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ACC Student Writers’ Contest

Writers’ Contest

Each year ACC offers a Writers’ Contest for students.  Entries must be submitted by the week after fall break to the Academic Skills Lab.  Flyers with instructions and entry forms are available in the Academic Skills Lab (Main 348) and the English Department (B206)  Winners are announced in December. Works winning first place will be published in The Explorer, the ACC literary magazine, by late summer. All winners receive cash prizes courtesy of SGA.

The deadline for the Student Writers’ Contest is typically in mid-October. Student entries are submitted with an entry form to the Academic Skills Lab (Main 348, Carrington-Scott Campus) and to ExplorerLiteraryMagazine@gmail.com.

Fall 2019 Student Winners

Research Essay
1st: Morgan Moore
2nd: Cassandra Sigmon
3rd: Cassandra Sigmon
Honorable Mention: Olivia White

 Personal Essay
1st: Tristan Zombar
2nd: Jessica Romero
3rd: Rosa Marroquin
Honorable Mention: Melanie Dellinger

Short Fiction
1st: Melanie Dellinger
2nd: Cassandra Sigmon
3rd: Natalie Hope Dill
Honorable Mention: Olivia White

Poetry
1st: Cassandra Sigmon
2nd: Melanie Dellinger
3rd: Morgan Moore
Honorable Mention: Abby Andrews