Hi Everybody,

The Atlantic Magazine is sponsoring a student writing contest.

WHO:  Writers of poetry, fiction, and personal or journalistic essays 

WHAT: Prizes - First $1,000, Second: $500, Third: $250 and one-year subscriptions to The Atlantic Monthly for seven runners-up in each category.

ELIGIBILITY:   must be full-time undergraduate or graduate students currently enrolled in an accredited degree-granting U.S. institution. Submissions should be original, unpublished work (they may have appeared in student periodicals) demonstrating superior quality of expression and craftsmanship.

SUBMISSIONS should not exceed three poems or 7,500 words of prose. No entrant may send more than one submission per category

DEADLINE:  December 1, 2007.

For complete details, please click on the following link:

http://www.theatlantic.com/a/contest.mhtml

Best wishes and happy writing!

Rita