COD Creative Writing Committee Seeking Submissions for Writing Contest

The Creative Writing Committee at COD is seeking student submissions for the "Emerging Voices" writing contest.

This contest is part of the "Writers Read" series, which brings area authors to COD's campus for readings and discussions. To enter, participants should submit their writing in the form of short stories, novels, excerpts, creative nonfiction or poetry electronically via email to writersread@cod.edu. Contest winners will receive cash prizes and first place entries will be published in the print version of the Prairie Light Review, the College's award-winning juried literary magazine. Additional winning entries will be published online.

The deadline for submissions is Friday, March 25.

Click here for more information and submission formatting guidelines.

The College of DuPage will host the winning authors showcase at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, April 26, in the Student Resource Center, Room 2000, on the College's main campus, 425 Fawell Blvd., in Glen Ellyn.

This event is free and open to the public.

Sponsored by the College's Academic Affairs office, Creative Writing Committee and Liberal Arts Division, the showcase will feature guest authors Tony Bowers and T. Sean Steele who will read and discuss their work.

COD English Instructor Tony Bowers is the author of "On the Nine," a collection of short stories set published by Vital Narrative Press. His work has appeared in a variety of literary outlets, including Timbooktu, The Story Workshop Reader, Hypertext Magazine and Expressions from Englewood. He was also the recipient of the 2006 Follett Fellowship for Creative Writing Excellence and the Grand Prize Winner in the CCC Radio Script Contest for his entry titled "The Bat Incident."

T. Sean Steele is a Chicago writer and former COD student. He has been published in Alaska Quarterly Review and The Broadkill Review. His novella "Tacky Goblin" won the inaugural Wild Onion Novella Contest and will be published by Chicago's independent press Curbside Splendor.

For the last 17 years the Writers Read series has brought dozens of nationally acclaimed writers to College of DuPage.

Click here for more information about the Writers Read series.