Annual Writing Contest
The Annual Writing Contest at the University of North Florida encourages students to display and receive recognition for their skills and creativity. The staff of The Academic Center for Excellence (Founders Hall, Building 2, Room 1200) organizes the contest; faculty from the Department of English read and rank the entries. Entry categories included Poetry, Short Fiction, and Creative Non-Fiction.
Congratulations to the Winners of the 40th Annual Writing Contest!
We would like to recognize and congratulate the winners of this year's Annual Writing Contest!
Winners will read from their works at the 12th Annual Showcase of Osprey Advancements in Research and Scholarship conference on April 19th. Check back in the near future for more information. We applaud all of those who entered their work in the contest.
The winners are as follows:
For Creative Non-Fiction:
1st Place, DeBowrah Stevens, "For the Love of the Others"
2nd Place, Hurley Winkler, "The Mormons"
For Fiction:
1st place, David Behar, "Creative Directions"
2nd Place, Debowrah Stevens, "When He Laid her Down"
For Poetry:
1st place, Megan Allen, "Artistism"
2nd Place, Elisabeth colon, "Fermata"
The winning pieces will also be available on the ACE site in the near future.
Contest Requirements
Only degree-seeking, undergraduate and graduate students enrolled for the current school year may enter. (Current employees of the ACE are not eligible to enter.)
- Only two entries per contestant, per category may be submitted
- No entry can be longer than 2500 words
- All entries must be submitted via email to michele.boyette@unf.edu as Microsoft Word or PDF attachments
- A completed entry form must accompany each submission
- The contestant's name must NOT appear anywhere on the entry
- Entries that do not follow the submission rules or are missing entry forms will not be accepted
For more information about the Annual Writing Contest please contact ACE at (904) 620-1012 or ace@unf.edu.
