writing competitions and deadlines
- Metroversity Writing Competition: TBA -- middle of February
- Common Experience Essay Competition: TBA -- end of February
- IU Southeast Writing Competition: TBA -- end of spring semester
- IU Southeast Review: TBA -- end of spring semester
- IU Southeast Undergraduate Research Journal: TBA -- end of fall semester
Metroversity Writing Competition
Categories: poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, academic writing, and an international category for undergraduate international students.
Prizes: In each category, monetary prizes will be awarded for first and second place and in two separate divisions - undergraduate and graduate.
Entry Information: You may submit two works in each category, except for poetry, which is up to three poems. Prose entries may not exceed 40 pages in length. Winners will be honored at an awards ceremony and a public reading in April.
Guidelines: The competition is open to any student registered during the academic year in one or more classes at a Metroversity institution. Entries must be unpublished, but they may be entered simultaneously in other competitions. Manuscripts must be typed, double spaced (poetry may be single spaced). Submit two copies of each entry (a poem is an entry). Attach to the two copies a completed official entry form available from the Writing Center in KV 208. Your name must not appear anywhere on the manuscript; however, the title of the work must be on each page. Manuscripts will not be returned.
2010 Metroversity Writing Contest Information
2010 Metroversity Writing Competition entry form
IU Southeast Kentuckiana Metroversity 2008 Writing Competition Winners
Common Experience Essay Competition
Categories: essay, poetry, research/report, two-dimensional art, and photography.
For descriptions of each, check the Web site: http://www.ius.edu/CommonExperience
Prizes: The top three submissions will receive cash prizes of $300, $200, and $100. Their work will appear on the Common Experience Web site.
Entry Information: Submit all items to Gloria J. Murray, Chair of the IU Southeast Common Experience Committee. All entries are to be submitted electronically in Microsoft Word via e-mail to glomurra@ius.edu. Art work and photography may be delivered to the School of Education main office in HH 0020.
Guidelines: Students can decide which mode best represents their ideas regarding the Common Experience theme, as listed on their web site
IU Southeast Writing Competition
Categories: poetry, fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction, and research/report.
Prizes: cash prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place entries in each category.
Entry Information: Entries should be from current students or those who were enrolled at IU Southeast during the previous academic year. Only two entries per person per category is allowed. All submissions should include the entry form available in The Writing Center, KV 208, and should follow the guidelines on the form. An awards ceremony with distribution of prizes will take place.
Guidelines: Submit two copies of each entry (typed in Times New Roman, 12-point font, double spaced, and without author's name) to The Writing Center in KV 208 by the end of the spring semester.
IU Southeast Writing Competition Entry Form
IU Southeast Writing Competition Flyer
IU Southeast Review
The Review is a student literary journal that showcases the best short fiction, poetry, creative fiction, visual art, and photography produced by IU Southeast students.
A release party where contributors present their works takes place every year. Copies of The Review are provided free of charge at the release party.
IU Southeast Review Call For Submissions
IU Southeast Undergraduate Research Journal (URJ)
Categories: Research within any discipline: humanities, social sciences, or sciences
Prizes: Chosen research will be published in the newest edition of the IU Southeast Undergraduate Research Journal that is published at the end of spring.
Entry Information: Submissions should be from current IU Southeast undergraduate students. Original research should be submitted in an e-mail attachment in Microsoft Word to iuswrite@ius.edu.
Guidelines: Research should be approximately 8 to 25 pages, Times New Roman/12 pt. font, double spaced, contain proper academic sources, and be of final draft quality. The student's name should not appear anywhere on the paper. In the body of the e-mail, please include the name and contact information, including the e-mail address that the student checks most often. Acceptance letters will be sent via e-mail.
