1. A memoir vignette that is a story. By that we mean it has a beginning, a middle (or turning point), and an ending. You might think of this as a story with events and consequences. It definitely isn’t a “this happened and then this happened and then this happened.”
2. A recipe. This might be a treasured family recipe or it might be your recipe or it might be a recipe that one of your children always liked. It just needs to be a recipe related to the story although the recipe doesn’t have to be the focus of the story.
3. Several photographs. We’d like jpg versions of your photos. Hopefully you will find a few family pictures that let us share in that holiday with you. If you have a photo of the prepared recipe that would also be wonderful. By giving you two months, maybe you’ll be inspired and decide to make the recipe and take photos. It would be fun to see the cooking in progress as well as the finished dish.
There are no strict rules. We like stories that are in the 1000-1500 word length. However, a great story that is shorter will also be fine. Photographs? We’d like several of you and/or your family and/or the featured recipe, but if you don’t have a picture of the completed recipe that’s all right. Well, I guess we do have one strict rule. We need a recipe.
A well-written story sharing a holiday (or birthday) experience is the point of this contest.
Prize
The winner of our KitchenScraps Holiday Contest will receive one of these special Thai Silk Writer’s Journals.
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