Entries will be accepted in undergraduate and graduate divisions in each of the following categories: fiction or drama, poetry, essays, electronic media.
Students should
submit no more than two entries in any single category, except for poetry. All entries must be original. They may not be adapted from previously published work. Material that has already received a McKinney award cannot be resubmitted.
- Fiction or Drama - One short story, a chapter from a novel, a one-act play, or a full-length play or screenplay.
- Poetry - Preferably six or seven poems from each entrant (but single poems considered).
- Essays - Any subject (class papers acceptable).
- Electronic Media - Any presentation focusing on the word using electronic media. Fiction, drama, poetry, and essays using electronic media are encouraged. Also encouraged are all forms of visual communication that emphasize language, including interactive narratives, Net Art, and computer games (using interactive electronic media to communicate a story, message, or experience through narrative, audiovisual art, or game).
