A few days after we requested our readers to submit their personal divorce stories, the world famous author Warren Adler has announced a Divorce Story Contest. This announcement was made weeks after a gas explosion leveled a building in New York, near Adler’s home. The explosion is currently undergoing investigation after a doctor told his wife he wouldn’t sell the building to settle their divorce. In light of this incident and the upcoming 25th anniversary of the author’s book, “War of the Roses,” Adler has decided a divorce story contest is in order. In a recent story by Reuters, Adler says he thinks there is a lot of evil in the world and that this is a way for people to “get things off their chest.”
It’s the silver anniversary of The War of the Roses and at Stonehouse Press, we want to celebrate. You’ve read our divorce story; now we want to read yours. So get to writing and give us — in 1,500 words or less — your juiciest, meanest, and veracious divorce story. For those of you who were never married…well, you’re lucky. But you can still apply, tell us about a bad break-up.
The person whose story makes us laugh, cry, or squirm the most is going to win a top-notch prize, with second and third prizes also forthcoming. Just to show there’s no loser (aside from those alimony payments and painful memories), we’re going to put up the entries on the website for the rest of world to cherish your heartache. In true love’s fashion, we’ll announce the winner on Valentine’s Day, 2007.
Deadline for the contest is December 31, 2006, so get writing. Follow the rules on the website, then send your stories to CustomerService@WarrenAdler.com.
Divorce Story Contest Rules:
THE WAR OF THE ROSES 25th Anniversary Writing Contest Rules:
- Original, previously unpublished prose or poetry.
- 1500 words maximum, double-spaced.
- Stories should be submitted as a PDF or Word attachment.
- Winners will be notified February 14, 2007.
- Entries must be received by December 31, 2006.
About Warren Adler:
Adler graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School and New York University, where he majored in English literature following which he worked for a New York City newspaper. He went on to a successful career in business, acquiring four radio stations and a television station. However, writing fiction was an interest he began to pursue as a career with the publication of his first novel in 1974. Since then, he has written another twenty-six novels including The War of The Roses and Random Hearts both of which were made in motion pictures. Adler has also written short story collections that were made into films. His The Sunset Gang became an American Playhouse three-hour television production in 1991 and in 2002, a pilot was produced based on The Fiona FitzGerald Mysteries.
Warren Adler is noted for his efforts to encourage new authors. He is the founder of the Jackson Hole Writers Conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and his website is lauded for its information for aspiring authors.
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