For the 24th year, the July House Organ will be the Summer Reading Issue, filled with the winners of the House Organ Writing Contest -- poems, short stories and nonfiction pieces contributed by staff, faculty, and students of VUMC.

- Three categories: poetry, fiction and nonfiction
- No length restrictions in the poetry category
- Fiction category is limited to 4,000 words
- The nonfiction category, which encompasses journalistic writing, memoirs, feature stories, historical pieces, profiles of interesting people, or anything else that's true, also has a 4,000-word limit

All staff and faculty of VUMC, except those who work in the News and Public Affairs, are eligible. Medical, nursing and graduate students are also eligible.

Please indicate the category of your entry. Each entry must be typed, double-spaced, author's name, place of employment or school, or phone number on the first sheet, OR may be e-mailed, with the same information, to wayne.wood@vanderbilt.edu. Please put "writing contest entry" in the subject line. E-mailed entries should be either included in the e-mail by using cut-and-paste feature, or may be send as an attachment.

Entries will not be returned, and may be edited for space, clarity or style before publication. Deadline for entry is Friday, May 9. The entry must arrive by the deadline date.

Mailed entries:

House Organ Writing Contest
D-3237A Medical Center North 2390

Address any questions to the editor, Wayne Wood, at 322-4747 or wayne.wood@vanderbilt.edu