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Call for Submissions! English/Philosophy Department's 48th Annual Writing Contest!
Call for Submissions! English/Philosophy Department's 48th Annual
Writing Contest!
Students are encouraged to enter the 48th Annual English/Philosophy
Department Writing Contest. Student winners will be named in May 2019 and
invited to the department awards reception that includes recognition, a
monetary award and a chance to qualify for a national competition with the
League of Innovation for Community Colleges. Winners will also have their
submission published (either in the print-magazine or on the C&K
website) by Cabbages & Kings, MCC's annual, award-winning literary
and visual arts magazine.
Please see the attached Entry Form and Contest Flyer and information below
for categories and specific details.
Entries may be submitted in the following categories:
Callan Award for best research
essay: A thesis-driven research essay (not to exceed 4,000
words).
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., Friday, March 29,
2019.
Only students registered for Fall 2018 or Spring
2019 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, found in the English/Philosophy Department Offices
(Brighton 5-532 or Downtown Campus TBD).
Each submission and accompanying completed entry form must be submitted to
Tina Woodruff in 5-532 on the MCC Brighton Campus or with (TBD) on the Downtown
Campus AND by email to twoodruff4@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 and double-spaced. Work must be submitted free
of the writer's name, free of markings, and free of grammatical and mechanical
errors.
Winners will be announced in early
May 2019.
Materials submitted must be original and previously unpublished in any
college publications.
If you have any questions, please contact Professor James Senden at
jsenden@monroecc.edu or Professor Patrick Callan at pcallan@monroecc.edu.
Attached Files:
2019 Entry Form_.pdf
2019 Writing Contest Flyer.pdf
Callan, Patrick
English/Philosophy
01/31/2019