call
for entries:
Ariel Sharon Short Story
Contest
onzik
special project: Send us stories that focus on, are inspired by, or related
to Ariel Sharon. Judges: Michele Serros, Benjamin Hollander and Andrew
Wilson. First prize 50 € (Euro), all entries judged worthy will
be published on oznik.com.


oznik-news
31 May. 2004



Call for entries:
ARIEL
SHARON SHORT STORY CONTEST
oznik
is proud to announce the first ever (as far as we are aware) ARIEL SHARON
SHORT STORY CONTEST, and to invite writers to contribute stories that
focus on, are inspired by, or related to Ariel Sharon. All entries will
be read, and the best would be published online on oznik.com (who knows,
perhaps something in print will come out of this too...), with a copyright
notice in the author's name.
The writer
of the winning story will receive 50 € (50 EMU Euro, worth about
US$ 61 as of May 31), writers of the top three stories will be awarded
an election T-shirt, a poster, and cards, courtesy of MoversNeeded.com.
Entry deadline: 15 August 2004. The results will be published in September.
Art contributions
to accompany the presentation of the stories are also welcome, as well
as banner proposals to promote the contest on this site and others. Art
contributors whose work would be used will also be awarded MoversNeeded.com
products. Scroll to the bottom of the page for Art Guidelines.
Story
entry guidelines:



Electronic
entries only (see story
entry form), no file attachments.
Deadline:
15 Aug 2004.
Max. length
2,000 words.

About
the judges:
Michele
Serros is
a poet, writer of fiction, and a commentator for National Public
Radio. Her first book, Chicana Falsa and other stories of Death,
Identity and Oxnard, has become required reading in high schools
and universities across the US. Her second work of fiction, How
to be a Chicana Role Model, was published in July 2000, and
instantly reached the Los Angeles Times bestseller list. Newsweek
named her "one of the top young women to watch for in the new
century." Currently living in New York City, Ms. Serros is
writing a young adult novel tentatively titled, Notes for a Medium
Brown Girl and continues to speak at high schools, correctional
facilities and universities around the country.
Benjamin
Hollander's recent book, Rituals
of Truce and the Other Israeli was published by Parrhesia
Press. He was born in Israel and emigrated to New York City in 1958,
at the age of six. He has lived in San Francisco since 1978. A poet
and essayist, scholar and teacher, his books include Vigilance (Beyond
Baroque, 2004), Levinas and the Police, Part 1 (Chax Press, 2001),
The Book Of Who Are Was (Sun & Moon, 1997), How to Read, too
(Leech Books, 1992), and, as editor, Translating Tradition: Paul
Celan in France (ACTS, 1988).
Andrew
L. Wilson holds a G.E.D. from Memphis Adult Education Center,
a B.A. in English literature from the University of Tennessee and
a Ph.D. in English literature from Boston College. He attended the
Boston University Creative Writing Program and the 3rd Annual Zoetrope
Short Story Writer's Workshop, and has since taught creative writing
at the elementary school and college levels. He has worked as a
busboy, dishwasher, waiter, cook, bartender, dogwalker, lottery
ticket seller, consigliere, art mover and installer, house repairs
contractor, bookstore clerk, office temp, book appraiser, office
manager, teacher, proofreader, manuscript consultant, writer, journalist,
and editor. His fiction, essays and poetry have appeared in small
literary magazines in the United States, Europe, and Japan, most
recently in Rosebud, where his story shares a cover billing with
Stephen King. Last year he was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. His
interview with poet Derek Walcott appears in the Bedford/St. Martin’s
anthology Stages of Drama. A story of his recently appeared in The



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