Writing for a Real World

Writing for a Real World 2011-2012

Editor: David Holler
Department of Rhetoric and Language

Writing for a Real World, now celebrating its tenth year of publication, is dedicated to providing a public forum for the finest undergraduate academic writing at the University of San Francisco. Created in partnership between the Dean of Arts and Sciences and the Department Rhetoric and Language, WRW publishes refereed student writing with commentary from students and their instructors. We welcome not only essays and research papers but also scientific, business and technical reports. 

Copies of past issues are now available free online from Gleeson Library's Digital Collections. 

Our anthology is sold in the campus bookstore and used in courses that require writing. Each winning writer will receive a copy of the journal and an individual award. All winners and honorable mentions and their guests are invited to an awards reception on campus. The ceremony for the tenth issue of WRW will take place in the McLaren complex at noon on Friday, February 22, 2013. 

Writing for a Real World 2012-2013 Submissions Guidelines

Entries not conforming to the rules as specified here may be disqualified.

• Submit entries to https://gnosis.usfca.edu/wrw/
• Please complete all information in the “My Info” and “Submit” fields online.
• Deadline for submission is Friday, May 10 at 5:00 p.m.
• IMPORTANT: The author's name and course information must NOT appear anywhere on the manuscript.
• Entrants must be undergraduates whose work was written for a USF course during the 2012-2013 academic year (Fall 2012, Winter 2012, Spring 2013)
• Entries must be written primarily in English, double-spaced, in a standard font, with a title, page numbers, and a bibliography—all in one file. Entries without a bibliography may be disqualified.
• Each entry must be no more than 25 pages (Abstract, bibliography, and appendices do not count toward your 25 page total, please feel free to include these items).
• Entries must be the original work of the student. Co-authorship is acceptable as long as all authors are listed. Co-authors: please designate one primary contact.
• Students can enter two submissions per academic year (although only one winning entry per student can be published).
• Entries may be submitted by students or by their instructors with student consent.
• Authors will be responsible for the accuracy of their work, their quotations, and their documentation. If work is accepted for publication, author agrees to resolve queries from editors in a timely manner.
• Winning entries will be copy edited in Fall 2013 by students in an editing workshop. Books will be released in Spring 2014, sold in the USF bookstore, and published online via Gleeson Library’s Digital Collections. Back issues are available online at http://www.usfca.edu/library/dc/wrw/
• Publication rights remain with the authors.

Judging
Final judging will take place in May and June 2013; winners and honorable mention recipients will be announced over Summer 2013.

The eleventh issue will be released in January 2014.

Please contact Professor Holler (dholler@usfca.edu) if you have any questions.