Memories of Old Chapel
Literary and Art Contest

The Old Chapel was the home for generations of UMass Band members and their friends and families. Kerstin Becker '96, author of Through These Doors, is compiling your stories together into one volume.

Old Chapel Press thought it would be fun to create a contest out of it and to offer prize money for exceptional entries.

Please email any questions to support@oldchapelpress.com. Flyers
detailing the contest will be available at Homecoming, and information can also be found online at oldchapelpress.com.

Contest Rules

What does Old Chapel mean to you? Do you have Old Chapel memories you'd like to share? Funny stories? Do you write poetry? Are you a photographer with a great shot of
Chapel? Are you a visual artist, good with creating images?

Old Chapel Press is sponsoring a contest to honor the former home of the Minuteman Marching Band in words and images. Share your memories of Chapel and the UMMB for the chance at winning cash prizes and being published!

Categories

  1. Short Stories, fiction (original works in various genres, such as historical, suspense, mystery, etc…)
  2. Short Stories, nonfiction (alumni recollections, memories, UMMB, etc…)
  3. Poems
  4. Photographs (black and white only)
  5. Created Visual Art such as drawings, sketches, collages, etc…(black and white only)

Entry Fees

$10 per category entered.

Each $10 entry fee covers 2 short stories or 3 poems or 2 photographs or 2 art images. There is no limit on the number of entries you may submit or categories you may enter.

Prizes Per Category

$50 for first place
$25 for second place
$15 for third place

If not enough entries are received for a given category, entries will be judged and prize money awarded based on total entry fees for that category.

Deadlines

Contest will close on May 15, 2008. Entries and entry fees must be received by then. Winning entries will be announced on September 1, 2008.

Entries and entry fees should be mailed to:

Literary and Art Contest
Old Chapel Press
1106 North Pleasant Street
Amherst, MA 01002

Rules for entries

The Old Chapel should play a role in whatever work is entered. For photographs and created visual art, Chapel should be part of the completed image in a recognizable way. For literary works, Chapel should be in the story, either as a location where events take place or in another meaningful representation.

All submitted entries must be original works by the person submitting the entry. Please include a cover letter stating your name, address, phone number, and year of graduation, if applicable, with your submission. Please do not place your name on any of your entries. Submitted materials, with the exception of Category 5 entries, will not be returned.

Contest will close May 15, 2008 and winning entries will be announced September 1, 2008. All appropriate works will be published in an upcoming book by Old Chapel Press.

This contest is not affiliated with UMass Amherst or the Minuteman Band program.

Questions? Email us at support@oldchapelpress.com. Details also available online at oldchapelpress.com.