SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2017 GCACWT STUDENT WRITING COMPETITION Will be open in February .
GCACWT members may submit the work of students enrolled in their 2011-2012 classes. The deadline is Feb. 21. 2014. Schools may use whatever internal procedure they like to determine entries. Each school is limited to nominating one student per award:
Winners will be announced at the GCACWT annual Conference in March 2014. Writers will receive free subscriptions and/or copies to literary magazines published by member programs, possible publications, and possible other prizes.
Entry Requirements:
Each entry must be submitted by filling out online form that will create for us a cover sheet stating category, the student's name, bio, address, phone, e-mail, and status as a graduate or undergraduate, and the submitting teacher's name, address, phone number, and e-mail, etc.
Judges will be announced after the competition. No judges will have direct links to students at GCACWT member institutions.
Manuscripts will not be returned.
All contest entries must be received by February 1, 2016.
- Fiction Award--Undergraduate
- Fiction Award--Graduate
- Poetry Award--Undergraduate
- Poetry Award--Graduate
- Creative Nonfiction Award--Undergraduate
- Creative Nonfiction Award--Graduate
Winners will be announced at the GCACWT annual Conference in March 2014. Writers will receive free subscriptions and/or copies to literary magazines published by member programs, possible publications, and possible other prizes.
Entry Requirements:
- Schools are limited to one entry per award.
- Students' names and school affiliations should not appear on manuscript (please make sure this info is not in header or footer, either).
- All submissions must be submitted online.
- All submissions must be .doc, .docx, or .rtf
- Prose entries are limited to 5,000 words and should be double-spaced.
- Poetry entries should be limited to no more than three poems (all by one poet) per category. Place multiple poems in one file.
Each entry must be submitted by filling out online form that will create for us a cover sheet stating category, the student's name, bio, address, phone, e-mail, and status as a graduate or undergraduate, and the submitting teacher's name, address, phone number, and e-mail, etc.
Judges will be announced after the competition. No judges will have direct links to students at GCACWT member institutions.
Manuscripts will not be returned.
All contest entries must be received by February 1, 2016.
