Rose Million Healey Award in Short Fiction

The Rose Million Healey Award in Short Fiction exists to encourage young writers to excellence in fiction and to motivate youth to listen to their creative voices when other sources of inspiration are scarce.

First place is a cash prize! The winning story is also published in a special section of the Emerge: Youth Voices in Ink anthology.

Each finalist will receive a special plaque noting his or her accomplishment.

The last contest opened June 7, 2010, and ended August 2, 2010. The winner was announced on August 28, 2010, at the Badgerdog Community-Wide Reading and Anthology Release Party.

2010 Winners

The finalists and winner of the Rose Million Healy Award in Short Fiction were announced at the spring 2010 Community-Wide Reading on August 28, 2010:

Winner:

Keri Heath,"The Song of Words," Lake Travis High School

Finalists:

Sarah Paulos, "The Masterpiece," Anderson High School

Cali Dorsch, "My Heart Is Not What's Bleeding," McCallum High School

Faith Plummer, "The Door," Northeast Magnet High School (Wichita, KS)

Deepti Rao, "Defeat of the King," Vandegrift High School

Congratulations!

Guidelines

• Open to high school students who have participated in Badgerdog’s school-year workshops
• Submission deadline: Monday, August 2, 2010
• All entries must be unpublished and 2,500 words or less.
• Entries should be typed in 12 pt. Times or Times New Roman font, double-spaced. Pages should be numbered.
• Each entry should include two cover pages. The first should list the following:
• Title of the work submitted
• Name of the author
• Name of the high school
• Semester that the author was enrolled in a Badgerdog workshop (e.g., Summer 2010)
• Contact information for the author
• The second cover page should include only the title.
• Entries should be submitted electronically as Microsoft Word or Rich Text Format documents. Entries can be emailed to giuseppe.taurino at badgerdog.org.
• Previously published stories and stories forthcoming at other publications cannot be considered.
• Badgerdog editors and editorial assistants will judge the first round. Ffinalists and runners-up will be forwarded to contest judge Patrick Million for the final blind judging.
• We comply with the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) Code of Ethics.

Contest Code of Ethics

CLMP's community of independent literary publishers believe that ethical contests serve our shared goal: to connect writers and readers by publishing exceptional writing. Intent to act ethically, clarity of guidelines, and transparency of process form the foundation of an ethical contest. To that end, we agree (1) to conduct our contests as ethically as possible and to address any unethical behavior on the part of our readers, judges, or editors; (2) to provide clear and specific contest guidelines—defining conflict of interest for all parties involved; and (3) to make the mechanics of our selection process available to the public. This Code recognizes that different contest models produce different results, but that each model can be run ethically. We have adopted this Code to reinforce our integrity and dedication as a publishing community and to ensure that our contests contribute to a vibrant literary heritage.