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The English Department is pleased to announce that the submission period is open for the 2024 Creative Writing Awards. All current Â鶹´«Ã½ÔÚÏß undergraduate students can enter the awards listed below. For a full list of all awards offered by the English Department, please visit the Awards & Scholarships website.

Four Creative Writing Awards (open to all Â鶹´«Ã½ÔÚÏß undergraduate and graduate students):

1. Ìý submit one story or excerpt from a longer piece (must be labeled as such), limited to 20 pages total, double-spaced. $1000
2. Ìý submit a maximum of three poems. If you are submitting more than one poem, the limit is 60 lines per poem. If one long poem, the limit is 150 lines. $300
3. Ìý submit a single piece of fiction under 1,000 words, not including the title. It must be self-contained, not part of a larger work. $300
4. Ìý submit one piece of nonfiction writing, limited to 20 pages total, double-spaced. $300

Deadline for all submissions: 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, April 3. Decisions by late April.

Creative Writing Awards FAQs

1. May I submit material for a Â鶹´«Ã½ÔÚÏß creative writing award that wasn’t written for a class? Yes!
2. May I submit material for a Â鶹´«Ã½ÔÚÏß creative writing award I have won in the past? No. We have limited prize money and would like to reward as many different writers as we can.
3. Do I need to include a personal statement? No, not for creative writing awards.
4. Do I need to be an English major or minor? The awards are open to any undergraduate student at Â鶹´«Ã½ÔÚÏß.

For any questions about the contests themselves, contact David Galef, Creative Writing Program Director.