Department of English

Writing Contests

Each year Clark's English Department sponsors writing contests, open to all Clark undergraduate students, including matriculated COPACE students.

2009 Winners

Prentiss Cheney Hoyt Poetry Contest

1st: James Kobialka '10: "Ninety Six Feet of Zen'"

2nd: Naomi Cher, '09: "Beomoose"

3rd: Rebecca Good, '09: "How to Dodge Bullets" & Amital (Tali) Sachs, '09: "The Tin Soldier Stands This Way"

Betty '79 and Stanley Sultan Short Story Contest

1st: Danielle Coles, '09: "Genesis, Inc."

2nd: Janna King, '09: "On the Wire"

3rd: Linnie Bendor-Grynbaum, '09: "Eighty-Six"

Loring Holms & Ruth Dodd Drama Contest

1st: Sean Morrow, '11: "You, Me and the Cake"

Leroy Allston Ames Essay Contest

1st: Fana Hickinson, '10: "The Young Lead the Old: The Construction of the Ideal Citizen in Children's Abolitionist Literature"

Rules

Loring Holmes & Ruth Dodd Drama Contest

Prize: $250

(Number of submissions per student limited to ONE one-act play, not to exceed 25 pages. Entries must be in standard playwriting form. Students should contact Professor Gino DiIorio at ginod42@aol.com for instructions if they are not familiar with standard playwriting format.)

Prentiss Cheney Hoyt Poetry Contest

Prizes: $50 / $100 / $250

(Number of submissions per student limited to FIVE poems)

Betty '79 and Stanley Sultan Short Story Contest

Prizes: $50 / $100 / $250

(Number of submissions per student limited to ONE story, not to exceed 5,000 words)

Leroy Allston Ames Essay Contest

for best essay on the literature and/or history of England from 1750 to 1900.

Prize: $250.00

(Number of submissions per student limited to ONE essay)

DEADLINE:
Monday, February 16 , 2009, at 12:00 Noon (no exceptions)
All work must be completely original.

RULES:

  1. All submissions must be the original work of the student.  All entries must be unsigned. No handwritten or electronic entries will be accepted. TWO COPIES of each entry must be hand delivered to the English Department Office between February 1 and February 16, 2009.  Do not place entry/entries in an envelope.
  2. On a separate piece of paper, write the title or first line of the entry, together with your name, campus box number, email address, year in school, and telephone number. Place this piece of paper in a sealed envelope and write the contest name on outside of envelope.  Use a separate envelope for each contest (multiple entries for the same contest may be put in the same envelope).  Missing information will disqualify your entry.
  3. Both the entry and the sealed envelope must be dropped off at the English Department Office by the deadline date, Monday, February 16, 2009, 12:00 noon (no exceptions). 
  4. No entries will be returned. The English Department may present or publish winning entries.  Contest winners will be invited to post their winning entries at Academic Spree Day.
  5. If, in the opinion of the judges, none of the entries in a particular category is deserving of an award, none shall be given.