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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 42nd 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. In previous years, MCC has won at the national level. Essays may be submitted in the following categories: ~ Rice Award for best essay: A thesis-driven essay in any style, including research, argument, analysis, description, narrative, excluding literary analysis or literary explication (not to exceed 2000 words). ~ Cooney Award for best literary essay: An essay that analyzes/explicates one or more works of literature (not to exceed 2000 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 3000 words). ~ McMurry Award for best philosophical essay: A thesis-driven essay in philosophy (not to exceed 2000 words). SUBMISSION GUIDELINES ~ The department is currently accepting submissions with a submission deadline of: 12:00 p.m., Monday, April 8, 2013. ~Only Fall 2012 or Spring 2013 “for credit” MCC students may enter. ~ All submissions must be submitted by hard copy and must be accompanied by the English/Philosophy Department Writing Contest Entry Form, which you can find attached or in the English Department Offices (Brighton 5-532 or Damon 4225). ~ 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. ~ 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 2013. ~ Materials submitted must be original and previously unpublished in any college publications. If you have any questions, please contact Professor Angelique Johnston at < mailto:ajohnston@monroecc.edu>. Angelique Johnston
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