Third Annual Bess Streeter Aldrich Short Story Contest Original Short Stories by Nebraska Authors Send to: Bess Streeter Aldrich House PO Box 167 Elmwood, NE 68349 Due date for submissions: Her Birthday, Feb. 17, 2005. Style: Write in the spirit displayed by Bess Streeter Aldrich in her works. Books by Mrs. Aldrich that you can read to get ideas about content and style: Short Works 1907-1919 Short Works 1920-1954 The Cutters Spring Came on Forever Miss Bishop The Lieutenant's Lady The Drum Goes Dead Mother Mason The Rim of the Prairie A Lantern in her Hand A White Bird Flying Song of Years Journey into Christmas The Man Who Caught the Weather Length: 1000 to 2000 words Three divisions: Adult: 1st Prize $100 2nd Prize 50 3rd Prize 25 High School: 1st Prize $50 2nd Prize 25 3rd Prize 15 Middle School: (Grades 6-8) 1st Prize $50 2nd Prize 25 3rd Prize 15 Winners will be notified in early April 2005 and invited to the Aldrich Foundation's spring banquet. Non-winners who supply a SASE will be notified shortly thereafter. Please send a cover sheet with your name, address, e-mail address, phone number, title of story, and two copies of your story, one with your name and one without. Include a line telling how you learned about the contest. For students, add age, grade, school, and teacher to the cover sheet. Please enclose SASE for return of results of the contest. Stories will not be returned, so please keep a copy. No copying of the work of others. Families of Aldrich Foundation Board Members are not eligible.