WHAT IS THE SCRIBO WRITING CONTEST?
Students may submit any original literary pieces in the following four categories: short stories, poems, comics, and fill-in-the-blank stories for younger students
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?
Registration cost: $20 per school
Each registration costs $8.50 ($7.50 for current ACL Members) for each student.
HOW DO I SIGN UP?
Registration is done through the ACL store using this link https://www.aclclassics.org/Product/etc-store/scribo; submissions will be accepted via a google form which will be provided after registration.
Registration: September 15-March 15
Submissions Due: March 15-April 15
WHAT ARE THE RULES?
All entries must be electronic with a maximum of 250 words.
- Only one entry is allowed per student.
- Entries are limited to 5 per category per school.
- Each entry will be graded against the same category (i.e. novice poems v. novice poems; advanced comics v. advanced comics).
- Due to the lack of nuance provided by online sources (ex: William Whitaker's Words, latdict.com), print dictionaries are encouraged.
- Teachers are asked to check entries for plagiarism before submitting. Any entry that is plagiarised will not be graded.
- Submissions that fail to comply with the rules will be disqualified. Any English that appears in the Latin writing will be penalized more heavily than Latin grammatical mistakes.
- Poetry and prose submissions must make use of the templates below, which include: a short author's explanation of the literary piece, the Latin composition, and an English translation that matches the Latin. Poetry submissions do not necessarily need to employ a classical meter, but if classical meter is employed, it should be identified.
- Comic submissions must make use of th templates below, which includes: a short author's explanation of the literary piece, the Latin composition, and an English translation that matches the Latin.
- For Comic submissions, illustrations are encouraged but not required for all entries. If illustrations are not present, the grammar/creativity categories will be weighed more heavily. Illustrations do not necessarily need to hand drawn, but if origianl artwork is employed, it should be identified.