IUI-Mary Louise Rea Short Story Writing Award (Liberal Arts)

The Mary Louise Rea Short Story Award honors Professor Emerita Rea for her inspirational teaching and her ability to convey her love of writing and drawing out each person’s creative center. This award is given to the author of the best short story written by any student who has been enrolled in a creative writing course in the last 18 months and who is currently an undergraduate student enrolled at IUI.

Qualified applicants will be students enrolled or have completed one or more of the following creative writing courses: W103, W203, W206, W301, W303, W401, W403, and W411 at IUI within the last 18 months. Students may submit two (2) stories. Students may revise and edit their work before submitting it. Works submitted for the Mary Louise Rea Short Story Award may not be submitted for the Creative Nonfiction Award. Please do not put your name on any submitted manuscript.

Recipients of the award will be determined in a blind reading competition by an external judge chosen by the English Department faculty in the IU School of Liberal Arts on IUI’s campus.

Award
$500
Deadline
02/01/2025
Supplemental Questions
  1. Mary Lousie Rea - Students may submit up to two stories; each entry will be judged separately. Works submitted for the Rea Short Story Award should not derive from the author’s real-world experiences and may not also be submitted for the Creative Nonfiction awards. Do not put your name on any submitted manuscript.
  2. Submission 2 - optional
  3. Confirm that the piece you are submitting qualifies for the award after reading the guidelines. (No poems should be submitted for this award)