Call for Papers
Call for Papers: Outstanding Student Academic Writing in All Disciplines
Writing in the Disciplines is seeking submissions for its online publication featuring our students' exemplary writing in all the disciplines taught at Montgomery College. We seek excellent writing by students in all disciplines so that our online publication can showcase the diversity of styles and types of academic writing at MC.
Each department or program on each campus may submit up to three examples of individual student writing from one or more classes in its discipline for consideration. In addition, each department or program may also submit one example in each of our two special categories: writing by a class (groups of short papers that respond to the same assignment) and collaborative writing (papers written by teams of two or more students). Instructors are especially encouraged to consider submitting groups of short papers which show outstanding writing around a theme or specific assignment.
The student writing must have been completed between Summer 2024 - April 2025 and composed as part of a class in that program or department at Montgomery College. Student writings may not be longer than 15 typed, double-spaced pages, including diagrams, references, or other attachments.
All student work that is selected for publication will be published online, freely accessible on the internet. There is no restriction on the type of writing (fiction, nonfiction, formal, informal), and all topics and fields of study are welcome. The publication is intended to feature the full range of excellent student writing from Montgomery College students.
Submissions selected by each department or program should include the following information:
- The student writer’s full name
- The name, course number, and semester in which the writing was completed
- A copy of the assignment description, if any, or prompt for the written work
- The student’s full written work
- A student release form (PDF,
) - An instructor release form (PDF, )
Please include information about any special category (writing by a class, collaborative writing) with the assignment description.
Submit your paperPlease feel free to distribute this call for papers to all Montgomery College faculty in your discipline. If you have any questions, feel free to contact one of the the campus coordinators.