DEADLINE: 2/1/13

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1     Lois Wilson Mackey ’45 Prize for Creative Writing

$1, 000 for the best creative writing by a Beloit College undergraduate

2     White-Howells English Prize

$50 for the best poem or group of poems

$50 for the best work of prose (fiction or drama)

3     Beloit Poetry Journal/Academy of American Poets Award

$100 for the best poem or group of poems

4     Nick Adams Short Story Prize

(Sponsored by the Associate Colleges of the Midwest)

$1,000 for the best story by an ACM student

5     Marion and David Stocking Prize

$50 for the best non-fiction prose

6     Margaret W. Baker Prize Scholarship

$500 scholarship for the best creative writing by a first-year student

7     Mary F. Hodge Prize

$50 for the best narrative poem based on a historical event

Any questions regarding the contests should be directed to Fran Abbate (abbatef@beloit.edu, ext.2029) or any instructor of creative writing.

CONTEST RULES 

For the White-Howells, Stocking, and Academy of American Poets Awards:

1.       Eligibility: Any Beloit College student currently enrolled, including vacation and field terms.

2.       Deadline: NOON, Friday, February 1st to Kris Gonstead (WAC 205A or Box 241)

3.       Manuscript form: Neatly typed. One side of the page only. Prose should be double-spaced. No more than two stories may be submitted. If you submit a work to more than one contest, which is perfectly all right, you may submit copies. No more than five poems. (You may submit 1-5 poems to each contest; you may submit the same or different poems.)

4.       On a removable cover sheet, provide your name, current address, and the name of the contest. Your name should not appear anywhere on the poems.

5.       Multiple entries: You must have separate copies for each contest.

6.       Judges: Writer, literary critics, and/or faculty not teaching at Beloit; no entries returned.

For the Nick Adams Contest:

1.       Eligibility: Same as for other contests.

2.       Deadline: Same as above.

3.       Manuscript form: Provide 3 copies for each story you submit. No more than two stories may be submitted. The format of the Nick Adams entries should conform to #3 above. Length limit: 10,000 words.

4.       Information on manuscript: The author’s name should appear only on a removable title page or cover slip. The story title should be on the first page of the story. The cover sheet should mention that the story is for the Nick Adams Contest. You must put both your campus address and you summer address on the cover sheet.

5.       Procedure: The English Department will select from the stories submitted the four that appear to have the best chance of winning. Two of these may be by one student. The Department will send four copies of each of the selected stories to the ACM office by the deadline.

6.       No stories will be returned by the ACM.

7.       Judging: Screening by an ACM faculty committee for submitting to a final judge, usually a distinguished fiction writer.

For the Mackey Prize:

1.       Eligibility: Same as for other contests.

2.       “Creative writing” is the defining element of the contest, but the term is not narrowly defined. Fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction are all acceptable categories for submission.

3.       Entries must be substantial. Entries in poetry should consist of five to ten poems; in fiction at least fifteen double-spaced pages (but no more than two stories); in drama at least twenty minutes time in performance.

4.       Manuscript form: Same as White-Howells above.

5.       Deadline: Same as other contests.

6.       Contest will be judged off campus by an established American author (to be named later), after an initial screening of manuscripts by Beloit College faculty.

For the Baker Scholarship:

1.       Eligibility: Any first-year student at Beloit College.

2.       Deadline: Same as above.

3.       Manuscript form: Same as White-Howells.

4.       Entries may be in any genre of creative writing, and should be substantial enough to demonstrate fully the student’s ability. Entries in poetry should consist of five to ten poems.

5.       The winner will be chosen by a writer not teaching at Beloit College.

6.       The award will be applied as a credit to the student’s Beloit College tuition.