Please encourage your students to participate in the following writing contests during the Spring 2006 semester:
RICE AWARD FOR BEST ESSAY (a thesis-driven essay in any style—including but not limited to research, argument, analysis, description, narrative—except literary analysis or literary explication, not to exceed 2000 words)
COONEY AWARD FOR BEST LITERARY ESSAY (an essay that analyzes or explicates one or more specific works of literature, not to exceed 2000 words)
LANGLOIS AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FICTION (not to exceed 3000 words)
CLOOS-SUSSKIND AWARD FOR BEST POEM (single poem, not to exceed 60 lines)
MCMURRAY AWARD FOR BEST PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAY (not to exceed 2000 words)
Each winner will receive a CASH PRIZE of $150, RECOGNITION at a special ENG/PHL Awards Ceremony in May 2006, and RECOGNITION at the MCC All-Campus Awards Ceremony. Entries received before March 24 will also be considered for submission to a nation-wide community college student literary competition.
RULES
--Only Fall 2005 or Spring 2006 “for credit” MCC students of any major may enter.
--Submissions will be accepted until April 14, 2006, at noon.
--Winners will be announced by May 1, 2006, by mail.
--Manuscripts must be left in 5-532 on the MCC Brighton Campus or in 5-252 at Damon City Campus (DCC Student Services Center).
--Entries must have been written during the student’s enrollment in credit courses at MCC (but not necessarily FOR a course).
--All submissions must be typed, double-spaced, free of markings, and free of grammatical and mechanical errors.
--All submissions must include a title page containing the author’s name, social security number, home address, phone number, and title of the work.
--All materials submitted must be original and previously unpublished in any but college publications.
Questions? Please contact Professor Phil Snyder at x3374 or psnyder@monroecc.edu.
Jay Keith
English/Philosophy
02/07/2006 |