The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
Writing Contest


The Pitt News held its first-ever writing contests open to Pitt students looking to get their writing published and win prize money! Fall submissions included anything non-fiction, while spring submissions included anything fiction.


For each semester, we selected three winners and five runner-ups! Read the winning pieces from both semesters below.


Winning Submissions:

First Place | The World Is Ending
Second Place | musings of a pittsburgher
Third Place | The Process of Getting Kicked Out of Your House
Runner-Up | Athazagoraphobia; or, The fear of being forgotten
Runner-Up | Deer Sabra
Runner-Up | Speak Electric
Runner-Up | The Next Step
Runner-Up | ex best friends
First Place | Product Review: Footage Lost
Second Place | Glory to the Death King!
Third Place | The Tale of Fried Okra, Porridge and Mutton Curry
Runner-up | A Semple Street
Runner-up | A Portrait of an Artist
Runner-up | Roll Again
Runner-up | Re: Choosing Joy, Love and OSHA Violations
Runner-up | The Vow
First Place | The Search History of an American Beauty Queen (with notes)
Second Place | My House
Third Place | To Be Delicate is To Be Touched
Runner-Up | I may be useless in the real world, but boy, am I happy here
An African-American soldier on patrol in Vietnam in 1966.
Runner-Up | Banana
Runner-Up | Embrace the Culture
Runner-Up | Courtney Sheridan Hangs Up Her Hat