"The Immigrant Experience Writing Contest"

Dear Writers,

2015 will be the fourth year that I'm sponsoring "The Immigrant Experience Writing Contest"  through California's San Mateo County Fair - Fine Arts Galleria - Literary Department. Please look for applications, entry fees, submission guidelines, and deadlines to enter your piece to my contest and all the other wonderful writing contests 

https://sanmateocountyfair.com/contests/departments/literary-arts  Contests deadline is April 1, 2015

Thank you, Literary Director Bardi Rosman Koodrin, for creating the opportunity!

Sincerely,

Author and Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan

Here's a preview of the description of my contest:

DIVISION 332 – THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE: NOVEL, MEMOIR, BIOGRAPHY, SHORT STORY, ESSAY OR MONOLOGUE 

Sponsored by 22-Day Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan  http://writingcoachTeresa.com   

Author of: Love Made of Heart (mother-daughter love story); Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase in 22 Days; and "Talking to My Dead Mom" Monologues 

AWARDS OFFERED 

1^st Place            $100 Rosette                         

2^nd Place           $50 Rosette                         

3^rd Place            $25 Rosette      

This contest is to honor immigrants who struggle over language barriers, poverty, stigmas, and injustice. Your entry could be a firsthand account or a retelling of someone else’s experience.  Show how your protagonist goes about pursuing what she/he wants while confronting antagonists (persons or circumstances); use authentic details to show protagonist's recollection or attitude of "the old country"; foreshadow the core theme in the first paragraph or at least on page one.  

Eligibility:   Submit first 1,500 words of your unpublished novel, memoir, or biography (no synopsis or prologue please) or a 1,500 word unpublished short story, essay or monologue.   

author of Love Made of Heart Teresa LeYung Ryan

I use my novel Love Made of Heart to shed light on stigmas suffered by immigrant women, men, and children

Please visit "Teresa's Blog" page on this website and share your immigrant stories by submitting comments to blog posts.

"Ms. Teresa! Thanks you for visiting us in our class . . . remarkable! I also have your signature in my book with your dedication, I'll treasure that for the rest of my life, and you will serve as my role model!" a student at C.C.S.F

Teresa LeYung Ryan cheers for ESL students and immigrants.

Thank you, ESL teachers Victor Turks, Miriam Queen, Patricia Costello and your wonderful ESL students at City College of San Francisco, for reading Love Made of Heart.

Teachers Miriam Queen & Victor Turks invite immigrant-author Teresa LeYung Ryan to CCSF to talk to ESL students about her book Love Made of Heart and personal experiences.

Chinese word heart inside Chinese word Love

 Jennifer & her mom Susan at Asian Heritage Street Celebration tell Teresa LeYung Ryan that they had read Love Made of Heart

California Writers Club members Margie Yee Webb, Lloyd Lofthouse, Frances Kakugawa, Teresa LeYung Ryan sign books at Asian Heritage Street Celebration

Annie Yee & author Teresa LeYung Ryan at Asian Heritage Street Celebration 2010

pink & purple Love Made of Heart gift items at Teresa LeYung Ryan's online store through CafePress

http://lovemadeofheart.com/Love-Made-of-Heart-Online-Store-&-Gift-Shop.html