The writing contest is open to any current HPHS student. Winning entries will be published in the Tartan and winners will be listed in the Bagpipe.
Each submission—regardless of the category—must:
- Be titled
- Be typed
- Be double-spaced
- Include your student ID number and phone number in the upper right corner of each page
- Short Fiction
- Must not exceed 1,500 words
- Must be marked "FICTION" at the top of first page
- Poetry
- Must not exceed fifty lines
- Must be marked "POEM" at the top of first page
- Imaginative Essay
- Must not exceed 1,000 words
- Must be marked "ESSAY" at the top of first page
Submit all contest entries to Ms. Young in Room B202 before the contest deadline: Monday, March 1, 2010, at 4:00 pm. Please follow all of these guidelines; it would be too sad if your entry were disqualfied.
Cash prizes for each category!
- First Prize: $150
- Second Prize: $100
- Honorable Mention: $50