Maricopa Community Colleges Creative Writing Student Competition 2022-23

The Maricopa Community Colleges Creative Writing Student Competition invites submissions in four categories: Poetry (maximum 67 lines), Fiction (maximum 3,000 words), Essay (maximum 2,000 words), and One-Act Play/Script (maximum 3,000 words including stage direction and production notes). Entries from each category will be blind reviewed by a panel of experts. Winners will be showcased in Passages, a Maricopa County Community College District annual publication, and honored at the Artists of Promise gala.

Eligibility: Contestants must have been enrolled as a "for credit" student at one of the MCCCD colleges during the semester in which the contest accepts submissions. Faculty are excluded. Students who have won First Place in a category are not eligible to participate again in that category. Only one entry per category may be submitted by an individual. Entries cannot be works from a previous publication or previously submitted for any MCCCD Creative Writing Competitions.

Submissions must be made online via the CaFE website by 11:59 p.m. MST on December 9, 2022. Documents must be word-processed using Microsoft Word, 12 point type, in 8.5 x 11" formatting, with the title of entry and page number in the upper right corner of each page. Applicant names cannot appear anywhere on the creative writing document. Winners will be notified by February 2023 and will be required to complete additional documents including a district purchasing portal form, W9 form, and Talent Release form prior to receipt of award funding.