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C2 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, July 11, 2001 Three-day novel-writing contest on Labour Day weekend Since its genesis in a V ancouver bar in 1978, the Three-day N ovel-W riting C ontest has attract ed both praise and scorn from w riters and critics. The praise has com e from those w ho recog nize the contest as a challenging literary exercise w orthy o f support; suspicion and doubt flow from the stalw art naysayers w ho rem ain con vinced that im portant literary w ork is only borne from years o f struggle and arduous revision. T he Three-day N ovel-W riting C ontest has served as a launching ground for several writers w ho have proven to be anything but "flashes" in the pan. For exam ple, Tom W alm sley's 1979 w in ning entry. Dr. Tin , w as expanded and reissued in 1992 as Shades: The Whole Story o f Dr. Tin. O ther novelist who got their start w ith the NovelWriting Contest include M arc D iam ond ( Proper ty) Stephen M iller (The Woman in the Yard) and Candas Jane D orsey ( Vanilla and O ther Stories). To register for this y ear's contest, w hich takes place on L abour D ay w eekend, applicants m ust send their nam e and com plete address plus the $25 en try fee (n o n -refu n d ab le) to A nvil Press, 204A - 175 East B road way, V ancouver BC, V 5T 1W2, post m arked no later than Friday, Aug. 3 1. Entrants begin w riting at 12:01 a.m ., Satur day, Sept. 1 and m ust stop at or before midnight, M onday, Sept. 3. O utlines are perm itted prior to the contest, but the actual w riting m ust take place during the L abour D ay w eekend. C ollaborations are perm itted, but no more than tw o per novel. There are no lim its on the novel's length, but entries average 100 typew rit ten pages, double-spaced. N ovels may be w ritten in any location and u sin g any m eth o d - pen, ty p ew riter, w ord processor. H ow ever, the copy subm itted m ust be typed, double-spaced on 8 1/2" x 11" w hite paper, w ith pages num bered (no folders, clips or staples). Participants may use the w eek follow ing the contest to have handw ritten m anuscripts typed or disks converted to hard copy. Finished novels m ust be postm arked no later than Sept. 7 and sent to the above address, along w ith a non-legal statem ent signed by a w itness co n firm in g the n o v el's com pletion o ver the L abour D ay w eekend, and a self-addressed enve lope large enough to return the novel (if desired). The w inner will be announced Nov. 30. A ll entrants will receive a press release co n cerning the outcom e o f the contest. The ju d g es will be com prised o f the editorial board o f A nvil Press and the literary collective o f subTerrain M agazine. DONT SUFFER IN SILENCE Have the courage like Cindy from Oakville. 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