Deadline is November 30, 2011. Submit here
Here are the Guidelines:
All Upper
School students are invited to participate in the 2011 Echoes Writing
Contest. You can submit up to two pieces in each of the three categories:
poetry, nonfiction, and fiction.
Poetry
- Submit up to three poems, which will be judged as a set.
Nonfiction
- Submit a personal
essay, memoir, or piece of literary journalism.
- Must not exceed 5,000 words (up to about 16 pages, double-spaced)
Fiction
- Submit a short
story, vignette, sketch, or chapter from a longer work.
- Must not exceed 5,000 words (up to about 16 pages, double-spaced)
1.
Please do not submit previously
published work. Class assignments and pieces published in the OES Art Lit
magazine are acceptable.
2.
Your work will be judged by a
panel of professional writers. One winner and one runner-up in each
category will be selected. Judges will also have the option of awarding a Fresh Voices prize to one talented
freshman in each category.
3.
Submit your writing (as an
attachment) to echoes@go.oes.edu by
midnight on Wednesday, November 30, 2011.
4.
All entries must include a
title page showing the title of work(s), author's name, grade, category,
and number of words. Submissions should be typed and double-spaced, using
12-point font.
