The Mews Writing Contest

Hello, friends!

As you know, in the midst of all the COVID-19 quaranteening, isolating, and cancellations, school has given us an extra week of Spring Break and you may find yourself with a little bit of extra time on your hands. The Mews has a fun solution: The Mews Writing Contest!

This is a free-to-enter event where you may submit one of each of the following: Poem, Short Story, or Essay. Submissions will be due the Monday we return to school, digitally, on March 30 and the top three pieces in each category will be published on The Mews.

Each piece will be judged anonymously by three judges and winners will be determined using a points system rewarding creativity, technique, and more! Winners will be announced in a Mews article along with links to the pieces as they are published. Winners will receive a formal congratulations and a publication in The Mews.

Submissions should emailed to jonathan_pettyjohn@student.friends.edu and titled “Mews Writing Contest Submission(s)”. Each piece should be submitted as a separate Word document (.docx) and should not contain the name of the author anywhere inside the piece. Submissions should be in size 12, Times New Roman font, double-spaced with 1” margins. Pieces that do not follow these directions may be rejected.

Pieces should include the title and the type, written at the top of the page, like so:

Title

Category (Poetry, Short Story, or Nonfiction)

The work itself, free of grammatical or punctuation errors.

Hopefully this contest will provide a fun way to help promote safety and health while giving each of us a chance to become better writers!

TL;DR version:

• Who? You, or any Friends University student
• What? A Free Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction Writing Contest
• When? Submissions are due March 30.
• Where? Send submissions to jonathan_pettyjohn@student.friends.edu
• Why? A Great Opportunity to practice writing.
• How? Via Word in size 12 Times New Roman

If you have any questions or need clarifications, please contact me at jonathan_pettyjohn@student.friends.edu.

This page will be updated as more information is made available.

Thank you,

Jonathan Pettyjohn