Submit now for WGS student writing competition

Submit now for WGS student writing competition

A graphic for the Women's and Gender Studies 2024 Writing Competition, with additional text reading, academic essay, poetry, short fiction, personal essay, March 18 deadline.The Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) Program is now accepting submissions for the 2023-24 Undergraduate Student Writing Competition. The submission deadline is Monday, March 18.

All current undergraduate students at Detroit Mercy are encouraged to submit original work exploring issues of gender, sexuality, and/or feminist thought in up to two of the following categories:

  • Poetry
  • Short story
  • Academic essay
  • Personal essay

Prizes in the amount of $700 will be awarded.

For more information, please email wgs@udmercy.edu or visit the link below.

Full details and submission instructions.