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ART and WRITING CONTEST FOR KCKCC STUDENTS (Deadline EXTENDED: March 22, 2024)

All students currently enrolled in classes at Kansas City Kansas Community College, including KCKCC TEC programs, are eligible to enter the contest. Entries will be grouped into one of three categories: PROSE     (short stories, novel chapters, plays, screenplays, personal essay or memoir) POETRY   (includes spoken word / rap style submission (lyrics only, please, no video entries)) ART         (all media, including photography, sculpture, graphic design, painting, etc.) Students may submit work to all categories: 2 pieces of writing (prose), 4 poems, and/or 4 visual art images. ALL ENTRIES MUST COMPLY WITH OUR SUBMISSION GUIDELINES, which are posted below on this website. Students may submit work to all categories. Faculty members of the Kansas City Kansas English and Art Departments will judge the entries and decide upon a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winner for each of the categories. All entries will also be considered for publication in the next issue of Scenic

Art Submission Guidelines

Art Submission Guidelines - Updated Spring 2024 Send All Submissions to ScenicRouteLitMag@gmail.com 1) Maximum of four (4) images allowed per student 2) Only  original  student artwork is accepted. Visual artwork includes (but is not limited to): drawings, paintings, sculpture, ceramics, mixed media, fiber arts, printmaking, photography, graphic design, illustration, and digital art. 3) Images should be saved as .JPG or .PNG (300+ DPI, high-resolution images recommended) 4) File names should only include the title of the piece and the year it was created. Do not include your name in the uploaded image file!  Artists remain anonymous to jurors during the selection process.  File name  e xamples: artworktitleandyear.png, untitledpainting2023.png Notes : 2D artwork can be scanned in the Mac Lab / Graphic Design Studio (2106 Humanities, across from the Art Studio), when classes are not in session. The DIGI class schedule is posted outside the studio. If your artwork is framed, take it out

SCENIC ROUTE 2024 Special Edition: "Immigrant Stories"

The SCENIC ROUTE 2024 edition will publish a special section featuring "Immigrant Stories."   We have a vibrant population of students from all over the world at KCKCC, many of whom are recent immigrants to the United States. SCENIC ROUTE is interested in hearing their stories. This year, we invite our immigrant students to submit their immigration stories, which will be featured in this year's magazine.  Interested in submitting yours? Questions? Need support writing or editing your story in English? Email ESOL instructor Dan Fitzgerald at dfitzgerald@kckcc.edu. 

Literary Submission Form

LITERARY SUBMISSION FORM GUIDELINES: All submissions must be in 12pt. Times New Roman font. All prose (fiction, plays, screenplays, essays, memoirs should be double-spaced and a maximum of 20 pages. Students may submit up to 4 poems to the Poetry Category, and up to 2 entries (stories, plays, etc.) to the Prose Category. We will not accept submissions without a submission form. The author or poet’s name should not appear on the work. Submit entries in .doc or .docx format (Microsoft Office Word document). Copy and paste the submission form below to fill it out and email it and the submission(s) to Scenicroutelitmag@gmail.com Questions?  Email English professor Tasha Haas at thaas@kckcc.edu Contact Info: Name: ____________________________________________ Address:___________________________________________ Phone:_____________________________________________ Email:_____________________________________________ Poems: Title: ________________________________ Title:_______