submissions
Entries in any medium are welcomed by the 2016 All Pikes Peak Reads Writing Center Contest! We encourage participants to find their own best voice and form of expression in their response to the contest prompts.
Submission deadline: Midnight, October 15, 2016.
Note: All submissions, regardless of medium, will include an email to the owlppcc@gmail.com with the following submission form attached or copied and pasted into the body of the email. Apart from the submission form, please omit identifying information from your actual work (unless, in the case of film or dance, you yourself are part of the work) for the purposes of blind judging.
Consult the specifications for your project, in terms of length and mode of submission, in the categories below.
Writing
Essays, including investigative journalism, op ed, or expose style pieces as well as academic essays: 3-10 pages
Poetry: up to 40 lines
Short fiction: 5-15 pages
Email as a .doc, .docx, .rtf, or .pdf attachment to owlppcc@gmail.com
Playwriting
Monologue or scene up to 15 pages.
Email as a .doc, .docx, .rtf, or .pdf attachment to owlppcc@gmail.com
Film
Nonfiction (documentary) or fiction: 3-10 minutes long, uploaded onto vimeo or youtube, copy/paste link into submission email to owlppcc@gmail.com or attach as an .mp4
Dance
Between 1 and 5 minutes, quality video uploaded onto vimeo or youtube, copy/paste the link into the submission email to owlppcc@gmail.com. Choreography should be finalized at time of submission and titled.
Artwork
Mixed media, sculpture, drawing, painting, etc.
Quality photograph of the work attached as .jpeg or .pdf. to submission email to owlppcc@gmail.com
Consider submitting several photographs (but not more than 5), either capturing different angles of 3-D project, or giving a complete view and some close-ups of 2-D work to highlight detail.
Music
Original composition, played/sung and recorded, or recorded via some music editing software (e.g. Garageband). Attach .mp3 or upload to vimeo or youtube and provide link in submission form.
Multimedia
Submit a Word doc or Pdf with student name, title of the project and link to the project web page. Must include button interactivity and sound effect or sound track.