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Our First Visual Arts Junction

Writing Contest was a Tie.

Congratulations

Ed Leonard & Jacki Donnelly

See their winning entries here

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See Aggie’s Limited Edition Photo Art

Join Aggie on her Virtual Photo Shoots

Be sure to also enter sister contest, our art Raffle,
“Become an Art Collector for Under $5.00”

A picture is worth a thousand words, as they say, and that is your assignment. Well, more accurately, 500 — 600 words.

Write about the above photo art, Valle Pintado by Aggie Villanueva. Study the image, Valle Pintado means painted valley, and then write a story that this photo art inspires. You don’t have to write only fiction. Enter an essay if that’s what this image inspires in you. (No poetry please until we have poetry judges.)

Enter the sister art raffle here to win
limited edition print of Valle Pintado for yourself.

The Winner:
The winner gains triple exposure on Aggie Villanueva’s three sites, and a post on the blogs of our prestigious panel of judges.

Plus, and this is a huge plus; every one of our contest supporters (and this list is constantly growing) will also post your winning entry. See our sponsor list below. So, if this image inspires your muse, go for it. You’ll be read by thousands.

Rules:
This contest is open only to unpublished and amateur writers, or those who have been published less than 7 times in the past two years. Not qualified to enter if you have books published, either by traditional publishers or self published.

Study this image, “Valle Pintado”, which means painted valley, then write a story the photo art inspires. You don’t have to write only fiction. Enter an essay if that’s what this image inspires in you. (No poetry, please. We hope to have some poetry judges in the near future)

Deadline for the Valle Pintado Writing Contest is December 15, 2009. The winning entry will receive two critique statements from each judge; what that judge likes about your entry and what could be improved.  See The Fine Print below.

Email your entry to Aggie at the Cabin. Be sure to type “Valle Pintado Writing Contest” in the subject line.

Include with your entry a short bio and attach your photo.

Include all links you want posted with your winning entry.

Include your telephone number if you want to be notified of a win by phone as well as by email. If you do not send you phone number, you will only be notified by email.

Winning entries will be posted at all participating sites as near as possible to the 25^th of each month.

You must respond within 5 days of the date on your winning email announcement. If you do not reply to your winning email announcement within that time limit, your prize will be assigned to the second place entrant.

The Fine Print: The judges’ critiques are confined to short comments; no in depth critique/editing. Entrants will be automatically added to the Visual Arts Junction newsletter. You many unsubscribe at any time. All rights to the Valle Pintado image remain with the creator, Aggie Villanueva.

VAJ Writing Contests Sponsors

Your winning entry will appear on each sponsors’ site.
Some sponsors post will post on multiple sites.

Aggie Villanueva
Visual Arts Junction: http://www.visualartsjunction.com
Rightfully Mine http://www.aggiev.org/rightfullymine/
Aggie Logic photographic art http://www.aggiev.org/aggielogic/

Carol Langstroth
The Frontpage http://www.carollangstroth.com
Author Meeting Place http://www.authormeetingplace.com/mindfogreviews.html

Linda Yezak
777 Peppermint Place http://lindayezak.wordpress.com/
AuthorCulture http://authorculture.blogspot.com/

Cindy Bauer
Cindy Bauer Bookshttp://www.cindybauerbooks.com/
Reviews by Cindy http://reviewsbycindy.blogspot.com/

Nanci Arvizu
Page Readers http://pagereaders.com/
Nanci’s Thoughts www.nanciarvizu.com

Kim McDougall Blazing Trailers
Blazing Trailers http://www.blazingtrailers.com/

Shelagh Watkins
http://shelaghs.blogspot.com
http://shelaghwatkins.wordpress.com

Melinda Elmore
Melinda’s Blog Spot: Pen to Paper  www.melinda.essentialwriters.com
Fran Lewis

Fran’s Website www.gabina.49.webs.com
Fran’s Blog www.gabina49@wordpress.com
Bertha 160 xanga.com
bookmarketing.ning.com/profile/FranLewis
www.myspace.com/hotauntiebertha
www.franifashionista.blogspot.com
http://writing4all.ning.com/profile/FranLewis
http://thewritespot.ning.com/profile/FranLewis

Amber Rigby Grosjean
Amber Rigby Grosjean blog http://amberrigbygrosjean.blogspot.com/

D.K. Christi
D.K. Christi , Consultant and Author www.dkchristi.com

Jhonny Thermidor
Unexplored Oceans of Wisdom www.JhonnyT.wordpress.com
Johnny Thermidor www.JhonnyThermidor.webs.com

Robert Appleton
Mercurial Times http://robertbappleton.blogspot.com/

Chelle Cordero
Chelle Cordero’s Promo Pagehttp://cce613.xanga.com/

Abe F. March

Abe F. March http://www.abemarch.com/apps/blog/

Paidra Delayno
Paidra’s Pen http://paidraspen.blogspot.com/

Sandra Kay
Sandra Kay’s Musings http://www.sandrakayauthor.blogspot.com/

Jo Fulkerson
Writer’s Life http://www.freewebs.com/thedesertwriter/

Elena Dorothy Bowman
Elena Dorothy Bowman’s Book Blog http://elenadorothybowmansbooks.blogspot.com/

Hank Quense
Blog, the writing blog of Hank Quense http://hankquense.com/blog/

Mark Stephen Levy
Overland http://authormarklevy.blogspot.com/

Jay Heinlein Publishing Professional
http://heinleinpubservices.blogspot.com

J. Michael Orenduff
Author of the Pot Thief series
www.ThePotThief.blogspot.com

Yolanthaiti Harrison-Pace
YOLANTHAITI yolanthaiti.blogspot.com