LAdies, please note the pot has gotten bigger. You get several books, a t-shirt,DVD AND $50.00.

Here you go:

Boomer Women Speak September Writing Contest
Deadline: September 30, 2006
Entry Fee: none, but great prizes including $50.00 cash.

Your best friend in the whole wide world, the one who has always been there for you, the one who would lay down her credit card for you, has just approached you with her new boyfriend. You know he is a jerk because the minute she excuses herself to go powder her nose, he hits on you. You do what? Tell her? Keep it to yourself? Put an ad in the paper? Threaten him? Tell us what you would do out of love for the friendship.

Please pay attention to these simple but important guidelines.
• Submit your entry in a WORD document, not in the body of an email.
• Your submission must have a title.
• Edit your work before submitting. We will not edit for you.
• Word count should be below 800 and use 1 1/2 on spacing.
• ONE SPACE between sentences. (We will not edit your work)
• MAKE SURE you include your complete name, email address, and short bio WITHIN the essay not in the body of the email. Your email address will not be published unless you asked that we provide it along with your name.
• In the subject line write "September Writing Contest." Submit your entries to georgia@boomerwomenspeak.com by September 30, 2006.
• One entry per person

PRIZES: The winner will have their story placed in the Our Voices section at www.boomerwomenspeak.com, and receive the following:

• Friends Heal Friends tee-shirt
• Baby Boomer's Almanac, by Tim Brolus
• Writing Home, by Cindy LaFerle
• What Happens Next, by Chloe JonPaul
• DVD of the premiere season of Commander in Chief
• $50.00 cash

Submit stories to Georgia@boomerwomenspeak.com