Show Teachers eachers Urge Students 0 To Enter Entel Story Contest Impetus in The Salt Lake Telegram short short story contest was gained Wednesday with the action by numerous English teachers er in Salt SaIt Lake Lake City and Utah schools and mid colleges in requesting requesting re re- re- re qu questing students to enter the co competition Three cash awards amounting to 50 50 and an opportunity for for- national r recognition co as a shor t t story writer are spurring these amateur writers to io o submit stories f It costs costs' nothing to to enter the contest con- con test cst It is very simple You have written or considered consider d writing a short hort short chert story Why should it remain in some dome trunk tunk accumulatIng Ing ng dust By entering The Tele- Tele McClure gram-McClure Newspaper Syndicate Syndicate Syndicate Syndi Syndi- cate story contest an unknown writer is assured of receiving fair fairand fairand fairand and intelligent consideration The rules are ire are printed below A sample amplo story appears on page 9 of ot this issue Turn to it and note the ho contents Send in your story or stories to to- day Address them in in care of ot The Telegram Short Story Editor Salt Lake ake Tribune-Telegram Tribune building Dont Don't ont overlook this chance Enter today The T Telegram legram will contribute 2 25 of ot the 50 prize money and the tho syndicate syndicate syn syn- the other hal half First prize will be 25 2 second 10 and third 5 Editors Editors' of ot th the McClure McClure Mc- Mc Clure syndicate which serves many newspapers in the he United States and Canada will wiIl select the three winners winners win win- ners and the awards will bo be ann announced an an- n nou unc c d in The Telegram Winning Vinning manuscripts will be published pub pub- first in The Thc Telegram then released to other newspapers subscribing subscribing sub sub- scribing t to the syndicates syndicate's dally daily short short stories Each story will be judged on the basis of plot construction originality original original- ty ity and arid cleverness Here are arc the rules 1 1 Anyone who is a reader of this paper excepted may participate 2 To your manuscript clip a copy of or this announcement or any other announcement regarding this contest which may appear in The Telegram during the life lite of or the con con- conI I test You may may submit as many many stories as you wish but each must be jo submitted individually and must musto be o accompanied by a clipping from this his paper pertaining to tho the contest con con- test 3 Write your story on one side of the paper only 4 Double space your lines and use uso a typewriter 5 stories will not be considered d. d 6 Put your name and address Inthe inthe in the tho upper right-hand right corner of ot the he I first page ot of of your manuscript Mark the thc page Salt Lake Telegram Contest 7 a self addressed and stamped envelope with your story If you are mailing in inthe the city your envelope containing your story will require but 2 cents per ounce be suro to place postage eq equivalent iva- iva Ilent lent to 3 cents an ounce for the re return return return re- re turn in as much as your manuscript manuscript manu nanu script if returned must be mailed from New flew York City 7 Address your stories to Short Short Story Editor Salt Lake Telegram Telegram Tele Tele- gram Salt L Lake kc City Do Donot not send them hem direct to the McClure Newspaper Newspaper Newspaper News News- paper Syndicate Any stories thus sent jent will be considered in the regular regu i lar way and will not have a chance to Lo participate in the tho con contest est 9 Your story must not exceed 1000 words in length and it must not be shorter than words Any stories ries falling failing to to come within this length will be rejected without reading I |