The Carson McCullers Literary Awards
Deadline: March 5, 2021
Prizes:
TThe Carson McCullers Literary Awards offer prizes for Georgia and Alabama high school students in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, expository essay, playwriting and screenwriting, with $300 for first place in each of those categories, $200 for second place, $100 for third place.
Prizes will also be awarded to CSU students, including the Sara Ayres Jordan Awards in fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction, as well as prizes in expository essay, playwriting and screenwriting, with $300 first place, $200 second place, $100 third place.
This event will constitute a celebration of writing by high school students from Georgia and Alabama and college students from Columbus State University.
Deadline: Friday, March 5, 2021
Limit one entry in each category per student
Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians Website
The culminating event will be an Awards Ceremony on Thursday, April 8, honoring the winners of student writing contests.
Location: TBD