Any paper presented at a regional conference may be submitted to the CCL undergraduate writing contest for that calendar year. Conference directors should publicize the opportunity to present papers and to submit work to the national contest to undergraduates in their region. Directors should submit the best undergraduate work (up to 3 critical and 3 creative papers) from the conference along with the conference report to the CCL Vice President, within two weeks of the conference’s conclusion. The VP will then forward the submissions to a committee for evaluation. Only papers presented at regional conferences are eligible for the contest. Contest winners will be selected by January 2 for work submitted the previous calendar year. Winners of best creative paper and best critical paper will be announced at the annual CCL luncheon and will each receive a $100 cash prize.

CCL Undergraduate Student Writing Contest Recipients:

2020 Danielle Chalker, Union University, “George MacDonald’s Sacramental Poetics”

2019 Garrett Mikulka, Lee University, “Incarnate Language: Means of Articulating the Ineffable”