Student Literary Competition 2012Link to the League for Innovation web site

December - February 2012

The LFI Committee will collect and judge its entries.

February 3, 2012

Deadline for submissions of entries is February 3, 2012. Send entries to:

Rufel Ramos, LFI Campus Coordinator Arts, Language, & Literature Division
Room G-138
Email: 4LFIlit@dcccd.edu

February 28, 2012

All winners of the competition will be announced. All of the winning entries will be published in the two student arts and literary journals – poetry and fiction in The Alternative, essay and one-act play in The Eclectic. First place entries will be submitted to the DCCCD competition, hosted by Cedar Valley College. First place DCCCD entries will be submitted to the national competition, hosted by Santa Fe College in Gainesville, Florida.

General Eligibility

Contestant must be a Fall 2011 or Spring 2012 student enrolled for credit in Eastfield College. Campus coordinator must verify academic enrollment. Entries must be original works written during the student's enrollment in credit courses at the college.

Entry Requirements

  1. Enrollment Verification:
    Printout of Fall 2011 and/or Spring 2012 class schedule
  2. Entries must be submitted in TWO forms:
    1. PRINTED: Typed hard copy, double-spaced on 8.5 x 11 inch white paper with your name/ contact information.
    2. DIGITAL: An electronic copy submitted on CD or email message. Disc/email should contain only the entry files.

A cover page for each entry must include:

Include in upper right corner of each entry page:

Maximum Length Requirements:

Judging

In each category, the judge is a faculty member. Judges’ decisions are final.

Poetry
To Be Announced
Fiction
To Be Announced
Essay
To Be Announced
One-Act Play
To Be Announced

Awards

If you need disability accommodations in order to participate in this event, please contact the Disability Services Office, C237, efcdso@dcccd.edu, phone: 972-860-8348, at least one week in advance.

Author’s name must not appear on any page of the entry itself. The official League for Innovation Student Literary Competition Entry Form must be completed, signed by the student, and enclosed with each entry.

Entry Form (pdf 174kb)