Criteria for judging will include creativity, originality, subtlety, and evocation of hope in the principles of the Jewish faith, including Divine Providence.

A wide latitude in the theme will be allowed. For instance, a story is acceptable which includes a theme of past adventures of the Menorah, the family traditions of those who compounded the incense, a jeweler who finds one of the stones from the Choshen, or a musican who discovers the ancient tunes of the Psalms.

You can view the full list of past winners and download their stories.

Please note that the suggested theme changes each year.

The title of your story must be included at the top of the first page.

Howver, do NOT include your name in the story itself.

To maintain fairness, all entries will be judged without identifying the author.

Submit your entry by email to moshiachstory -at- gmail dot com

Or send regular mail to MAF, POB 181143, Cleveland Heights OH 44118

Your entry information must include:

• your name
• title of your story
• your age (if under 18)
• your email address (or contact telephone number if you have no email address)
• how you heard about this contest

If submitting via email, your story must be sent as an attached file.

Please use Microsoft Word (.doc) or Rich Text Format (.rtf) for the file format.

The Moshiach Awareness Foundation (MAF) will acknowledge valid submissions within two weeks of receiving them.

We will NOT notify authors of entries that fail to meet the above specifications.

The MAF will be the sole judge of validity of entries, and of winners.

Authors retain all rights to their own stories, except that MAF may post any entries on the internet (with due credit given to the author).