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 7:00pm on Thursday, August 6th.
(Please note this is a week earlier than fair weekend due to judge availability.)
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.
• 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) ​
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B. PICTURE BOOKS/COMIC/GRAPHIC ART BOOKS
(Computer generated and hand-drawn art welcome! Books should
be no longer than 20 pages.) ​
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C. FICTION (any piece of fiction) ​
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D. NON-FICTION (any piece of non-fiction suchas editorial, essay, school paper,
scientific paper, biography,editorial, or personal perspective piece such as a blog
post or memoir excerpt.) ​​
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Deadline for entries is 7:00pm on Thursday, August 6, 2026