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Essay Contest

Prizes: $100 for best Undergraduate essay
$100 for best Graduate essay

First-person non-fiction essay: Describe your own experience of low-wage work. Essays should be no more than five pages double spaced, Times New Roman 12-point type, one inch margins (1250 words).

Poetry Contest

Prize: $100 for best Undergraduate poem
$100 for best Graduate poem

Poetry: Write a poem focused on some aspect of the experience of low-wage work. Submissions should be no more than three pages long.

Short Story Contest

Prize: $100 for best Undergraduate story
$100 for best Graduate story

Short story: Write a short story in which some aspect of low-wage work is a key element. Submissions should be no more than 10 pages long.


To Enter

Please submit THREE copies of your entry. Put your name, current address, phone number, email address, and whether you are a graduate or undergraduate student in the upper right hand corner of each copy.

Please bring your submissions to the English Department Office, Robinson A 487.

Submission Deadline For All Contests: April 25, 2003