Student Writing Awards

The 12th annual Wayne College Student Writing Awards competition is underway at The University of Akron Wayne College. The goal of these annual awards is to encourage and recognize excellence in creative writing by students at Wayne and in area high schools.

The writing awards are open to current Wayne College students and to high school students in Wayne, Holmes, and Medina counties and in parts of nearby counties traditionally served by Wayne College.

High School and College students may submit work in the Poetry category (up to 3 poems, limit of 50 lines per poem), in the Short Story category (one story, limit of 2,000 words), and/or in the Personal Essay category (one essay, limit of 2,000 words).

There are three cash prizes possible in each category and at each level: $100 for first place, $75 for second place, and $50 for third. High school students compete at the high school level; Wayne students compete against Wayne students.

See the 2011-2012 edition of the Student Writing Awards here (PDF)

Student Writing Awards 2011-2012 ENTRY FORM (PDF)

Important Dates

• Dec. 9, 2011, 4:00 p.m. (Friday) - Deadline for submissions
• March 2012 – Winners announced to schools and to the public
  Winners will be asked to submit their winning entries in electronic format at this time.
• April 14, 2012 (Saturday) – Writers Workshop and Awards ceremony at Wayne College