Guidelines

Students may submit work from any course in any discipline for publication. All submissions will be considered for our annual prizes as well as for publication. One winner in each category will be awarded a cash prize and will be published in the 2022 edition of The Angle along with a number of notable essays selected from our submissions. Guidelines are as follows:

DEADLINE: MAY 27, 2022

  • Only current Washburn undergraduate, graduate, and law students enrolled in courses, either part-time or full-time, during the 2021-22 academic year are eligible for inclusion in the 2022 edition.
  • Acceptable file types for upload are .docx, .pdf, and .rtf.
  • Please use appropriate citation format appropriate for the discipline.
  • Use the online submission form to submit your entry.
  • Students may submit to multiple categories, but only once in each category. Multiple submissions to a single category will disqualify all submissions within that category. 
  • Faculty may submit on behalf of students in their courses, with student’s permission.
  • Students will be notified of results in the summer of 2022.

Essay Categories

Best Essay in the Natural and Social Sciences

Open to essays from courses in the following and related disciplines:

  • Allied Health
  • Anthropology
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Science
  • Criminal Justice
  • Engineering
  • Forensic Science
  • Health Science
  • Human Services
  • Kinesiology
  • Mathematics
  • Physics
  • Psychology
  • Social Work
  • Sociology

Research will typically be a component of these essays, and proper citation is expected. Essays should be at least 1500 words.

Best Essay in the Arts and Humanities

Open to essays from courses in the following and related disciplines:

  • Art
  • Business
  • Communication
  • Economics
  • Education
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • History
  • Kansas Studies
  • Law
  • Leadership
  • Legal Studies
  • Mass Media
  • Music
  • Philosophy
  • Political Science
  • Religious Studies
  • Spanish
  • Theatre
  • Women’s & Gender Studies

Research will typically be a component of these essays, and proper citation is expected. Essays should be at least 1500 words.

Best Creative Work

Open to various types of non-academic writing:

  • short stories
  • creative nonfiction essays
  • poems
  • one-act plays
  • short screenplays
  • cross-genre writing

Submit one prose piece (up to 8000 words) or up to five poems (combined into one document) at one time. No previously published work. No simultaneous submissions, please.

Best First-Year Essay

  • Open to essays from 100-level courses in any discipline (e.g., EN 101, HI 111, BI 100, WU 101, etc.)
  • Research is not a required component of the essay. 
  • Creative work is not eligible for the First-Year competition.