The scholarship may be awarded to the creator of the best original lyric poems with the cowboy as the aesthetic focus. This entry should contain a portfolio of individual lyric poems whose total length is a minimum of 120 lines. No portfolio should contain more than 10 separate poems. No particular style sheet is specified, but all submissions must contain the candidate's name on each page submitted. The winning article or paper will be published in Cowboy Gazette or in other vehicles wherein publication can be arranged.
All copyrights remain the properties of their various authors.
The scholarship may be awarded to the creator of the best original fictional narrative with the cowboy as the aesthetic focus. The maximum length of this entry shall be 4800 words. No particular style sheet is specified, but all submissions must contain the candidate's name on each page submitted. The winning article or paper will be published in Cowboy Gazette or in other vehicles wherein publication can be arranged. All submissions automatically become eligible for publication in these vehicles and submission of an article or paper constitutes permission to publish therein.