Every year the Writing Center sponsors a writing contest for DCC students. Fifty-dollar prizes for winners are funded by the Student Government Association. Below are guidelines for students who would like to enter the contest.
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Any DCC student may submit one work in any/all of 6 categories:
Works that have been written to fulfill course requirements are welcome. There are no limitations on subject matter.
- fiction; poetry; creative non-fiction (fact-based writing that encompasses memoir, biography, travel/science/nature literature, and the personal essay)
- academic writing (critical analysis, documented essay, scientific essay)
- screenplay; and play script
- Fiction and non-fiction/academic submissions should be no longer than ten pages. Poetry submissions should be comprised of three to five poems (there are no page limits). Short plays should have an approximate playing time of ten minutes; a ten-minute section of a longer script can be submitted along with a one-paragraph synopsis of the full work. Screenplays (feature or documentary) should be a minimum ten pages. Double spacing is preferred; please keep a copy for yourself.
- Click here for the submission form to include with your manuscript in an e-mail to the Writing Center at mailto:writingcenter@sunydutchess.edu The manuscript file must be in a Microsoft Word or .txt format. Do not include identitying information on your manuscript pages.
Additionally, paper submissions (3 copies) may be given to the lab assistant or a tutor in the Writing Center (H503); they must include the completed submission form.
4. Deadline for all 2012-2013 submissions is March 29, 2013, 3:00 P.M. Entries may be turned in throughout the year to the lab assistant, Edwina Gray, or to a tutor. If you have any questions, please come to the Writing Center and ask.
5. Twelve winners will be chosen from the six categories. However, judges reserve the right not to award prizes in a category. The DCC Student Government Association funds all awards.
6. Submissions will be judged by faculty from the Department of English and Humanities and the Department of Performing, Visual Arts, and Communications.
Students are encouraged to visit the Writing Center to work on submissions.
If you have further questions, please talk to the Writing Center staff.
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- Poetry submissions will be judged for their inventive use of language, control of form, and originality of image and metaphor.
- Creative Non-fiction entries will be judged on their ability to blend factual truth with literary techniques.
- Fiction entries will be evaluated on originality of language and on their success in creating a fully imagined fictional world.
- Academic Writing submissions, such as critical analysis, documented essay, and scientific essays, will be judged on quality of form and content.
- Screenplays, written in screenplay format, should offer original, well-structured stories. Good character development and believable dialogue are key elements. Successful scripts will evoke strong visual images.
- Play Scripts should offer original, creative, believable, interesting, and playable characters; plot; theme; and setting, including a strong conflict and resolution.
The Writing Center would like to thank all those students who entered our 2012-13 writing contest, also sponsored by the Student Government Association. We are pleased to announce $50 awards to the following students. Click on the highlighted names to read their works:
Academic Aimee Estrada, Katherine Gallagher,
John Obee
Fiction Katherine Gallagher, Natasha
Glanzman
Creative Non-Fiction Donovan Borger, Samantha
Play Donovan Borger, Tanya Pavlik
Film Script Elise Greenage, Liam Walsh
Poetry Donovan Borger, Mike Fracentese
Awards Ceremony--Spring, 2013
