Aojirouma Publishing is sponsoring a new writing contest this year beginning August 12, 2010 for all writers in all countries. The contest will be split into two primary categories, prose and poetry. Below is a description of the contest:
 
Life is often described as a journey with detours at every corner. Whether that journey has a destination is reliant on the individual’s ambitions, beliefs, and desires. With literature being a reflection of life, it is only natural that a canon be born from this universally accepted analogy. Great works like The Adventures of David Simple by Sarah Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling by Henry Fielding, and Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe explored the literal meaning of the journey. For this contest, Aojirouma Publishing charges authors from around the world to submit an original work exploring the journey.

Submissions may be of any genre, but this year we will be requiring writers to move outside their comfort zones. We want both seasoned and new authors to study and incorporate the writing styles of our masters who composed during the Eighteenth Century. Poets may want to pay particular attention to artists like Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, and Robert Lloyd who included specific motifs in their poems concerning the journey.
 
Prose

• Maximum of one submission
• Less than 10,000 words in length
• Font: Times New Roman, 12 pt, Double Spaced
• Style: Eighteenth-Century Prose
• Start: August 12, 2010
• Deadline: November 1, 2010
• Submission Fee: $10.00

Poetry

• Maximum of three submissions
• Font: 12 pt
• Style: Eighteenth-Century Poetry
• Start: August 12, 2010
• Deadline: November 15, 2010
• Submission Fee: $10.00 (For all three submissions)
 
Three winners will be selected from each category, a total of six winners. First place winners will receive $50.00, an award for their winning submissions, recognition on our website, and, most importantly, will choose which charitable organization receives 70% of all proceeds collected. Second place winners will receive $25.00, an award for their winning submissions, recognition on our website, and will be offered the chance to choose a charitable organization of their choice for the remaining 30% of the proceeds. Third place winners will receive an award and recognition on our website. Every winner will have their works published in an anthology released once every three years by Aojirouma Publishing. Authors must download, print, and complete a waiver form on our forum for their work(s) to be published. Winners will be announced December 10th, 2010. Updates and the following information may be accessed at our forum: http://aojirouma.proboards.com. Registration is not required to access the thread.
 
Submissions with their waiver form may be sent to:
 
2010 Writer’s Contest
Aojirouma Publishing
31 Dogwood Lane
Pottersville, NY 12860
 
The waiver form may be downloaded from here: http://www.aojirouma.com/WritersContestWaiver2010.pdf. Aojirouma Publishing would like to stress that this, like prior contests sponsored by Aojirouma, is for a charitable cause. It is just a small part of our greater goal of tying literature to the community, reviving the prestige of authorship, and sponsoring great writers that deserve recognition in the literary community. Thank you for your time and attention.