The Conference on Christianity & Literature

Student Writing Contest

2010 Writing Contest Chairman, Thom Satterlee, Taylor University

The 2010 Student Writing Contest is open to all regularly enrolled undergraduate students, and prizes will be awarded in poetry, non-fiction, and fiction. All winners (first, second, and third places in each category) will receive a generous selection of books, a one-year subscription to Image, a one-year membership to the Conference on Christianity and Literature, and  the opportunity to have the winning entry published on the CCL website. 

Although submissions need not address religious experience directly, each entry should suggest its writer’s vision of spiritual inquiry. Students may submit up to three typed entries (font size 12-14). Poems should be no more than two pages long; fiction and non-fiction entries must be double-spaced and may not exceed fifteen pages.

Judges for the contest are

Poetry: James Zoller
Non-Fiction: Linda Buturian
Fiction: Tom Noyes

Only the title of the work should appear on each entry. A separate page for each work should list:

Author’s name
E-mail address
Permanent mailing address
Current academic affiliation
Category of each entry
Title(s) of work(s) entered

Entries must be received by Friday, March 8, 2010.

Send entries to:
“CCL Writing Contest”
c/o Thom Satterlee
Department of English
Taylor University
Upland, IN 46989

Submissions cannot be returned.

You may download a copy of the contest guidelines here.

Lists of winners from past years can be accessed below.

2009 Student Writing Contest Winners

2008 Student Writing Contest Winners

2007 Student Writing Contest Winners

2006 Student Writing Contest Winners

2005 Student Writing Contest Winners

2004 Student Writing Contest Winners

2003 Student Writing Contest Winners

2002 Student Writing Contest Winners

Questions to Tammy Ditmore (tammy.ditmore@pepperdine.edu)

In the Latest Issue of Christianity & Literature:


Advent in Arizona

Jeff Lacey

Our neighbors draped
   white lights
on the saguaro cacti
   in their yard
and all December
   those heavy arms
would lift to the
   desert night
bearing their own
   stars. This Christmas
I hope they're
   still at work,
green saints in
   sparkling robes,
grateful and amazed.
 

    Autumn 2009