The contest is open to students in grades K-12 who reside in Lafayette Parish or in the surrounding parishes: St. Landry, Acadia, St. Martin, Vermilion, and Iberia.
Students can submit original pieces of short fiction, non-fiction, drama (high school only) or poetry in English or French.
7th – 12th graders must submit entries at tinyurl.com/writes2017.
Call 261-5779 or click here for more information.
Entries due by Thursday, March 31. First, second and third place winners will be notified in late April before the award ceremonies in May.
This contest is a collaboration of the Acadiana Writers Project, the UL Lafayette Creative Writing Department and the Lafayette Public Library.
