Competition Guidelines

Age: Age 13 or older

How to Apply: 

Please send email submissions directly to ourcornersoftheworld@gmail.com 

The Prompt: 

For this essay contest, we are asking writers aged 13 and over to submit images of their last trip before quarantine along with a quote or a proverb about what that trip meant to them. In 500 words or fewer, explain how that quote represents that trip to you. Would you have done anything differently if you knew it would be your last trip for a while? What hopes do you have for your next trip? Do you have a destination in mind for your next trip?

Deadline: August 30th 

Reward: 

• First place reward $300

• Runner up reward $100

• Honorable mentions get physical copies of OCOTW, feature on the website and Instagram as well