Call for Essay Submissions

Writer’s Thought for the Week: I write because I don't know what I think until I read what I say. ~ Flannery O'Connor
 

Morning smile

While helping bag my groceries at the supermarket last Monday morning, I noticed a sign in the next cashier aisle: “Register broken. Thank Management.”

I couldn’t help but smile. It was a slow morning and no customers were behind me in line. The cashier noticed me smiling and asked if she could help with anything.

I gestured toward the sign. “I was just noticing the sign. Did management really break the register?”

The cashier looked and grinned. Nothing like getting both one up on your boss and a reason to smile on a Monday morning.

THE WATERMAN FUND
http://www.watermanfund.org/EnterEssayContest.shtml

 

Deadline: April 15, 2012

Top prize: $1,500.

Honorable mention: $500
No entry fee; limit of one entry per author.

The Waterman Fund seeks essays about life in the mountains of the northeastern U.S. for its annual Waterman Fund Alpine Essay Contest held in partnership with Appalachia Journal. They want personal essays about stewardship of wild places. Essays must be original works at least 2000 words long.