Carolina Writes

Call for Submissions, 2009 edition

  • Poems
  • Short Stories
  • Essays
  • Memoirs

Carolina Writes is sponsored by the South Carolina Council of Teachers of English, and is a publication for South Carolina students in grades K-12. Submission guidelines:

  1. One submission per student. Keep an electronic copy of your submission.
  2. Each entry must be printed in black ink on plain white paper in Times New Roman 12 pt, single spaced, titled, properly edited, and no more than 750 words. List the name of the author, teacher, school, and grade level at the end of each entry. Do not use any special formatting or embellishing. The teacher must edit and proofread the submission before it is sent. Entries not conforming to the above requirements will be disqualified.
  3. Print and staple a completed copy of the entry form to each submission. Click here for the entry form.
  4. The student's English Language Arts teacher must verify the authenticity of the work by printing and signing her or his full name on the entry form. The student must sign the form as well, verifying that the work is original and has not been previously published.
  5. Mail a printed copy of the submission along with the printed entry form to the address below.
  6. Send an electronic copy of the submission to Janie Riddle Goodman using Microsoft Word. The submission must be saved as a Word document (.doc or .docx).
  7. Judges will choose entries based on originality, content, voice, and style.
  8. Only published students and their teachers will receive a hard copy of Carolina Writes, which also will be available on-line. Notification will be sent to the teachers of all students whose entries are accepted for publication.

    9. Mrs. Janie Riddle Goodman
    101 Stephenson Lane
    Columbia, SC 29212
    goodmanj@mailbox.sc.edu

    The deadline for submissions is April 3, 2009. Please contact Mrs. Goodman if you have any questions.

Past Issues

Past issues of Carolina Writes are available in PDF format: