University of Cincinnati Writing Showcase

Are you interested in having your writing published? If you were enrolled in a composition course (ENGL 099, 1001, 2089) during Spring 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2024, or Spring 2025, you are invited to submit your work for acceptance to the virtual Writing Showcase!

This virtual Writing Showcase will feature select materials from composition students across all UC campuses (UCBA, Clifton, and UC Clermont),

Who can submit? Any students who were enrolled in a composition course (ENGL 099, 1001, or 2089) between Spring 2024 and Spring 2025 can submit work for the Writing Showcase.

What to submit? We encourage students to submit work that they found fun as well as challenging, informative, or beneficial to compose! Submissions should include:

    (1)   Some type of show-off worthy product that was developed within the composition course     that took place between Spring 2024 and Spring 2025. This might include:

        a. formal essays (narratives, analyses, arguments, syntheses, etc.)

        b. multimedia creations (videos, slideshows, podcasts, etc.)

        c. other non-traditional ‘polished’ texts (websites, reflections, comics, curated portfolios, etc.)

    (2)   A coordinating 150-word rationale that addresses the following questions:

        a. What were the goals/purpose for the assignment?

        b. How did you approach the assignment (the composing process)?

    (3)    Background information:

        a. your full name, M-number, and contact information

        b. the class, in which you completed the submitted work (ENGL 099, 1001, or 2089);

        c.  the semester when this work was completed (Spring 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2024, or              Spring 2025)

        d. the name of your English Professor, in whose class this work was completed

Please submit all materials as ONE ATTACHMENT to your submission email.

Where to submit? Please submit all materials to ucompwritingcontest@ucmail.uc.edu

When are submissions due? Submissions are due by May 5, 2025 in order to be considered for publication on the Writing Showcase website during the 2025-2026 academic year.

What can students expect after submission? Submissions will be reviewed by the Writing Showcase Planning Committee, which is a group of English department faculty from Clifton, Blue Ash, and Clermont. Students will be notified via email by the end of Summer 2025 if their materials have been accepted for publication, if any further materials are needed, and when they can expect their materials to go live on the website. Students will not need to be physically present for an in-person or an online synchronous event.

Publication information will be shared for students to highlight on their resume or CV!

For more information or questions, please contact the Writing Showcase Planning Committee at ucompwritingcontest@ucmail.uc.edu