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All students currently enrolled at CSU, Sacramento during Spring 2002 are eligible to enter. The competition will be separated between graduate and undergraduate students determined by their Spring class standing. Within their particular class standing, a student may enter more than one category but may submit only one entry in a particular category. Submitted manuscripts must be original work by the author and not have been published or have won a prize in a previous literary contest.
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:
Your manuscript should:
The outside of the envelope should state the following:
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). |
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