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THE PEN
Febraary 1, 1965
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ESSAY
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CONTEST
PRIZES (in each category)
First Prize: $300
Second Prixe: $200
Third Prize: $50
ELIGIBILITY
Any regularly-enrolled
undergraduate. (Previous
first-prize winners are
eligible only for special
awards.)
DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES
FEB. 26, 1965
Students may submit an unlimited number of
entries in any or all categories provided each
entry complies with the following rules:
1) An original work never before published
except in a college paper and not
submitted to any other national contest.
2) Essays not exceeding 3,000 words;
Short Stories not exceeding 4,000 words;
Poetry not exceeding 60 lines, in any verse form.
3) All entries typewritten —double spaced.
4) All entries submitted through the
Chairman of the English Department.
The option to publish any of the material resides with
Reader*s Digest and the United Negro College Fund,
However, the winning of an award is not in itself a guar~
antee of publication. All -material will be subject finally
to normal editorial criteria.
Do not send entries to the United Negro College Fund
or the Reader^s Digest.