WR Courses
Writing Contest
Students taking a WR course are invited to submit a paper to the third annual Writing Center essay contest, which celebrates writing from all courses that fulfill the writing requirement—courses marked WR in the YCPS. Up to ten winners will receive a $50 gift card to the campus bookstore and have their winning essays published on the Writing Center website. Go here to see previous winners. Note: because of a production delay, results from the 2007-08 contest won't be posted until the end of Fall 2008.
All students enrolled in WR courses are eligible—even seniors, who are not under the new requirement. There are more than 150 WR courses in 35 departments. If you don’t know whether your course fulfills the WR requirement, you can check by using the online course information site. You may submit one paper from each WR course you’re enrolled in.
The deadline for fall term submissions is Monday, January 12, 2009, but we urge you to send us a paper before you go home for break. Details for submitting your essay are listed below. Good luck, and please contact us if you have questions.
Timeline: The fall term deadline is Monday, January 12, 2009, but because the contest covers both terms, we won’t choose winners until August 1, 2009. Results will be posted on the Writing Center website.
Eligibility: You may submit one paper from each WR course you take in 2008-09.
Submission format: Papers must be submitted as Microsoft Word or RTF documents, sent as attachments, to writing@yale.edu. Please use your last name as the file name (you may add "2" or "3" if you submit essays from more than one course). Include a first page that has all of the following information:
- Name
- Residential College
- Year (2012, 2011, 2010, 2009)
- Major (if declared)
- Email Address
- WR Course Name and Number
- Professor (and teaching fellow if it's a lecture course)
- A 2-3 sentence summary of the assignment
- Paper title (a title is required; be sure also to include the title on page 2)
Your submission must include this statement, followed by your name:
"By submitting this essay, I attest that it is my own work, completed in accordance with University regulations. I also give permission for the Writing Center to publish all or part of my essay as an example of good writing in a particular course or discipline, or to provide models of specific writing techniques for use in teaching. This permission applies whether or not I win a prize, and includes publication on the Yale College website or in a booklet prepared for Yale College students or faculty."
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Thank you, and good luck.
