Early in Carleton's winter term, the ACM, the Associated Colleges of the Midwest (of which Carleton is a member), announce that entries are being accepted for the annual NICK ADAMS SHORT STORY COMPETITION, which offers a prize of $1000 for the best story by an ACM student. All students in good standing, including first year students, may participate in the contest.

The prize, named for the young hero of many Hemingway stories, was given by an anonymous donor to encourage young writers who are students of ACM colleges. The results of the competition will be announced in May and the $1000 prize awarded to the winner.

1. Each entrant may submit as many as two stories to the English Department. The story need not have been written especially for the competition, but must not have been previously published off-campus.

2. Each manuscript is limited to 10,000 words.

3. Each submission should include a removable title page or cover sheet with the author's name, the author's campus and home addresses. The title of the story (but not the author's name) must also appear on the first page of the story.

4. The Carleton English Department will select four stories to send to the ACM office in Chicago; a small committee of faculty drawn from colleges throughout the consortium will then select the semi-finalists. The winner will be chosen by a professional writer. Past judges have included such writers as Saul Bellow, Joyce Carol Oates, John Updike, Anne Tyler and Maya Angelou.

5. The deadline for submitting stories to the Carleton English Department in 2007-08 is Thursday, February 21, 2008. Stories must be turned in to the English Office, Laird 208, by 5:00 p.m. The manuscripts will not be returned, but contestants will be notified about whether or not their stories have been chosen to be sent to Chicago for further competition.

Emma Bentley for both "The Gateway to the West" and "I Suddenly Forget the Words"

Kirstin Ginger, "James"

Vincert Poturica, "bus journals"

Carleton College awards prizes each year to the winners of the four writing competitions listed below. The prizes will be presented at the annual Honors Convocation to be held on May 30, 2008 in the Carleton Chapel. There is a monetary award for each prize.

1. If you enter MORE THAN ONE of the contests, you must submit a DIFFERENT manuscript for each. A COMPOSITION CAN BE ENTERED IN ONLY ONE CONTEST.

2. TWO COPIES of each manuscript should be submitted to the English Department secretary in Laird 208. Copies will not be returned.

3. Your name should appear only on the back of the last page of each copy.

4. Indicate on each submission the prize for which you wish to be considered.

5. All pages of each manuscript must be securely stapled together or bound in a binder that can't be detached from the pages. The pages must be numbered.

6. Contests are judged my members of the English and other departments.