PRIZES
First Place for Each Division: $100.00
Second Place for Each Division: $50.00
CATEGORIES
Daniel T. Mitchell Memorial Essay Contest
Freshman-Sophomore Division
ELIGIBILITY: Each LMU freshman or sophomore may submit one entry.
TOPIC: expository or critical essays; topics open
Junior-Senior Division
ELIGIBILITY: Each LMU junior or senior may submit one entry.
TOPIC: expository or critical essays; topics open
Graduate Division
ELIGIBILITY: Each LMU graduate student may submit one entry.
TOPIC: expository or critical essays; topics open
Denise L. Scott Memorial Poetry Contest
ELIGIBILITY: Each LMU undergraduate student may enter one poem.
Graduate Poetry Contest
ELIGIBILITY: Each LMU graduate student may enter one poem.
Frank Sullivan Memorial Short Story Contest
ELIGIBILITY: Each LMU undergraduate student may enter one story.
Graduate Short Story Contest
ELIGIBILITY: Each LMU graduate student may enter one story.
Play Writing Contest
ELIGIBILITY: Each LMU undergraduate student may enter one stage play (not a screen or television play) of any number of acts.
Graduate Play Writing Contest
ELIGIBILITY: Each LMU graduate student may enter one stage play (not a screen or television play) of any number of acts.
Journalism Contest
ELIGIBILITY: The author is a currently enrolled LMU undergraduate student.
The article has been published in an LMU student newspaper since April 2008.
- news story; each LMU undergraduate may submit one entry.
- feature story or review; each LMU undergraduate may submit one entry.
CONTEST RULES
Essay, Poetry, Play Writing, and Short Story Categories:
Currently enrolled LMU undergraduate and graduate students may submit one manuscript to each division for which they are eligible.
Manuscripts must be an entrant’s original writing. Manuscripts receiving the LMU Writing Award previously may not be resubmitted.
Manuscript preparation: Submit three copies of your manuscript. Manuscripts must be typed on 8 1/2” by 11” paper. Essays, plays, and short stories must be double-spaced; poems may use the spacing appropriate for the work’s visual and aesthetic needs. The title should appear on the first page. (The author’s name cannot appear anywhere on the manuscript; entries bearing an author’s name will be disqualified.)
Cover sheet preparation: Attach a separate cover sheet that lists your manuscript’s title; the manuscript’s category and division; and your name, student identification number, mailing address, telephone number, major, college, and year/class. If any of these items is not provided, the entry will be disqualified.
Judging: Entries will be judged anonymously by LMU faculty and without written comments. (In a category or division, if the pool of manuscripts is too small or if manuscripts do not meet contest needs, the LMU Writing Awards judges and organizer may choose not to announce an award.)
Journalism Category:
Currently enrolled LMU undergraduates may submit one entry to each category for which they are eligible:
(1) news story;
(2) feature story or review.
The article must have been published in an LMU student newspaper since April 2008.
Entry preparation: Submit two copies of the published article clipped from the LMU newspaper and photocopied on 8 1/2” by 11” paper. Before photocopying the article, you must omit your by-line. (The author’s name cannot appear anywhere on the entry; entries bearing an author’s name will be disqualified.)
Cover sheet preparation: Attach a separate cover sheet that lists your article’s title; the article’s category and division; and your name, student identification number, mailing address, telephone number, major, college, and year/class. If any of these items is not provided, the entry will be disqualified.
Judging:
Entries will be judged anonymously by LMU faculty and without written comments. (In a category or division, if the pool of manuscripts is too small or if manuscripts do not meet contest needs, the LMU Writing Awards judges and organizer may choose not to announce an award.)
SUBMISSION DEADLINE
The submission deadline for spring 2009: February 27, 2009, 5:00 p.m.
Submit entries to the Department of English, University Hall 3800.
Winners will be contacted by April 5, 2009.
CONTACT PERSON
Dr. Dermot Ryan, University Hall 3814, Department of English. Email: dryan11@lmu.edu