THE JOURNAL, which has been publishing the work of both well-established and emerging fiction writers, poets, and creative nonfiction writers since the 1970s, reserves space once a year for the work of an OSU alum--the winner of our annual alumni writing contest.
Michelle Herman, THE JOURNAL's longtime editor and Professor of English at OSU, established the award in 2005, to provide a nudge to alumni who "once wrote" or "always wished to write" (or for that matter who have continued to write, but could use a deadline, an incentive, guidelines, and a little added push).
Each year THE JOURNAL awards a prize of $500 and publication to the best piece submitted by an OSU graduate (any discipline, any degree, any year). Submissions may be fiction, nonfiction, or prose poetry, but must be under 1000 words. The winning entry this year will appear in the Spring/Summer 10 issue.
All submissions will be read by Michelle Herman, and all entries are read blind. (Thus, all submissions must be anonymous, with the author's name and contact information, year of graduation and degree, and title of work, on a separate cover page. There's no need to indicate genre, though you may if you choose to.)
Deadline: Postmark September 30, 2009
Entry fee: A donation of any amount (no amount too small-and no amount, it should go without saying, too large) is the entry fee for this contest. Please make checks payable to The Ohio State University, and put THE JOURNAL, fund # 312729, on the memo line.
Send to:
THE JOURNAL
Alumni Writing Contest
Department of English
The Ohio State University
164 W. 17th Ave.
Columbus, OH 43210
Alumni Writing Contest
Department of English
The Ohio State University
164 W. 17th Ave.
Columbus, OH 43210
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