Categories:
Poetry, flash fiction (limit: 1000 words), fiction (limit: 7500 words), creative nonfiction (limit: 7500 words), and research/report (limit: 7500 words).
Prizes:
1st ($50), 2nd ($25), 3rd ($10) place and Honorable Mention entries in each category.
The English Department Gala celebration to honor the winners will be held December 2013.
Entry Information:
To be eligible, students must have been enrolled for at least one full semester during the 2012-2013 academic year, including Summer I and II 2012, and/or for Fall semester, 2013. Limit: two entries per student per category. You may submit in as many categories as you like, but each entry must be accompanied by a cover sheet, and each entry must meet the requirements listed in the Submission Guidelines below.
Submission Guidelines:
- All submissions must be sent as an e-mail attachment (Word or pdf format only) to the address below.
- Submit entry in Times New Roman 12-point font, double-spaced (poetry may be single-spaced).
- Include your full name ONLY on the cover sheet, NOT on your story, poem, report, etc. Entries that do not follow this guideline will be disqualified.
Submission Process:
- Create a cover sheet in Word with the following information:
- Your name
- Mailing address (including zip)
- IU Southeast email address
- Any other email address you use regularly
- Telephone numbers (including cell or work if you like)
- Student ID number
- A list of the titles and categories of your entries. (Each entry listed on the cover sheet must be included in the same email as a separate attachment.)
- The following sentence: “I Do (or I do Not) want my submission to also be considered for the IU Southeast Review (literary magazine).
- Save the cover sheet with the filename “2013 Writing Contest-yourlastname”
- Attach this cover sheet and your entries as separate Word documents and send via email to iuswrite@ius.edu. You will receive a confirmation that your entry email has been received by The Writing Center.
Remember: Entries without a cover sheet, with an incomplete cover sheet, or that don’t meet the guidelines for submission will be disqualified.
For questions, please contact The Writing Center at (812)-941-2498 or iuswrite@ius.edu.
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