CATEGORIES
Poetry	Short Fiction
Critical Analysis	Expository Prose

 

The first place prize in each category will be $200.

The second place prize in each category will be $100.

First and second place winning entries in each category will be published.

Manuscripts should be typed double spaced with 1" margins and must have a title on the top of the manuscript's first page. Do not include a separate title page. Pages must be stapled and numbered. The maximum number of words for the Short Fiction category is 6000 (approx. 20 pages typed doubled spaced) and 5000 words (approx. 16 pages typed double spaced) for the Critical Analysis and Expository Prose categories. Students may submit only one poem in the Poetry category. Pages containing bibliography and footnotes do not count in calculating length. Manuscripts which exceed the maximum length will not be submitted to the judges. Entries must be accompanied by a version on computer disc.

The category identified as "Critical Analysis" is restricted to essays which analyze a work of art such as novels, poetry, essays, film, music, or some other aesthetic medium. Essays not analyzing an art work should be submitted under the expository essay category. Judges reserve the right to change to a different category an entry which, in their opinion, on has been submitted incorrectly.

Please read carefully: You will submit three things with each entry:

• a manuscript
• an envelope (no larger than 10x4)
• a computer disc containing your entry

The outside of the envelope should state the following:

• title of manuscript
• category (poetry, short fiction, critical analysis, or expository prose)
• along with your graduate or undergraduate level
• sealed inside the envelope include the computer disc which contains your entry and a separate sheet of paper with the following information:
  • your name, address
  • telephone number
  • e-mail address
  • social security number
  • indication of graduate or undergraduate level
  • title of manuscript and category
  • type of computer program used to type your entry.
    
    

Clip the envelope to the front of the manuscript. Title should appear at the top of the first page of manuscript and pages should be numbered. Your name should not appear anywhere on the printed manuscript.

Leave your entry with Judy or Bev in CLV 111 by Noon, Tuesday, March 25. Discs will be kept on file until the following September and then discarded. There is a separate judge for each of the four categories. The judges are not members of the staff or faculty of CSU, Sacramento. The judges' decisions are final. Winners will be notified by phone in April. We will publish first and second place winning entries in a booklet. If you do not wont your entry published, you should not enter it in this contest.

There will be an awards ceremony and reception for the winners and their guests on May 13 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the University Center Restaurant (1st floor of the Union).

All questions regarding the contest must be addressed to Prof. Josh McKinney(jmckinney@csus.edu).