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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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‘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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‘New Tongue’, Third Place in Fiction

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New Tongue by Nazanin Soghrati You arrive in your new home without even being able to pronounce its name. You know how to spell it – C-A-N-A-D-A – after days of staring at its name scrawled on the yellowed-out...

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‘Impressions on Hair’, First Place in Nonfiction

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Impressions on Hair by Emily Tian Animals shed. Garter snakes moult upwards of forty times in a lifespan, their past selves gone white and crepey like pantyhose. Cats leave their hair carelessly where you’d least expect: hidden corridors, bedroom...

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‘Eat Bitter (Sweet)’, Second Place in Nonfiction

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Eat Bitter (Sweet) by Kate Li In Chinese, there’s a phrase for undergoing hardship: “Chīkǔ,” or, literally, “eat bitter.” Surprisingly enough, the connotations of “chīkǔ” aren’t negative. When you overcome a great ordeal, for example, people say you know...

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‘Heritage’, First Place in Poetry

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Heritage by Jonathan Chen How even stone pillars can crumble. How a family’s hopes blossom into bitter fruit in the sun.How, in a sea of Western colors, you’ll forgetthe one you wore each day.You’ll let go of a placewhere...

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