News from The Atlantic: Student Writing Contest

Categories: Poetry, fiction, and personal or journalistic essays

Prizes:

• First: $1,000
• Second $500
• Third $250

And a one-year subscription to The Atlantic for the runners-up in each category.


Entrants must be full-time undergraduate or graduate students currently enrolled in an accredited degree-granting U.S. institution, or 2008 graduates of a four-year undergraduate program. Submissions should be original, unpublished work (they may have appeared in student periodicals) demonstrating superior quality of expression and craftsmanship.

Submissions should not exceed three poems or 7,500 words of prose. No entrant may send more than one submission per category, and entries must be postmarked by December 1, 2008.

Manuscripts should be typewritten (one side only, please), double-spaced, and accompanied by a cover sheet with the following information: title, category, word count, and author’s name, address, phone number, e-mail address, and academic institution. Of this information, only the title should appear on the manuscript itself.

Send Entries To:
Student Writing Contest
The Atlantic
600 New Hampshire Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20037

Please include a stamped, self-addressed postcard for acknowlegement of receipt. We cannot provide information on the status of a manuscript until the winners are announced, in the May 2009 issue. The winners will be notified in March 2009.