2023 Creative Writing Contest

ATTENTION ALL INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

PURDUE UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

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GENRE CATEGORIES: 

Personal Experience Narrative/Creative Nonfiction

Poetry

Short Story

AWARDS IN EACH GENRE:

First Place -       $100 and tickets to the Literary Awards ceremony

Second Place -  $50 and tickets to the Literary Awards ceremony

Honorable Mentions - Tickets to the Literary Awards ceremony

Irwin Weiser Best of High School Award (chosen from the winning submissions) - $200 awarded at the Literary Awards ceremony

The years Literary Awards ceremony will be held on Thursday, April 20, 2023 and the guest speaker is American poet Tracy K. Smith. High school winners will have an opportunity to meet Ms. Smith and receive a signed copy of one of her books in a special gathering prior to the ceremony.

Submissions

Please fill out this survey form and attach your file/submission (pdf files only) in the space provided and submit. 

Your file must also include the following identifying information at the beginning of your document: Contestant’s name and email, High School name, and Teacher’s name and email.

Submissions are due by noon on Thursday, February 23, 2023.

Because we receive so many entries, only winners will be notified.

Those students receiving awards and their teachers will each be contacted by email by the end of March 2023. First and second place winners will be expected to complete two separate Purdue forms and submit via Filelocker to receive their gift money via US Mail.

For more information contact Tara Star Johnson, Faculty Director or Julie Henderson, Awards Coordinator.