Are you proud of something you've written? Share it for a chance to win!
Fanshawe College and the School of Language and Liberal Studies host two writing contests that will challenge your creativity, test the might of your pen and earn you money! If you can write, you can win. It’s that easy.
(Psst! It's OK to use a writing project from one of your past courses or submit completely original content - the choice is yours.)
Diversity Writing Contest
Write: Share your thoughts and experiences of diversity with the greater College community. Entries should consist of a short story, series of poems or personal essay written about diversity as it relates to gender, sexuality, age, race, ability, ethnicity or cultural differences.
Learn: Have your work evaluated by an expert team from our School of Language and Liberal Studies.
Earn: Your entry gives you a chance at one of three equal cash prizes of $150.
Details: Prose entries should be typed and double-spaced. Poetic entries may be single-spaced. This contest is administered by the School of Language and Liberal Studies and is open to all Fanshawe College students.
Be sure to fill in the proper fields when submitting your entry online, and select 'Diversity Writing Contest' in the category list.
*One submission per student please.
Writing Excellence Contest
Write: Whether you're creative, technical or scientific, there's a place for you. Enter your submission in one of the categories below:
- Humanities Essay
- Science or Social Science Essay
- Technical or Business Report
- Creative Prose or Poetry
Learn: Have your work evaluated by an expert team from our School of Language and Liberal Studies.
Earn: Your entry gives you a chance at a $150 cash prize for first place.
Details: Entries to the Humanities, Science or Social Science essay, and Prose or Poetry categories, double-spaced. Entries to the Technical or Business Report category should not exceed 2,500 words, double-spaced. This contest is administered by the School of Language and Liberal Studies and is open to all Fanshawe College students. One entry per student per category.
Be sure to fill in the proper fields when submitting your entry online, and select the category to which you are submitting.
Contest instructions:
Submissions are accepted until April 30, and must be submitted online. No emailed submissions accepted.
All student work submitted to the contest must be original work of the submitting student. Plagiarism and use of AI in any form for these submissions is strictly forbidden and will result in disqualification. All contest submissions are subject to AI/plagiarism checks and verification. AI includes such programs as Chat GPT, OpenAI, grammarly, quillbots, MS Word AI related "Add-ins," and digital translators.
Judges reserve the right to move entries to alternate categories at their discretion for better awards distribution.
Judges reserve the right to withhold administering awards should the quality of entries not meet their specifications.
Please note, only the winners will be contacted. Winners will be notified in October 2025.
For more information about these writing contests, contact:
Rob Muhlbock
Professor, School of Language and Liberal Studies
rmuhlbock@fanshaweonline.ca
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