Student Award Winners from Fairhope 2019:
- Fiction Award--Undergraduate: "Stepping on Snails by Megan Lear of Spring Hill College. Instructor Michael Piafsky. Judge James Alan Gill.
- Fiction Award--Graduate: "The Bird Woman" by Erinn Beth Langille of the University of New Orleans. Instructor Fredrick Barton. Judge James Alan Gill.
- Poetry Award--Undergraduate: "Precious Metal" by Henry Goldkamp of the University of New Orleans. Instructor John Gery. Judge Helen Pruitt Wallace.
- Poetry Award--Graduate: "Rosary Casino Party" by Kelly Gangeness Le of the University of New Orleans. Instructor Carolyn Hembree. Judge Helen Pruitt Wallace.
- Creative Nonfiction Award--Undergraduate: no entries
- Creative Nonfiction Award--Graduate: Sarah Basil of the University of South Florida. Instructor Ira Sukrungruang. Judge Carolyn Alessio.
SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2019 GCACWT STUDENT WRITING COMPETITION are open now. Deadline extended to March 1, 2019.
GCACWT members may submit the work of students enrolled in their 2018-2019 classes. 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. Some winners may receive an offer of publication in Sweet: A Literary Confection or The Apalachee Review.
Entry Requirements:
Each entry must be submitted by filling out an 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.
- 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. Some winners may receive an offer of publication in Sweet: A Literary Confection or The Apalachee Review.
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 3,000 words and should be double-spaced.
- Poetry entries are limited to one poem.
Each entry must be submitted by filling out an 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.