The 7th Annual UVic Libraries Diversity Writing Contest is now officially underway.
A joint initiative of the UVic Libraries and VPAC office, the UVic Libraries Diversity Writing Contest aimed at fostering and continuing campus discussions around diversity, equity, and inclusion. UVic students may submit their written work relating to themes of diversity, equity, or inclusion in one of four categories:
- Poetry (150 lines maximum)
- Fiction (2,000 words maximum)
- Non-Fiction (2,000 words maximum)
- Spoken Word (3 minute maximum)
In addition to cash prizes for first and second place (in each category), winners also receive an invitation to a writer’s workshop with this year’s celebrity judge Ali Blythe and public recognition of their award-winning entry at the UVic Diversity Research Forum on January 21-22, 2016.
Submissions are open from October 5, 2015 until January 4th, 2016.
For more information about the contest and past winning entries, including winning entries from UVic law students, visit: http://blogs.library.uvic.ca/uvic.ca/diversitywritingcontest