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Celebration of Writing
Invitation to all faculty, TOs, and students in Junior Year Writing courses:
Come to the annual Celebration of Writing! This year, it will be May 5, 2010.
The Celebration of Writing is a yearly event that showcases and honors the work done by undergraduate students in the many parts of the UMass Amherst Writing Program, including First-Year Writing courses, Experimental Writing Workshops, the Writing Center, and Junior Year Writing courses.
The Celebration is held every May on the reading day of Spring final exams and includes readings, performances, displays of class publications and projects, a keynote speech, recognition of peer tutors from the University Writing Center, celebration of student authors from the Writing Program’s annual Student Writing Anthology, and presentation of awards in the Best Essay Contest.
The Writing Program sends out notification and requests regarding the Celebration every Fall and reminders throughout the Spring. For more information about next year’s Celebration, contact Peggy Woods at 545-6313 or Heidi Terault at 545-0633.
And encourage your students to submit their writing to the annual . . .
Best Text Contest
Perhaps the highlight of the Celebration every year is the announcement of winners in the Best Text Contest. All students enrolled in a first- or junior-year writing course are eligible to submit an essay. Awards are given in the following categories:
Englwrit 111, Basic Writing;
Englwrit 112, College Writing; and
Junior-Year Writing courses across the University.
Prizes for each category will be awarded as follows:
First Place: $200
Second Place: $150
Third Place: $75
Essays must have been written for an assignment in Basic Writing, College Writing, or a Junior-Year Writing course. A panel of judges will be looking for excellent writing that reflects the goals of the course the student is enrolled in. Contest submissions from Fall classes are due in December, Spring classes in April, with winners announced at the Celebration of Writing in May. More information about the Contest is available through the Writing Program website, by phone at 545-0610, or by email.
Updated September 3, 2008
