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Columbia College Chicago Young Authors 2008 9th-12th Grade Students (Please Note: Now Accepting Short Plays) GUIDELINES Eligibility: All high school students. Entries: Submit your best writing in these categories: FICTION WRITING Students may submit in a range of prose forms and traditions, including short story, novel excerpt, letter story, folktale, story within a story, parody, and dream story, among other forms. Out of respect for the integrity of students' writing efforts, we will not set limitations on content or language. CREATIVE NONFICTION WRITING is a genre of fact-based storytelling distinguished from journalism, reportage, and the traditional high school composition assignment by the use of fictional techniques and by the invested presence of the writer's personal voice and vision. Drawing on the techniques and forms of fiction writers – scene, character, dialogue, point of view, gestural imagery, and narration – creative nonfiction emerges from the strongest vein of fiction writing, to explore and interpret research and personal experiences, and in the literary traditions of Truman Capote, Zora Neale Hurston, and Mark Twain. SHORT PLAYS We are looking for short original work under 10 minutes. Short plays should be complete pieces – not excerpts of longer plays or partial scenes. All formats, styles. subjects and cast sizes will be considered. Entries should follow standard playwriting format and be no longer than ten pages. We do not accept poetry. Specifications: Entries should follow standard manuscript form, be no longer than 2,500 words, and be typed and double-spaced (preferably) or neatly handwritten. Each entry must be accompanied by a signed entry form (see reverse – photocopies are acceptable), limit of two (2) entries per category. Submissions will be recycled. Deadline: Postmarked no later than JANUARY 11, 2008 Mail to: Chris Rice |