All submissions must be received by the deadline. At the discretion of the judges, an award may be divided between two or more writers, or if no submission is found to be of sufficient merit withheld. Winners will be notified by letter. Awards will be announced publicly at the English Department s Awards Reception. For All Prizes and Awards 1.
Students are limited to one submission per competition.
Students must submit 2 copies of their entries for each contest. Because the purpose of the Virginia Downs and Dan Rudy awards is to reward previously-unrecognized work, submissions must be previously unpublished. The author's name must not appear on any page of a submission. Instead, each submission should be accompanied by a sealed envelope with the title of the work submitted and the name of the competition written on the front of it. The envelope must contain a 3x5 card with the title of the work, the author's name, address, telephone number and social security number.