Writing contest thread Spring 2014

[Tsiyu]

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As I go along and find contests of interest to DUers I will post them here.

I use them as exercises to get my words on paper with a goal in mind. I've won a few writing contests, with fabulous prizes lol so it's worth entering the free ones if you believe you have written your best work.

If you find a contest, post a link here, or feel free to talk about contests you have entered in the past.


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For city dwellers and thinkers- UrbanOmnibus Contest Deadline 5/12/14

http://urbanomnibus.net/2014/02/call-for-essays-common-shares/


With this writing competition, Urban Omnibus invites writers to infuse the discourse around structural economic change with narrative, theory, history, or humor. For example, recount how a spare air mattress helps you pay your rent, admit a concern that your job might one day become literally immaterial, or relate an amusing encounter with a stranger in a shared space, like an elevator, lobby, park, café, or street corner. The financialization of the built environment — through which terms like shares, futures, securities, or trades destabilize notions of public and private ownership — is fair game too. Essays might speculate on the shifting relationship between architecture and private property, or riff on terms like shareholding, ridesharing, open-sourcing, co-working, co-housing, or land banking.

AWARD
The jury will select one first-prize essay, whose author will receive an award of $500. Up to two second place winners will receive prizes of $250 each. Winning submissions will be published on Urban Omnibus and in a booklet printed by McNally Jackson Books. The booklet will be featured in the Architecture section of McNally Jackson this summer, and winners will be invited to read their submissions at an event at the bookstore in July.

SELECTION CRITERIA
The criteria for selection include the quality of the prose, the originality of the interpretive position on cities, and the extent to which an essay provokes readers to discover something new or surprising in a familiar urban condition.

ELIGIBILITY AND SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Staff and board members of The Architectural League are not eligible for this competition. All others are encouraged to submit.

Essays should be between 800 and 2000 words, and must be previously unpublished. Prior to publication on Urban Omnibus, winning submissions may be copyedited to adhere to house style.
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Varying deadlines: Wielding Power

http://www.wieldingpowerpublishing.com/about/

Answer one or all of these questions:

Should Nations Restrict Immigration?........ 12.26.2013 – 3.2.2014 April 11, 2014 $1,000

Should Leakers of Classified Government Wrong-Doings be Punished?..... 1.29.2014 – 4.6.2014 Early May 2014 $1,000

Should Marijuana Be Legal?........... 2.27.2014 – 5.4.2014 Early June 2014 $1,000

Is Secession Legitimate?........... 3.17.2014 – 6.1.2014 Early July 2014 $1,000





The rest I will post as replies here.

Happy and prosperous writing to all.