Asian Pacific American Heritage Month - Annual Creative Writing Contest 2009

"The Many Meanings of Diversity: Challenges, Paradoxes, and Opportunities"

Deadline for Submission: Tuesday, March 24, 2009.

The Indiana University Asian Culture Center, with co-sponsorship from the IU
Creative Writing Program, Hutton Honors College, Office of Multicultural
Initiatives, and The Office of Vice President for International Affairs is
proud to announce its annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Creative
Writing Contest.

Who can submit? The contest is open to all IUB undergraduate students.

Contest Theme:
The broad theme for the contest is "The Many Meanings of Diversity:
Challenges, Paradoxes, and Opportunities." We are looking for creative
examinations of issues in ethnicity, race, gender, identity, disability,
age, class, religion, and diversity in the American experience through three
genres in creative writing: short fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction.
This year's theme is meant not only to have the contestants think about the
varied definitions of diversity, but also to examine how these apply or
relate to Asian Americans.


Criteria for Judging and Prizes:
The submissions will be evaluated on the creative quality of their
expressions as they address this topic. Emphasis will be placed on the
literary merit of the pieces in determining the winners.

Prizes for the first, second, and third place winners include:

1st Prize - IPOD Touch (16 GB) plus reading the essay on March 27, 2009

2nd prize - IPOD Nano

3rd prize - $100 Gift card

All winning entries will be posted in the ACC website. The winners will be
announced at the APA Heritage Month Opening Lunch Reception, Friday, March
27, 2009 at 12 noon, Presidents' Room, University Club, Indiana Memorial
Union.

Guidelines:
Deadline for Submission: Tuesday, March 24, 2009.
You may submit your entries to: Asian Culture Center, 807 E. Tenth Street,
Bloomington, IN 47408, fax it to 856-5030 or email to acc@indiana.edu.

You may submit a short story, a poem, or a creative nonfiction* piece. There
will be no separate winners in the three categories. The entries will be
judged by a Creative Writing Program faculty member, who will select the top
three winners irrespective of the genre. You may submit up to one entry for
each category. Each entry should have two title pages as follows: the first
should include the title, author's name, permanent address, phone number,
email address, and include: "Asian Pacific American Heritage Creative
Writing Contest."

The second title page should include the title only. The author's name
should not appear on the manuscript except on the first title page. All
submissions should use a 12-point size and should be typed or printed on a
letter-quality printer. Prose (both creative nonfiction and short
fiction) must be double-spaced and should not exceed 1,000 words; poetry
must be single-spaced should not exceed 25 lines.

* Creative nonfiction is defined as writing that employs literary techniques
and artistic vision usually associated with fiction or poetry
to report on actual persons and events.

Indiana University
ASIAN CULTURE CENTER
807 E. Tenth Street
Bloomington, IN 47401
(812) 856-5361