‘Surviving Disaster’ is theme of winter quarter writing contest

“Surviving Disaster” is the topic of the OU-C Winter Writing Contest. The contest is open to all currently-enrolled Ohio University-Chillicothe students. Submissions must be made in hard copy to the Writing Center, located in the Stevenson Center library, by 4 p.m. March 12. First prize is a $75 gift certificate from the campus bookstore. The contest is open to all genres of writing, such as academic essays, research papers, prose, poetry, satire, collage and others with a maximum of 1,200 words. The title of the contest is meant to be both provocative and open to interpretation and the subject can range from personal experiences to national tragedies. Entrants may submit both traditional and contemporary media, such as graphic design (limit of 36 inches by 24 inches), short film (limit of 6 minutes and must include script), blog excerpts, online Web sites, comics and other forms of writing. Entry forms are available at the Writing Center. For more information contact Writing Center Coordinator Debra Nickles, 740-774-7779 or nickles@ohio.edu