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Cookbook Recipe Contest

Women Who Write

Cookbook “Comfort” Recipe Contest

           

Theme:  Comfort

 

Calling all writers! Do you have a favorite recipe and a great story that goes with it? Send us your story and recipe for a chance to have your entry published in our first annual Women Who Write Cookbook!

 

Winners will receive:

CASH PRIZES:  1st place $150, 2nd place $100, 3rd place $75 

Three winners will get a free copy of the book.

The top 64 entries will be published in our cookbook.

RECOGNITION AT OUR ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY

$10 per story/recipe entered

 

Guidelines:

  • Open to women writers 18 or older.
  • Story limit 400 words (memoir, creative writing, poetry).
  • Story must keep to the theme “comfort” and relate to the attached recipe.
  • Must be typewritten in an easy to read font (such as Times New Roman 12 or 14).

Recipe Guidelines:

  • Limit 30 lines (list ingredients, method, and approximate amount recipe serves).
  • Ingredient list can be in two columns to count as one line. For example:

1 cup refried beans

1 large tomato

 

To submit, mail to:

 

Women Who Write – Cookbook Contest

PO Box 6167

Louisville, KY 40206

 

Please enclose for each entry:

 

1.  Cover page (your name, story title, recipe name, snail mail address, e-mail address, and phone number).

2.  Story on one page (without any of your personal identifying information).

3.  Recipe on a separate page (without any of your personal indentifying information).

4.  Check made payable to Women Who Write: $10.00 for each entry.

 

Deadline for entries:  July 31, 2010

 

For more information, please e-mail Blondie Crabtree, Chairperson, at Blondie.Crabtree@gmail.com.

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