The staff of roofbeam magazine has announced is Winter '98 writing contest. With the theme, "Blues and Other Colors," we are looking for work that explores the music and color that is life. Feel free to push our theme to its limits. We love to see what you come up with.

We are offering Prizes on both Prose and Poetry categories. $100 first prizes will be awarded to each winner.

Before sending in your entry be sure to see our complete rules and submission guidelines.

The staff of roofbeam has selected the winners of our "Gimmie Shelter" writing contest. The choices were tough, but we feel we found a great selection of work that explores various aspects of our theme.

The results can be found on our Winners Page.

Once again, we would like to thank everyone who entered for sharing their work with us.