Please encourage students to submit their own fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction in the Creative Writing contests. Faculty, please consider your students’ work for Writing Across Curriculum entries, which includes academic writing in various forms, such as reports, essays, research papers, and more. The deadline is Monday, March 2, 2026.
More details on submissions to come!
Submission Rules:
- Contestants must be currently enrolled through Spring 2026 as Mansfield students and not enrolled from another campus or via college credit plus
- WAC papers eligible from classes Spring 2025 to Spring 2026, up to 2 entries submitted by a faculty member
- Creative Writing up to 2 entries per genre, submitted by students.
Cash awards for each genre:
- First place $200
- Second place $125
- Third place $50
Contact:
Darlene Slack
English Faculty, FBA Contest Coordinator