (either in print, audio tape or other media) to winning and honorable-mention selections become the property of Truckers News in consideration for prizes awarded. Entries will not be returned. Winners will be responsible for payment of taxes on prizes. Judges’ decisions shall be final. Contest not open to employees of Truckers News, their families or relatives.
Click <a href=”http://truckersnews.randallreillycms.com/mark-twain-essay-content/” target=”_blank”>here</a> to enter.
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I sent my entry byway of e-mail. “Semi Marriage” Please enter in contest. You can contact me at above e-mail address or my cell phone is: (number removed).
I hope you can somehow let me know if you received it. I’ve been waiting along time to enter! Thank you
Nancy, thanks for your comment and essay submission. We have received it.
Misty,
I have sent along my contest submission via email. Recent circumstances in my life seem to have been conspiring to keep me from getting it printed out and sent in by snail mail. Can you let me know you’ve received it? Thanks a bunch. Mark Stewart
Mark, we have received your submission. Thanks!
What email can I send my essay to…
Thank you
Delores Somers
Is it too late to submit a story? The link above to the printable entry form is not there anymore. I can have a story together to send in before the postmark deadline…just tell me what I need to do to send it.
I would just like to let you know that the first paragraph of the rules, the last sentence where it says, “For contest rules and a printable entry form, click here” the hyperlink for “click here” is missing.
Can you please tell me what page I can find the names of the winners for the Mark Twain Essay Contest? I got a copy of the June 2010 issue but I can’t seem to find that information anywhere.
Thank you!