Tag: Teeny Tiny Writing Contest

Fall/Winter 2021 Teeny Tiny Writing Contest

Write a short story or poem about this picture:

The Pencil Princess Workshop will award $25 & publication in the RLS Hoff Newsletter to the winner. I will also publish both the winning entry and honorable mentions on this website.

How to Enter:

Download this form, fill it out, and send it to rlshoff@pencilprincessworkshop.com. Use “Fall/Winter 2021 Writing Contest” as the subject line.

Rules:

  • Entries must be 1000 words or fewer, must be written in English, and must be appropriate for a general audience that may include children.
  • The deadline to enter is midnight at US Mountain Standard Time on November 30, 2021
  • Entries must be original poems or stories, written by the person entering the contest.
  • Writers of the poems or stories retain all rights.
  • Writers entering this contest grant The Pencil Princess Workshop the non-exclusive right to publish their entry in the RLS Hoff Newsletter and on this website.
  • Submissions are open to anyone from anywhere, payment of entries will usually be through check or Paypal, but if another option becomes necessary, we’ll work it out.
  • Young writers are welcome and encouraged to enter. However, they must get a parent or guardian’s permission to do so if they are under 18 years of age.
  • RLS Hoff will decide which piece is best based on (her admittedly subjective opinion of) the quality of the writing and the connection to the picture.
  • Look for the winning entry in the January 15, 2022 RLS Hoff Newsletter. Winners will begin to appear on the website in January as well.

Spring 2021 Teeny Tiny Writing Contest Winner!

Congratulations to our Spring 2021 Teeny Tiny Writing Contest Winner: Katie Hoff. Under the image, you can find her lovely poem, “The Tree.”

This image of a tree with exposed roots in silhouette inspired our Spring 2021 Teeny Tiny Writing Contest Winner: Katie Hoff.

The Tree

by Katie Hoff

Deep within a forest

In a clearing stands a tree

Shorter than the rest of them

Out of all the eye could see

This tree had weaker bark

And was plainer too

With fewer leaves than others

And flowers that seldom grew

It had no fruit to eat

Nor branches you could climb

Yet out of all the other trees

I’d wish this one could be mine

Even though it might not seem

To be as good as the rest

This one is the only one

That stands up to the test

I couldn’t notice other trees

For they all look the same

But this one has a different feel

So this one I shall claim

The few leaves that grew there

And the flowers too

Were the most delicate

Through and through

This tree had truly tall branches

The bark I thought was plainer

Had just made me blind

Just not within its kind

It may not be the best

But between you and me

I really think I’m growing

Quite fond of this tree

I tried to show my peers

But they all laughed at me

They told me it was pretty strange

To be fond of a tree

I wasn’t sad

I wasn’t even mad

I would say

I felt rather glad

For when I had first seen my tree

I had thought it strange

But after a little while

My perspective began to change

After that I realized

I didn’t have to be

Like anybody else

For I am just the tree

(In full disclosure, the Spring 2021 Teeny Tiny Writing Contest winner was also the only entrant, which made judging super easy, and I didn’t have to stress about being related to contest entrants. That makes it a bit less like a contest, though. Fortunately, this is a decent poem. But, if you think you have an equally good or better story or poem in you, the Pencil Princess Workshop will try at least one more of these contests. Details on the Contest tab. )