Cash Prizes total $325 -- Winner guaranteed Publication
Entry Deadline: February 15, 2010 or February 20, if delivered to NETWO

Note: As described in item 20, the judge's score sheet, possibly with comments, will be available for your entry.

1. Entries must be short stories between 1,000 and 2,500 words to be considered. Submit one (1) copy.
2. Entries must be typed, double spaced, one side only on 8 ½” by 11” white paper, 1” margins. Please use either Courier or Times Roman type fonts, 12 point.
3. Entry fee for each submission is: $8 for NETWO members, $10 for non-NETWO members, and $5 for students 18 and under. Make checks payable to "NETWO." Students may request a waiver of the entry fee by writing to: netwomail@netwo.org . (Please Note: there is only 1 division. There is NOT a separate student division.)
4. Multiple entries are permitted. Include entry fee for each entry. Multiple entries may be submitted in a single envelop and with a single check to cover all fees.
5. Entries must be postmarked between January 1 and February 15, 2010, or hand delivered to a NETWO officer no later than February 20, 2010.
   Mail entries to:
   NETWO, P.O. Box 411, Winfield, TX 75493
   If you wish confirmation of receipt of your entry, include a SASP. On the message side of the post card, write the name of the short story.
6. First Place Award is $150; Second Place is $100; Third Place is $50 and Fourth Place is $25. Winners, and Honorable Mentions, will receive certificates suitable for framing.
7. First Place winner will be published (with author's permission and the story meets the publisher's guidelines) in The Storyteller, a magazine dedicated to helping writers. The Storyteller is a paying publication, and the word limit is 2,500 words. The Storyteller was one of the 101 Best Magazine Markets for 2006. It is also listed in "The Best of the Magazine Markets for Writers 2009." Click here to visit its website.
   Please note: The Storyteller has this statement in its guidelines:
   "We DO NOT accept pornography, erotica, horror, graphic language, graphic violence, children's stories, or anything deemed racial or biased toward any religion, race or moral preference."
8. No more than one (1) CASH prize will be awarded to a single author. However, this does not preclude an author from receiving additional certificates for honored stories. Please note: all cash prizes will be awarded. (4 different authors will receive prize money.)
9. Each story should have a cover sheet containing only:
   • the name of the story
   • the author’s name
   • complete address
   • telephone number
   • e-mail address
   • and word count
   • Student entries should also include age, school attending and grade.
10. The author’s name should not appear anywhere except on the cover sheet. Each story page should have a header line with the story’s title and the page number.
11. Entries must be previously unpublished short stories written in English by the person whose name is on the cover sheet.
12. Failure to follow all the contest rules will result in disqualification; entry fees for disqualified entries will not be returned.
13. Judges do not see the author's name, or any other information about the author. No entrant knows the identity of any judges.
14. Decisions of the judges are final.
15. Neither NETWO, any of its members or any judge is responsible for late delivery of entries, or lost entries.
16. Winners will be announced during the 2010 NETWO Writer’s Conference, April 23 & 24. Winners unable to attend will have awards mailed to the address on the cover sheet.
17. Winners names will be printed in the May issue of the NETWO newsletter, With Pen in Hand. Winner's names and story titles will also be posted on this web site by May 5, 2010.
18. NETWO may request permission to print some of the winning entries in future issues of the newsletter, With Pen in Hand. This is NOT a requirement to enter or win.
19. The author relinquishes none of his or her rights by entering the contest.
20. Please include a SASE (with sufficient postage) if you wish your entry returned. The judge's score sheet (and possible comments) will accompany your entry. Otherwise, entries will not be returned and will be shredded.