To recognize writing excellence in developmental classes, the English Department Awards Committee encourages Fall 2012-Spring 2013 students in English 075, 085, and 095 to participate in the annual Developmental English Writing Contest.

Student winners will be selected from three developmental courses (075, 085, 095) with first-place cash awards of $100 and second-place awards of $50 in all sections.

Students submit an example of their best work from their developmental English courses. For English 085 and English 095, submissions must be in essay form. For English 075, submissions may be in paragraph or essay form.

Paper Submission Guidelines

1. Choose a piece of your own writing from your English class that you want to submit. (Print out a clean copy to be submitted.)
2. Find the directions that your teacher gave you about this assignment and attach this to the back of your writing. (If you have lost this, ask your instructor for another copy.)
3. Make a cover page that lists six details: your full name, your student ID number, your  English class section number, your teacher’s name, your phone number and your email address. Staple this page to the top of your writing.
4. Be sure your work is double-spaced and in MLA format.
5. Turn in your entry (cover page, writing, and directions) to Blythe Bennett’s mailbox in S 301-K.
6. All submissions must be received by 5:00 on Monday, March 1, 2013.
7. Entries that do not follow these guidelines will not be considered.

Online Submission Guidelines

1. Choose a piece of your own writing from your English class that you want to submit.
2. Find the directions that your teacher gave you about this assignment and attach this to your writing. (If you have lost this, ask your instructor for another copy.)
3. Complete the online cover page information, including six details: your full name, your student ID number, your English class section number, your teacher’s name, your phone number, and your email address here (link). The student’s name should not appear anywhere on the actual writing.
4. Double-space your work and complete in MLA format.All submissions must be received by 5:00 on March 1, 2013.
5. Entries that do not follow these guidelines will not be considered.

Online Submission Form

Please note: All developmental English teachers will also have information about the contest.