AUGUST CONTEST OVERVIEW
The Young Writers Initiative has bi-monthly contests for young writers. This month, our contest is themed around culture. What does culture mean to you? Is it your heritage? Your ethnicity? How you were raised? Where you were raised? What are the things and complications that surround culture. These theme contributes to our bi-annual literary journal. The theme for that is self-portrait. Consider this question when you are writing your piece:
How does your culture make you who you are?
This is just a guider, but how does your culture make you or the person you're writing/creating art about make you/them who you/they are? This is a very open ended prompt, but we want this contribute about how culture makes a person them, how it contributed to their self portrait.
How does your culture make you who you are?
This is just a guider, but how does your culture make you or the person you're writing/creating art about make you/them who you/they are? This is a very open ended prompt, but we want this contribute about how culture makes a person them, how it contributed to their self portrait.
THEME EXPLANATION
The overall theme of our literary journal is Self-Portrait. A person's "self-portrait" or their identity is formed by a variety of things, one being their culture. In your story/poem/essay/piece of art, please show their culture, what makes your character or subject who they are. We love to see and express diverse voices, so we urge you to write about experiences that you have personal experience with.
Culture can be many things. It can be the traditions and customs that come with your ethnicity. It could be of your age, like youth culture. It could be of a community you associate with that makes you you. Explore what culture means to you/the character you're portraying.
Culture can be many things. It can be the traditions and customs that come with your ethnicity. It could be of your age, like youth culture. It could be of a community you associate with that makes you you. Explore what culture means to you/the character you're portraying.
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Why You Should Enter
There are many reasons, but here are just a few:
- It’s a great opportunity to test your skills.
- Winning means publishing in our literary journal, and entering means the possibility of recognition in our gallery.
- This looks good on college apps and writing resumes.
- We give you feedback on your pieces so that you can learn and grow.
- You have the chance to win one of our editing or beta reading packages.
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What Can I Submit?
WRITING Flash Fiction: up to 1000 words Short story: 1000-3000 words Poetry: 1-2 poems, 100 lines max Narrative Essay: up to 1000 words |
ART Digital Art Photography 2D art 3D art |
Entry Rules
Contest Closes: All submissions are due Monday, August 31st 2020 at midnight CST.
Accepted File Types:
Writing: DOC, DOCX, PDF (We will not accept picture submissions for writing.)
Art: PNG, JPG, JPEG, PDF
Plagiarism
Pieces cannot be a fan fiction or derived from any other preexisting work.
Anonymous
Do not put your name anywhere on the document. This contest is anonymous. Your work will not be stolen as the submission will still have its name on it.
Entries with identifying information ON the document (not the form) will be disqualified.
NOTE: If you would like to use a pen name or go fully anonymous, you are free to do so in the submission form as well. We will not publish your name in the lit journal if you do not wish to be named.
Why are we anonymous? We want all judging to be fair, so if work is anonymous, no personal biases in relation with the author will come into play.
Number of Entries
You are permitted to enter 1 entry per genre, but you may enter as many genres as you wish.
Title
Please title your document with the TITLE of your piece.
Please do not title it "TYWI Entry" or anything of that sort.
Your title doesn’t have to named after the theme.
Bribery
The Young Writers Initiative will not tolerate bribing our judges. Any finding of foul-play will result in your removal of the competition and blacklisting from all other TYWI events.
Where You Will Get Updates
Follow The Young Writers Initiative on Instagram or join the newsletter on our website to keep updates. We will also email you your rubric once judging has finished and winners have been announced.
Written Language
All written pieces must be in English, including comics in the Digital Art section.
Foul Language
Considering this contest is anger driven, cursing and foul language will be allowed. That being said, try to keep it to an appropriate minimum.
Mature Topics Policy
You may submit about mature topics, but if they are selected for out literary journal, they will have a warning. Do not glorify or romanticize topics like sexual assault, gang lifestyle, abuse, substance abuse, or other sensitive issues. Be respectful about it and remember the audience you are submitting to.
Age Policy
You must be 25 or under to submit to this contest considering we are The Young Writers Initiative.
Contest Closes: All submissions are due Monday, August 31st 2020 at midnight CST.
Accepted File Types:
Writing: DOC, DOCX, PDF (We will not accept picture submissions for writing.)
Art: PNG, JPG, JPEG, PDF
Plagiarism
Pieces cannot be a fan fiction or derived from any other preexisting work.
Anonymous
Do not put your name anywhere on the document. This contest is anonymous. Your work will not be stolen as the submission will still have its name on it.
Entries with identifying information ON the document (not the form) will be disqualified.
NOTE: If you would like to use a pen name or go fully anonymous, you are free to do so in the submission form as well. We will not publish your name in the lit journal if you do not wish to be named.
Why are we anonymous? We want all judging to be fair, so if work is anonymous, no personal biases in relation with the author will come into play.
Number of Entries
You are permitted to enter 1 entry per genre, but you may enter as many genres as you wish.
Title
Please title your document with the TITLE of your piece.
Please do not title it "TYWI Entry" or anything of that sort.
Your title doesn’t have to named after the theme.
Bribery
The Young Writers Initiative will not tolerate bribing our judges. Any finding of foul-play will result in your removal of the competition and blacklisting from all other TYWI events.
Where You Will Get Updates
Follow The Young Writers Initiative on Instagram or join the newsletter on our website to keep updates. We will also email you your rubric once judging has finished and winners have been announced.
Written Language
All written pieces must be in English, including comics in the Digital Art section.
Foul Language
Considering this contest is anger driven, cursing and foul language will be allowed. That being said, try to keep it to an appropriate minimum.
Mature Topics Policy
You may submit about mature topics, but if they are selected for out literary journal, they will have a warning. Do not glorify or romanticize topics like sexual assault, gang lifestyle, abuse, substance abuse, or other sensitive issues. Be respectful about it and remember the audience you are submitting to.
Age Policy
You must be 25 or under to submit to this contest considering we are The Young Writers Initiative.
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SUBMIT
Click the button below to submit your work for judging. If you have technical issues, email the board ([email protected]) or the Executive Intern, Iris Chan ([email protected]) and we'll gladly help you.
Click the button below to submit your work for judging. If you have technical issues, email the board ([email protected]) or the Executive Intern, Iris Chan ([email protected]) and we'll gladly help you.
