A Tradition at Agnes Scott
Each year students in the state of Georgia have an opportunity to submit their written works for recognition at the Writers' Festival. Agnes Scott awards a $500 first place prize for each of these categories:
- Creative nonfiction
- Fiction
- Playwriting
- Poetry
Finalist Notification
Contest finalists will be notified by e-mail in January. Their work will be included in the Festival magazine, published in March, and they will be invited to a luncheon on campus followed by a workshop led by one of the visiting writers.
Contest Rules
Contest rules appear below. Entries not following these rules will not be considered. For more information, contact Rachel Trousdale, assistant professor of English, at rtrousdale@agnesscott.edu.
This contest is open to anyone currently enrolled in a graduate or undergraduate program in a college or university in the state of Georgia.
- Works submitted may have been previously published in campus newspapers or campus literary magazines.
- Finalist entries will appear in the Festival magazine; authors retain all rights to their work and may publish them elsewhere after the competition.
- Entrants may submit materials in multiple genres up to the following number of submissions:
- Five poems (maximum of 10 pages, standard 10-12pt font)
- Two essays (double-spaced, maximum of 5,000 words for each essay, standard 10-12pt font)
- Two stories (double-spaced, maximum of 5,000 words for each story, standard 10-12pt font)
- Two one-act plays (standard professional format, max. of thirty pages for each one-act play)
- Submit two copies of each work; the author’s name must not appear on either copy.
- Include one standard cardstock 3x5 card listing the following: author's name, address, phone number, current email address, school, the contest categories entered, and the titles and genres of all works.
- Additionally, for each work submitted include one 3x5 card bearing only the title, genre, and author’s name.
- We are unable to return entries. Finalists will be required to submit electronic copies of their work, in a Word-compatible program, for the magazine. Postmark deadline is December 15, 2008. No electronic submissions will be accepted.
We look forward to your submissions, and we hope to see you at the Annual Agnes Scott College Writers’ Festival.