The 2025 McKinney Writing Contest is open! Submit in any or all of the following categories: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, or Drama; Poetry; Academic Essay; Electronic Media Using Language; or our multi-genre category: Writing for Social Change. Prizes awarded in Undergraduate and graduate divisions. First prize $300; 2nd prize $175; and 3rd prize $75. For more information and directions as to where to submit, click here. Current students only. Winners will be announced at the Spring McKinney guest speaker event. More details about the event to come. Questions? McKinney@rpi.edu

Entries must be submitted by 11:59pm on March 11, 2025.