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Congratulations to the winners of the 2019-2020 Young Authors Writing Competition!

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We are thrilled to announce the three winners in each category—creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry—of the 2019-2020 Young Authors Writing Competition, hosted by the English and Creative Writing Department of Columbia College Chicago! Our judges selected the winning entries...

Top Ten 2019-2020 Young Authors Writing Competition!

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After a demanding spring, we are delighted to announce the ten finalists in each category—creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry—of the 2019-2020 Young Authors Writing Competition! It was an immense challenge to choose the finalists from hundreds of extraordinary pieces...

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Top Ten 2020 Young Authors Writing Competition Announcement

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Dear writing community, We hope that you and your loved ones are staying safe and healthy during this challenging time. We want to inform you that our judging process for the 2019-2020 Young Authors Writing Competition has been affected...

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Submissions closed

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Submissions for the 2019-2020 Young Authors Writing Competition are now closed. On behalf of the English and Creative Writing Department of Columbia College Chicago, we want to thank all of the talented writers who have submitted their stories, poems,...

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2019-2020 Young Authors Writing Competition FAQs

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Simultaneous Submissions: Q: Is it OK to submit my work to your contest as well as other contests or magazines? A: Simultaneous submissions are allowed for our contest, but we ask that you notify us immediately if the piece...

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2019-2020 Young Authors Writing Competition Submission Guidelines

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Length Each individual entry has a limit of ten pages. The number of words is not fixed, but each work cannot exceed 10 pages. If you are submitting multiple entries, each entry must be ten pages or fewer. ...

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Submit your work here!

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Submissions for the 2019-2020 Young Authors Writing Competition are now open! To enter, please follow these steps: Visit the website at https://www.colum.edu/academics/liberal-arts-and-sciences/initiatives/young-authors-writing-competition.html Click on the CREATE A SUBMISSION button. Fill out all required form fields. Upload the submission(s). Note: Entrants may submit...

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Submissions will open soon!

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We are excited to announce that the submissions for the 2019-2020 Young Authors Writing Competition will open soon! Keep an eye out for more information in the coming weeks. Happy writing!

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‘Flesh’, First Place in Fiction

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Flesh by Grace Wang After the funeral, I begin to dream of hunger: In one dream, Grandmother is butchering a tuna on my wedding day. I walk into her kitchen wearing a red qipao, and she stops filleting the...

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‘The Lost History of You’, Second Place in Fiction

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The Lost History of You by Jeffrey Liao When the sun rises over the mountains, Addison wakes up to feed the cows. It’s a late summer, heat and dust crumbling in the wrinkles of her palms. The barn creaks...

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