2010 Betty Creative Writing Awards

Contest Rules

Through the generosity of Dr. Stafford Betty, the 2010 Betty Creative Writing Awards are presented annually to honor the creative work of students at the undergraduate and graduate levels at California State University, Bakersfield and California State University, Bakersfield – Antelope Valley Campus. Awards in three categories will be presented:

 

Poetry

●     1st Place - $500     

●     2nd Place - $300           

●     3rd Place - $200

Fiction

●     1st Place - $500     

●     2nd Place - $300           

●     3rd Place - $200

Drama

●     1st Place - $500     

●     2nd Place - $300           

●     3rd Place - $200

 

Deadline: April 28th, 2010

 

http://www.csub.edu/EnglishClub/Betty_Awards_Application_2010.htm

 

Submission Guidelines

 

  • Application must be filled out completely to be considered for an award.
  • Submissions must have been written by a student who was an undergraduate or graduate student at CSUB and CSUB-AV during the calendar year 2009-2010.
  • Eligible categories are:
    Poetry – Poetry may be one poem or a sequence of poems

Fiction – Fiction may be one story or a chapter of a longer work, poetry, creative non-Drama – Drama may be for radio, stage, or screen; must be a minimum of one act

  • Each submission should be a minimum of 10 typed pages and a maximum of 25 typed pages in length and printed in a standard font (Times New Roman 12 point) on white paper.
  • Submissions should include a completed application, plus three hard copies of the work. Each of these three copies must have a unique title/titles, but should contain no other identifying information such as author’s name.
  • Awards will be presented at the Annual Sigma Tau Delta Induction and Awards Ceremony on May 7, 2010.
  • There is no limit to the number of submissions allowed.

 

Entries should be submitted directly to:

 

Dr. Emerson Case

Faculty Towers 204B

or mailed to:

 

Dr. Emerson Case

Department of English

California State University, Bakersfield

10FT

9001 Stockdale Hwy.

Bakersfield, CA 93311

 

 

http://www.csub.edu/EnglishClub/Betty_Awards_Application_2010.htm

 

Deadline: April 28th, 2010