Fall 2022 Humanities Be Human, Be Kind Short Writing Contest

Thank you for your interest in the College of Humanities Be Human, Be Kind short writing competition!

We will provide a prompt to give you focus for your original work. Submissions will be grouped into three categories:

Total character count (including spaces and punctuation) is limited to 7000 characters or fewer.

We will post the prompt on November 2nd at 9 a.m. via our Instagram channel, @byuhumanities, so be on the lookout! All submissions will close on November 9th at midnight.

Prizes

Overall winners:

• First place: a $300 gift card.
• Second place: a $200 gift card.
• Third place: a $100 gift card. 
• Each will also receive a bucket hat and T-shirt (while supplies last). 

Reader’s Choice in Each Category:

• The editorial board will also select a Reader’s Choice winner from each category, who will receive a Be Human, Be Kind bucket hat or T-shirt (while supplies last).  

Please submit your work to BYUHumContests@gmail.com. Be sure to include your name and the category in the subject line. If you have questions, please contact us via the same email.

* Please be sure that all submissions adhere to the BYU Honor Code guidelines.

Good luck!!!!