Eligibility

• Open to work submitted by any Hartford campus student or UConn student taking courses at the Hartford campus
• Submission must come from a course taken in fall of 2019 or spring of 2020
• Can be submitted by faculty member or directly by student
• Two categories: First-Year (freshmen authors) and Undergraduate (open to all undergraduates regardless of year)

Rules

• Submission should engage with the city of Hartford (its people, places, or other city-related issues) in at least some tangible way
• Priority will be given to original research and/or work that advances understanding about the city
• Entries can include multimodal elements such as visual information, audio, and/or genres beyond that of the academic essay
• Entry into this contest does not disqualify student from using the same piece for other UConn contests, such as the Aetna Writing in the Disciplines Awards or the Aetna First-Year Writing Award
• One entry per student

Criteria for Evaluation

• rigor/depth of engagement
• defined and productive project
• potential impact
• creativity
• rhetorical effectiveness

Dates

• Rolling entries will be accepted throughout 2019-2020 academic year.
• Final Due Date for submissions is June 1, 2020