Do you procrastinate by writing poetry? ?Do you write analytical essays with the flair of a novella? ?Dickens, Faulkner, Kerouac, and Twain are alright, but are you convinced that you?re the next big name in literature? ?(All four of them dropped out of school by the way. ?Just a thought.)
In short, are you a Midnight Writer? ?Prove it.
Midnight MUG is giving away scholarships to six Georgetown undergraduate students for submitting creative writing of any form. ?You may have some questions, like?
1. How do I submit?
There are two ways to submit to the scholarship.
To win $500 or $1000! Email a word document with your formal submission to marketing.midnight@thecorp.org.
To win $250!?Hand-write a 6-word story while in line at Midnight MUG, write your netID on the paper, and hand it to the cashier. ?We?ll take care of it from there!
2. When is the deadline?
OCTOBER 19, so get on it.
3. How many winners are there?
1 person will win $1000 for special recognition of creativity and effort in their formal submission, and 3 more people will win $500 for outstanding formal submissions. ?2 people will win $250 dollars for their six-word stories.
4. Are there any limitations as to length, structure, format, etc.?
NO. ?None. ?Seriously, none. ?If you think it?s worth reading and you put some creative thought behind it, send it our way. ?We think that having no limitations on submissions is the best way to foster creativity. ?Fun fact ? a few submissions last year were songs! ?With mp3s attached! ?That was awesome!
5. What should I write about?
Don?t ask me, I get inspired by weird things. ?You do you.
6. Can I submit something I wrote for a class?
Go right ahead!
7. How many pieces can I submit?
There is no set limit on how many pieces you can submit. ?That said, if you have a folder on your computer just filled to the brim with creative genius, I would recommend that you pick your favorite three or four. ?The readers on the judging committee (which we?ll get to in a second) won?t know who wrote the pieces they?re reading, but they will know which pieces are written by the same author, and your submissions of 58 pieces may not be very appreciated at that time.
8. What is this ?judging committee? of which you speak? ?How do you pick winners?
As submissions come in, the Midnight Marketing department (oh hey that?s me!) name-blinds the submissions. ?Once all of the submissions have been collected and name-blinded, a committee of readers will come together to read all of the submissions, both the formal and 6-word ones. ?Each piece will be read by at least three reading committee members, and after reading a piece, the committee member will rank it on a scale from 1 (ehhhhh) to 3 (I?ve died and gone to literary heaven). ?Once all pieces have been read three times, the scores will be tallied and the top submissions will be discussed. ?The committee will then send their top ten formal submissions and top five 6-word submissions to The Corp?s Board of Directors, with recommendations as to who should win the scholarships. ?The board will send their final decision to the Midnight Marketing department, and we take it from there. ?Yahoo!
9. Who?s on the reading committee?
Members of the Midnight MUG upper management and members of CPC (Corp Philanthropy Committee). ?While Midnight?s upper management is, as you may imagine, all Corp employees, CPC is comprised of both Corpies and non-Corpies alike, so the judging is sure to be fair.
10. What happens if I win? ?Excuse me ? when?I win?
A few very fun things.
1. You get a check from CPC!
2. A post will go up on Behind the Counter with your piece and a little information about you!
3. You will be invited to participate in a live reading in Midnight MUG!
4. Your work will be published in The Anthem, Georgetown?s literary magazine!
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11. Why are you doing this?
The Midnight Writer Scholarship was introduced in Fall 2011 as a way for Midnight to give back to the students that visit us every day. ?It was conceptualized and developed by Alex Mark, Margaret Delaney, Emily Coch, and Ellie DiBerardino (oh hey that?s me again). ?As we are located in cozy, friendly, fun Lauinger Library, we wanted to target our scholarship to the book-ish types, and thus the Midnight Writer Scholarship was born and became the most successful scholarship campaign in Corp history in its first year. ?Click here for info on last year?s winners.
12. Wait should I do this? ?Really?
YES. ?Do it.?Don?t be afraid. ?In the words of Kurt Vonnegut, ?Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae.?
13.?What if I have a question about the Midnight Writer Scholarship that didn?t appear on this oh-so-helpful list?
Email marketing.midnight@thecorp.org!? You?ll reach either Ellie DiBerardino (again, that?s me), Gillian Spear, or Katy Donahue. ?We?re fun. ?We?re friendly. ?We love emails. ?The response may come from midnightarts@gmail.com ? that?s still us, don?t worry.
There you have it friends. ?Show us what you?ve got!
?Ellie DiBerardino wants to be Kurt Vonnegut when she grows up.
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Source: http://thecorp.org/blog/2012/10/are-you-a-midnight-writer/
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