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English/Philosophy Department Writing Contest


Monroe Community College and the English/Philosophy Department would like to showcase our student’s best essays, poems, and short fiction. Please enter the 43rd Annual English/Philosophy Writing Contest. Student winners are named in May and invited to an awards reception with their professors and include recognition, a monetary award, and a chance to qualify for a national competition with the League of Innovation for Community Colleges.

Essays may be submitted in the following categories:

~ Callan Award for best research essay: A thesis-driven research essay (not to exceed 4,000 words).***This is a new category this year. Please encourage students to enter.***

~ Rice Award for best creative nonfiction essay: A creative nonfiction essay (not to exceed 2,000 words).
~ Cooney Award for best literary essay:  An essay that analyzes/explicates one or more works of literature (not to exceed 2,000 words).

~ Cloos-Susskind Award for best poem: A single poem (not to exceed 60 lines).
~ Langlois Award for best short fiction: A piece of short fiction (not to exceed 3,000 words).
~ McMurry Award for best philosophical essay: A thesis-driven essay in philosophy (not to exceed 2,000 words).

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

~ The department is currently accepting submissions with a submission deadline of: 12:00 p.m., Monday, April 7, 2014.

~Only Fall 2013 or Spring 2014 “for credit” MCC students may enter.

~ All submissions must be submitted by both hard copy and electronic copy and must be accompanied by the English/Philosophy Department Writing Contest Entry Form, which you can find in the English Department Offices (Brighton 5-532 or Damon 4225) or by email (HYPERLINK "mailto:tmorrill@monroecc.edu"tmorrill@monroecc.edu).

~ Each manuscript and completed entry form must be left in 5-532 with Tina Morrill on the MCC Brighton Campus or in Room 4225 with Anne Kirkpatrick on the Damon City Campus and by email (HYPERLINK "mailto:tmorrill@monroecc.edu"tmorrill@monroecc.edu).

~ Winners only will be asked for a digital version and an additional League entry form to be entered into the national contest.

~ All submissions must be typed, double spaced, on 8 ½ by 11 paper. Work should be submitted free of the writer’s or professor’s name identifying the entry, free of markings, and free of grammatical and mechanical errors.

~ Winners will be announced early May 2014.

~ Materials submitted must be original and previously unpublished in any college publications.

If you have any questions, please contact Professor Angelique Johnston at HYPERLINK "mailto:ajohnston@monroecc.edu"ajohnston@monroecc.edu.

Angelique Johnston
English and Philosophy
02/25/2014


Attachments:
icon 2014 Writing Contest Flyer.pdf