PNC Writing and Art Contest
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The Department of English and Modern Languages is seeking submissions from writers and artists for its thirty-eight annual writing and art contest. Award winning authors and artists will be published in the student literary journal, Portals, and each winner will receive a complimentary copy of Portals. In addition, $50 financial aid awards will be given to the first place winner of the John J. Pappas Literary Award (category six), the best overall work, and the work that best promotes inclusion and tolerance.
Eligibility
PNC students who enrolled in the Spring, Summer, or Fall 2009 semesters or who will be enrolled in the Spring 20010 semester may submit work for the contest.
Submission Guidelines
Students may submit hard copies of their work, or they may submit their work electronically.
For the writing contest, three printed copies must be submitted on white 8 1/2" x 11" paper, double-spaced, in Times New Roman 12 point font, and a cover sheet (a single plain piece of covering paper) must accompany each set of three copies. The cover sheet or envelope must label the entry as either category one, category two, category three, category four, category five, category six, or art contest and bear the author's name, address, telephone number, email address, and PNC identification number. The essays themselves must not have any information that will identify the author. For the art contest, the original and one photocopy (no larger than on 8 ½” x 11”) must be submitted for judging. Submissions may be given to any English and Modern Languages faculty member or submitted at the Student Success Center (LSF 202) no later than noon, March 5, 2010.
For electronic submissions, please attach your written work as two Microsoft Word files or, for an art submission, in an appropriate electronic form. One file will be a cover sheet that identifies your submission as either category one, category two, category three, category four, category five, category six, or art contest, and it must bear the author's name, address, telephone number, email address, and PNC identification number. The other file will be the written essay or the art submission, and this file must not identify the author or artist. Please send your work to portalseditor@pnc.edu no later than noon, March 5, 2010. You will receive an email confirming receipt of your submission.
Contest Rules
Determination of Awards
All submissions are subject to triple-blind review. That is, each work will be sent to three faculty reviewers without the submitter's name being revealed to the reviewers. Each work will then be reviewed by its merit, determined by the category and type of submission. Reviewers' decisions are final.
Authors and artists of winning works will be asked to prepare their works for publication, submit a 50-100 word autobiography, submit their PNC identification numbers, and sign a reproduction rights waiver no later than one week after notification of award; failure to comply with these terms will cause the award to be revoked. Winning authors and artists will be honored at the annual Writing and Art Contest Banquet, April 29, 2010.
