Competition Rules

1. The contest is open to students currently enrolled in grades 7-12.
2. Entries should consist of original pieces of writing: poetry, short stories, or essays.
3. Acceptable format of entries:
• Must be handwritten on paper appropriate for grade level or prepared on a word processor, one side of paper only.
4. Maximum limit of 1,500 words for grade 7-8 and 3,000 words for grades 9-12.
   • Each entry must be the original work of the student alone, created during the current school year, and must not have been previously published or submitted to another contest.
   • Entries should not be bound or laminated and should not include cover or filler sheets.
5. Each entry must have as its first page an official student registration form. 
   • This form should be stapled to the entry. 
   • NO NAME should appear on the entry itself.  Entries with names will be disqualified.
   • Titles should be punctuated correctly.  No underlining or quotation marks of titles on original work.

Deadline for Submissions

Received by Friday, Janurary 18, 2013

Mail to:
Academic Competitions
Writing Contest
P.O. Box 9
University, MS 38677

Categories of writing

Poetry, Short Story, Essay (Narrative or Expository)

Judging

Entries will be judged on literary merit and usage/grammar appropriate to grade level.  The work is not to be taken from or based upon any writing by any author famous or unknown, student or adult – or from any published or unpublished source such as book, magazine, literary anthology, or the like. Judges will be teacher consultants from the University of Mississippi Writing Project. 

Awards

An Awards Day Program will be held on Thursday, February 7, 2013 at the E.F. Yerby Conference Center.

2011 Announcement of Winners

Winners were announced on November 3, 2011. An Awards Day Program was held on November 10, 2011 at the E.F. Yerby Conference Center.

Junior High School Story
1st Place	Brentson Hall	Holy Family School
2nd Place	Wittney Brown	The Donoho School
3rd Place	Tabatha Daniels	Rebul Academy
Junior High Essay
1st Place	Sam Bates	St. Andrew's Episcopal
2nd Place	Qyara Love	Pope Jr. High School
3rd Place	Bethany Cotten	Pope Jr. High School
Junior High Poetry
1st Place	Raveena Aggarwal	St. Andrew's Episcopal
2nd Place	Abigail Fraley	Fraley Homeschool
3rd Place	Deeksha Mishra	St. Andrew's Episcopal
High School Short Story
1st Place	Jeremy Griffin	Germantown High School
2nd Place	Katie Friedman	Germantown High School
3rd Place	Jeremy Griffin	Germantown High School
High School Essay
1st Place	Laura Sharp	Germantown High School
2nd Place	Victoria Gray	Germantown High School
3rd Place	Renee Blevins	Germantown High School
High School Poetry
1st Place	Emma Liston	St. Andrew's Episcopal
2nd Place	Micah Russell	Russell Homeschool
3rd Place	LeeAnn Bailey	Germantown High School

Contact

Academic Competitions
Division of Outreach
E.F. Yerby Conference Center
The University of Mississippi
University, MS 38677

Phone: 662-915-3034
Fax: 662-915-5138