The Collingswood Book Festival Announces
The Retrospect Best of the Fest Six Word Memoir Contest 2010 - Win $100!

Can you sum up your literary life/thoughts in exactly six words? If your Six-Word Memoir is the winner, you will be awarded $100 by The Retrospect newspaper. This year's contest is a variation on the New York Times best selling book Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure. Show off your literary pride, wit, depth, expertise, or humor in six words - no more, no less! Entries will be judged by Larry Smith, editor of SMITH Magazine, creators of the Six-Word Memoir project.

Some examples:
"There are never too many books"
"So many books, so little time"
"Life without books is beyond imagination"

For more information about six-word memoir writing, check out Larry Smith's web site at www.smithmag.net.

Entry Rules and Conditions

1. All entries must be original.
2. All entries must be six words.
3. All entries must have a literary theme.
4. All entries must be received by September 10, 2010.
5. Authors can be of any age.
6. Up to ten memoirs may be submitted by any individual.
7. The winning author will be contacted and will be invited, but not required, to attend to receive the $100 award at the Collingswood Book Festival on Saturday, October 2, 2010.
8. In submitting the memoir as an entry, the author confers the right to the Collingswood Book Festival to the use of his or her memoir in those activities related to the Festival's Memoir Contest, its public relations/Fest information, awards festivities, the Festival's general operation and any awards program archive.
9. The winning author and runners-up will be published in The Retrospect newspaper and posted on the Collingswood Book Festival web site.
10. Email entries with name, home address, phone and email address to: bookfestmemoir@collingswoodbookfestival.com, or hand deliver or mail to: Collingswood Public Library, 771 Haddon Avenue, Collingswood, NJ 08108, Attn: Memoir Contest.

2010 Poster Contest

Where do you like to read in Collingswood: The park, the pool, the playground, your porch??

Show us where you like to read by creating a poster using your choice of crayons, paint, markers, or photos (or a combination). Complete the poster yourself, or work with friends and/or family.

This contest is open to all Collingswood residents and must state the Book Festival theme: "Collingswood: It's Where You Want to Read" on the front of the poster. Posters should be made on a standard-sized piece of poster board (22 x 28 in). On the back of the poster, put your name(s), age(s) and a contact number.

Posters should be submitted to the Children's Department at the Collingswood Public Library starting June 23rd and deadline for submissions is September 12th. There will be a rotating display of posters throughout the summer in the Children's Department.

Submissions will be judged by the Book Festival Committee and prize winners in various categories will be announced at the Book Festival on October 2nd. A selection of posters will be on display in Loompaland at the Book Festival.