Young Authors Writing Competition

Young Authors Writing Competition

English and Creative Writing Department

1,800 Submissions, and Winners Coming Soon!

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Thanks to everyone who submitted their work to Columbia College Chicago’s Young Authors Writing Competition!       We are busy reading all 1,800 of the submissions we received. Ten finalists will be named in each of the three categories: Fiction,...

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2017 Contest Guidelines

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Thank you to everyone who entered the 2017 Young Authors Competition! The submissions period has now ended. Please check back for more information about the finalists and the Young Authors Writing Competition Awards Ceremony, to be held on our campus on Saturday,...

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The Art of Gardening, by Madison Dorsey

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I: Will said something about an explosion. He was lying in the Chrysanthemums in the sun while his partner was blown to pieces. He stayed for the full tour anyways even though Cara said she wouldn’t be there...

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Six and Sixty, by Yasmine Sajid

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My grandfather’s lap shakes as he sings to me. “Yasmunti, Yasmunti. Faynma mchiti tkun benti[1].” He hums this to me over and over, rocking me back and forth from the brown-checkered lounge chair by the door. I am...

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Beijing, Beijing, by Lily Zhou

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0. There are the little blessings. On the stretch of road between my grandparents’ apartment and the city garden, I buy a jar of suannai – Beijing yogurt – from a wayward street vendor for only a handful of...

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Wood, by Jessica Li

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“Lian Sheng Lu’s work captures the nature of the written word.” — Shandong Daily News (trans. Chinese to English) Here is what I remember: the soft curves of a branch, fitted and formatted into a phrase— “friend,”...

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Desert Girl, by Marwah Shuaib

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The shower was a cream-colored marble, streaked with pink, like the pastel sherbet from the ice cream parlor on Block 15. Afreen liked to take her time when bathing. There was something about the smog-choked metropolis, with its unpaved...

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Announcing the 2016 winners

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We’re thrilled to announce the winners of the 2016 Young Authors Competition. Selected from over 1100 submissions, the winners impressed our judges with their unique voices, raw talent, and refined use of language. Congratulations, everyone! Check back soon to...

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Young Authors, 2016

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Thanks to everyone who has submitted to the Young Authors competition this year. We’re having a great time reading the many submissions and encountering so many talented young writers! We’ll be in touch with you all in the spring...

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YOUNG AUTHORS CONTEST: RESULTS!

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POETRY 1st. Ariana Zhao — Untitled 2nd. Sophya Giudici-Juarez – “The Land of the Forgotten” 3rd. Cypress Oliphant – “Lizard” FICTION 1st: Oriana Tang – “Lara” 2nd: Andriane Tharp “The Valiant Hibernation of Cameron Milksop” 3rd: Jordyn McMillin “Dolly” NONFICTION...

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