Monday, May 18, 2009

Thank You Cards for the Troops

May 16, 2009, was Armed Services Day. In honor of our troops serving this great country of ours, Crawford Writing & Marketing is having a Thank You Card Drive from now until July 1, 2009.

All cards and donations will be given to Operation Minnesota Nice before this year's Independence Day celebration on July 4, 2009.

Here's how it works:

For the price of $5.00, a handwritten Thank You Card will be given with your name in the signature and the money and the cards will be given to Operation Minnesota Nice.

Operation Minnesota Nice is an organization that adopts soldiers of all branches of the military who don't receive mail or gifts from family or friends because of financial problems or illness or other situations. It helps to keep the morale up of those service men and service women who are serving this country keeping us safe and free.

Just to make this clear, 100% of the profits of this drive, every single penny will be given to this wonderful organization.

With the recent price increase in postage, this group needs monetary donations now more than ever to keep the mail going out to our troops.

If you don't wish to purchase a Thank You Card, donations in any amount will be accepted. Even just one dollar ($1) will add up and make a difference.

To Donate, just click here and enter any amount you wish:








To purchase a Thank You Card, just click here:














As a proud Navy Mom, I thank you for your generosity and I will keep you updated with our progress.

1st Annual Summer Writing Contest

Here are the details:

PRIZES (overall winners):

GRAND PRIZE: $500 CASH
SECOND PRIZE: $300 CASH
THIRD PRIZE: $200 CASH

HONORABLE MENTIONS (4): $50 CASH each category.

Deadline: July 1, 2009

Manuscript Length: 2,000 words maximum

Open to anyone sixteen (16) years of age and older.

Entry Fee: $10 (non-refundable)

Winners Announced/Prizes Awarded: August 1, 2009

Categories:
  • Personal Essay
  • Humor
  • Short Story (Fiction)
  • Fantasy / Science Fiction

NO POETRY PLEASE!

Entries must be original, unpublished works with no graphic sex, violence, cruelty to children or animals, etc.

Multiple submissions are accepted with a $10 entry fee with each manuscript. If sending multiple submissions, total the amount of entry fees in one check or money order.

Please have all contact information (name, address, phone number, email address) on title page only. Please number each page.

Mail entries to:

CRAWFORD WRITING & MARKETING

WRITING CONTEST

P.O.BOX 76

ZIMMERMAN, MN 55398

Or, for online entries:

Pay entry fee through PayPal at this button:







and send manuscripts to crawfordwriting@yahoo.com with "Contest Entry" in the subject line, in the body of an email. Please have contact information at the top of the email.

Have fun and Good Luck!

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Contest Changes Effective Immediately

For all of you who have asked and requested, I am opening up submissions for my writing contest to anyone sixteen (16) years of age or older.

Yes, all of you adults that contacted me, you can enter at will.

I am also extending the deadline to July 1, 2009, instead of June 1, 2009.

Winners will be announced and prizes given out on August 1, 2009.

The cash prizes remain the same, and the rules will mostly remain the same. I will allow PG-rated content, but still don't want any graphic sex, violence, cruelty to animals, children, etc. in the entries.

I have had several people say that they would enter if it wasn't for the age requirement I placed on the contest, so I'm flexible, and decided that would allow more writers to enter and have a chance to win some cold, hard cash, which we all can use these days in this economy.

There will be contest for the younger writers coming soon, to be fair to them and give them a chance to win and enter. So, keep tuned in and watch for an announcement very soon.

The fees will remain the same, a $10 non-refundable, entry fee with each manuscript entered in each category.

You can enter as many manscripts as you want and total the amount for the entry fees and enter as many categories as you want. I will accept one payment for the total of the entry fees for multiple submissions.

I want to see some great entries, and writing that will knock me out of my chair, so get writing and send them in!

The challenge is on!

I am also offering in honor of Armed Forces Day, which is today, a Thank You Card to our Troops currently serving this great country of ours. The Thank You Card is handwritten by me and costs $5, will every penny going to my favorite charity, Operation Minnesota Nice. Operation Minnesota Nice adopts soldiers of every branch of the service who don't receive mail or much needed supplies from home, either because their families cannot afford to send them anything or they have no family, or some other situation. The price of postage just went up on May 11, 2009, so they can use the money to keep sending gifts and supplies and notes of encouragement to our Troops.

The Thank You Card is an actual card, that will be given to the Troops with your name written on it, with the monetary donations on July 1, 2009, in time for Independence Day.

I will also except monetary donations of any amount. Even if you just give $1.00, it will add up and make a huge difference.

Thank you and Good Luck to all of you!

Laura M. Crawford
Crawford Writing & Marketing