By SARAH SHMERLING | Editor-in-Chief
The deadline for the Summer Creative Writing Contest 2024—open to students in grades one to 12—is Tuesday, September 3.
The contest is put on each year by Pacific Palisades Library Association, also known as Friends of the Palisades Library.
“Entries should be family friendly and relate to this year’s theme: A funny thing happened on the way to … ” read the PPLA website.
Submitted pieces can be any literary style, according to PPLA. Contestants are limited to one entry, which is not to exceed two pages, double spaced.
Entries can be submitted online or in person at Palisades Branch Library, located at 861 Alma Real Drive.
Those who enter have a chance to win gift certificate prizes as well as participate in an awards ceremony on October 9. There will be first-, second- and third-place prizes awarded in five categories, which are based on age. First place will receive $100 to DIESEL, A Bookstore, second place will receive $75 and third place $50.
“Good luck,” PPLA wrote. “We look forward to reading your work.
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