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Writing Center > All-College Writing Contest

The All-College Writing Contest was created to encourage interest and excellence in scholarly writing by all undergraduate students enrolled at the College. The contest is sponsored by the Writing Center and juried by faculty members from a variety of disciplines.

Students whose papers win honors in the All-College Writing Contest earn academic distinction recognized at the appropriate Honors Convocation. Winning essays are published on the Writing Center web page.

This contest is open to all undergraduates currently enrolled at Lake Forest College. Submissions must be papers written for classes at the College. Announcements of the contest are posted in November of each year, and entries must be submitted no later than the last day of classes of the fall semester.

Winners 2007-08
Sara Woodbury (pdf file)
Cheryl-Lynn May (Honorable Mention) (pdf file)

Winner 2006-07
Chris Shirley (pdf file)

Winners 2005-06
Chris Shirley (pdf file)
Sara Woodbury (pdf file)

Rules

1. All Lake Forest College undergraduate students may participate.

2. Expository writing (no fiction or poetry) from any Lake Forest College course. 

3. Only one entry per student may be submitted.

4. Entries should be submitted electronically and in hard copy.

5. No senior thesis can be awarded the All-College writing prize.

6. Papers are judged on clarity of prose, choice of and use of evidence, and quality of the argument.

7. Lake Forest College faculty members judge all papers using a blind review process.

8. Please follow these guidelines for your hard copy:

a. Title page should include the paper’s title, your name (your name should appear only on the title page), and the class and professor for whom the paper was written.

b. The full title should appear on the first page of text; a partial title should appear on all other pages of text.

c. Number all text pages.

d. Double-space all text.

9. A jury of faculty members will judge entries.

10. The winner will receive a cash prize.

SUBMIT papers to the Writing Center, Johnson B178

DEADLINE: Last day of finals, each fall semester.

QUESTIONS: Call The Writing Center, Ext. 5233