Please remind your students: the submission deadline for the English/Philosophy Department writing content is 12:00 p.m. on Friday, April 2, 2010.
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
~ Only Fall 2009 or Spring 2010 “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, free of markings, and free of grammatical and mechanical errors.
~ Currently accepting submissions until 12:00 PM Friday, April 2, 2010.
~ Winners will be announced by May 3, 2010.
~ Materials submitted must be original and previously unpublished in any college publications.
If you have any questions, please contact professor Angelique Stevens at "mailto:astevens@monroecc.edu".
Angelique Stevens
English / Philosophy
03/30/2010
Attachments:
 2010 Entry Form.doc
Writing Contest Poster 2010.doc
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