Contest Deadline Approaching!
Deadline is November 30, 2012. 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 Friday, 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.
