SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2020 GCACWT STUDENT WRITING COMPETITION are open now. Deadline Feb. 28, 2020.
GCACWT members may submit the work of students enrolled in their 2019-2020 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.
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.