Between August 30th and the deadline of November 15th, Interlochen Arts Academy will be accepting submissions for the Virginia B. Ball Creative Writing Scholarship Competition. This scholarship offers full tuition to its winner, renewable for each year they attend Interlochen Arts Academy as Creative Writing majors. The scholarship is made possible by the Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball Foundation. Please visit our website to learn more about Creative Writing at Interlochen Arts Academy.

1. All students in grades 8-11 during the 2023-2024 school year are eligible to apply.

2. Your submission should include no fewer than five and no more than seven samples of original work written or revised during the last year. Your submission should be no longer than 4,000 words or 20 pages. 

• The samples must represent at least two of the following genres: 
  • Poetry
  • Fiction (including novel excerpts)
  • Personal essay/memoir
  • Screenwriting
  • Playwriting
  • Hybrid genre
  • Experimental/unclassifiable writing
  • Comics

3. Please submit all written work as PDF files. Video/audio may be submitted as mp3, mp4, .mov, or YouTube links. Include the name of the genre in the file name. For example, if you are submitting poetry and personal essay, you should create separate PDF files titled "poetry" and "personal essay." Text-based work should be typed, in a standard format and font, double-spaced for prose, single-spaced for poetry—unless deviations are deliberate and integral to the text.

To preserve the anonymity of entries, please do not include your name within the document or the file name.

4. Submissions will be accepted until Nov. 15, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. ET.

5. Finalists will be required to complete a formal application to Interlochen Arts Academy by Jan. 15, 2024 in order to remain eligible. Application fee waivers will be provided.

6. The first-prize scholarship will cover full tuition to attend Interlochen Arts Academy. Second and third place winners will also be recognized and remain eligible for financial aid.

7. The winner will be notified and other entrants will be informed of their admission decision during the month of March. All applicants will be considered for financial aid.

8. If submissions do not meet the standards set by the judges, Interlochen Center for the Arts reserves the right to designate no first prize winner and award no scholarship.

9. Students currently enrolled at Interlochen Arts Academy are ineligible for this contest.

Submission must be received in Submittable no later than 11:59 p.m. ET on Nov. 15, 2023.

  9) Students currently enrolled at Interlochen Arts Academy are ineligible for this contest.

If you have any questions, email the Director of Creative Writing at brittany.cavallaro@interlochen.org

RED WHEELBARROW CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!
The Red Wheelbarrow is a quarterly literary magazine edited and produced by Creative Writing majors in collaboration with Visual Arts majors. A public reading/performance is held to celebrate the launch of each issue.

Current Interlochen Arts Academy students in all arts majors are welcome to submit their writing and visual artwork for consideration by the editors. Singer-Songwriters are invited to submit songs to be played live at the reading.

The deadline for submissions for the first Red Wheelbarrow of the 2023-24 school year will be Friday, September 29 by 11:59 pm EDT.The reading/performance for this issue will be on Wednesday, October 25 at 7:30pm.

Please follow the submission guidelines below and go to the following link to create an account and upload your work using Submittable: https://interlochen.submittable.com/submit

Red Wheelbarrow Submission Guidelines:

Writing Submissions:


 

• Students may submit poems, flash fiction, short stories or fiction excerpts, creative nonfiction (personal essay or memoir), scripts/screenplays, and experimental/unclassifiable writing.
• Students are limited to 3 submissions for poetry, and 2 submissions for prose and scripts/screenplays (maximum 5 pieces total).
• Prose and script/screenplay excerpts are limited to 5,000 words.
• Please remove your name from each individual piece before submitting. If your name appears on the document or in the title of the file, the piece will not be considered by editors. 
• Please submit each individual piece separately. 
• Following the instructions on Submittable, upload each submission as a .docx ONLY. To download as a .docx from Google Drive, click on File, select Download as from the dropdown menu, and select Microsoft Word (.docx) from the dropdown menu. 

 
Notification for All Submitters:
If your work is selected, you will be notified by the editors via e-mail by 5pm on Friday, October 6th. Due to the volume of submissions, editors are not able to respond to every submission.

 We look forward to receiving your submissions!

 Thank you,

The Editors 

RED WHEELBARROW CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!
The Red Wheelbarrow is a quarterly literary magazine edited and produced by Creative Writing majors in collaboration with Visual Arts majors. A public reading/performance is held to celebrate the launch of each issue.   
Current Interlochen Arts Academy students in all arts majors are welcome to submit their writing and visual artwork for consideration by the editors. Singer-Songwriters are invited to submit songs to be played live at the reading.    
 

The deadline for submissions for the first Red Wheelbarrow of the 2023-24 school year will be Friday, September 29 by 11:59 pm EDT.The reading/performance for this issue will be on Wednesday, October 25 at 7:30pm.

Please follow the submission guidelines below and go to the following link to create an account and upload your work using Submittable: https://interlochen.submittable.com/submit 

Red Wheelbarrow Submission Guidelines:
Singer-Songwriter Submissions:
 

• Students are limited to 3 song submissions.
• Students can submit collaboratively written songs.
• Please submit each song separately.
• Each song should be uploaded as as a MP3 following the instructions on Submittable.
• Accepted singer-songwriters must be prepared to participate in a performance on Wednesday, October 25 at 7:30pm.

Notification for All Submitters: If your work is selected, you will be notified by the editors via e-mail by 5pm on Friday, October 6th. Due to the volume of submissions, editors are not able to respond to every submission.     
We look forward to receiving your submissions!    
Thank you,    
The Editors

RED WHEELBARROW CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!
The Red Wheelbarrow is a quarterly literary magazine edited and produced by Creative Writing majors in collaboration with Visual Arts majors. A public reading/performance is held to celebrate the launch of each issue.    

Current Interlochen Arts Academy students in all arts majors are welcome to submit their writing and visual artwork for consideration by the editors. Singer-Songwriters are invited to submit songs to be played live at the reading.    

The deadline for submissions for the first Red Wheelbarrow of the 2023-24 school year will be Friday, September 29 by 11:59 pm EDT.The reading/performance for this issue will be on Wednesday, October 25 at 7:30pm.

Please follow the submission guidelines below and go to the following link to create an account and upload your work using Submittable: https://interlochen.submittable.com/submit 

Red Wheelbarrow Submission Guidelines: Writing Submissions:
Visual Arts Submissions:

• Students are limited to 3 Visual Art submissions.
• Visual Art submissions will be reproduced in full color.
• All Visual Art submissions MUST include a title, or please specify if the piece is untitled. Please also list the media, as you would on the plaque in a gallery.
• Please do not include your name in the title of the file.
• Each submission should be uploaded as a .jpeg or .PDF following the instructions on Submittable.

Notification for All Submitters: If your work is selected, you will be notified by the editors via e-mail by 5pm on Friday, October 6th. Due to the volume of submissions, editors are not able to respond to every submission.     
We look forward to receiving your submissions!    
Thank you,    
The Editors