Gena Asher | Sept. 26, 2007
Students who are good deadline feature writers and who want the chance to earn prize money for these skills may want to enter the Thomas R. Keating Feature Writing competition contest.
Sponsored by the Indy Press Foundation, the contest is a day-long writing competition in Indianapolis Nov. 2. Student reporters receive assignments to report and write a deadline feature all in one day. The stories are judged on the day of competition and prizes are awarded at a banquet that evening. The finalists are given rooms at the Courtyard by Marriott Indianapolis at the Capitol.
The late Thomas R. Keating was a feature writer at the Indianapolis Star in the 1970s and 1980s. The foundation awards about $4,000 in prize money for this contest, which is held annually in his memory.
The deadline to enter is Oct. 1. Applications and other information are at the foundation’s Web site or by download here (PDF format). Finalists will be notified by Oct. 15. Questions? Submit e-mail to keating-info@indypressfoundation.org.
Sponsored by the Indy Press Foundation, the contest is a day-long writing competition in Indianapolis Nov. 2. Student reporters receive assignments to report and write a deadline feature all in one day. The stories are judged on the day of competition and prizes are awarded at a banquet that evening. The finalists are given rooms at the Courtyard by Marriott Indianapolis at the Capitol.
The late Thomas R. Keating was a feature writer at the Indianapolis Star in the 1970s and 1980s. The foundation awards about $4,000 in prize money for this contest, which is held annually in his memory.
The deadline to enter is Oct. 1. Applications and other information are at the foundation’s Web site or by download here (PDF format). Finalists will be notified by Oct. 15. Questions? Submit e-mail to keating-info@indypressfoundation.org.
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