Town House • First Floor (Hallway)
* Amateur exhibitors only. Ribbons Only are awarded *
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Gayle Huntress, Julie Bullock, Judith Berg Kohn, Mary Warbasse
RULES
• All entries must be received no later than 3:00pm on Thursday, August 14th.
Please attach one form per entry and deliver or mail your entry to the Paige
Memorial Library, Literary Competition, P.O. Box 413, Hardwick, MA 01037.
There are no online entries this year.
• For an entry form, click here or click on the icon at the bottom of this page.
• Entries must be limited to 1000 words (equivalent to about 4 double-spaced
• pages with one inch margins and 11 to 12-point font.) Exception for picture
books, limit of 20 pages.
• Please do not write your name on your entry.
• One entry allowed per class.
• Separate classes for:
– Children: up to 8 years
– Youth: 9–12 years
– Teens: 13–16 years
– Adult: 17+ years
EXHIBIT CATEGORIES
A. POETRY (any free verse or any verse that follows a rhyme theme)
B. PICTURE BOOKS (No clip art. Adult entries welcome! Picture books should be
no longer than 20 pages.)
C. FICTION (any piece of fiction)
D. NON-FICTION (any piece of non-fiction such as editorial, essay, school paper,
scientific paper, biography, or opinion editorial)
Deadline for entries is 3:00pm on Thursday, August 14, 2025