We invite you to submit for our consideration one or two essays you produced in University Writing (C1010 and F1010) during the spring 2012 semester.

Submission period for spring 2012 semester essays: Monday, April 23 to Monday, May 21, 2012.

We seek essays that span the range of writing in the course (Critical Response or Lens, Conversation, Research, Retrospective or Editorial).  You do not need your instructor's permission to submit up to two essays, although you may choose to consult with her or him (or a consultant in the Writing Center) before submitting. If you submit two essays, you must submit each separately.

What is The Morningside Review?

The Undergraduate Writing Program publishes an annual online journal of superior student essays from its course, University Writing. Instructors and students in University Writing sections draw on this journal as a text in the course to explore the conceptual and formal possibilities of academic writing. The Morningside Review reaches a readership of approximately 1800 students, and 80 teachers per year, and it is available to the general public. Thus, for undergraduates, TMR offers a unique and highly visible forum for demonstrating excellence, even at this early stage in your development as academic writers.  

How are essays selected for The Morningside Review?

Essays will be reviewed by an editorial advisory board made up of current UW instructors. The editorial advisory board will present their final choices for review by the Directors of the Undergraduate Writing Program. 

Selected essays will be copy edited prior to publication. We may also request that authors make minor edits and/or additions.

The publication is non-profit, and there are no royalties. If chosen, an essay will be published on the program's website in the following academic year, and will remain online in journal archives.  Any print publication rights are available to the authors.  The decisions of the Directors of the Undergraduate Writing Program regarding which essays will be published are final.

How will I know if my essay has been selected?

If your essay is selected for publication, you will be contacted by email by October 30, 2012. Due to the high volume of submissions we can only notify those writers whose essays have been selected. If you do not hear from us by October 30, 2012, you can assume your essay has not been selected.

Guidelines

To submit an essay for consideration, fill out the form below and attach a clean copy in MS Word (.doc), or rich text format (.rtf). The essay should use Times or other standard 12pt font, double-spaced, and should include a title, a works cited list in MLA format, and a word count. If your essay includes images, you must include copyright information.