Y Writing Submissions

Submission Guidelines

To be considered for the 2026 issue of Y Writing, projects must have been composed by a human student enrolled in a W150 class during the 2025 calendar year. The submission deadline is Thursday, January 15, 2026.

**All submissions must be nominated and submitted by faculty. Students should not submit their essays directly.**

Faculty may nominate up to two student projects per category.

All winning submissions will be asked to write an AI disclosure communicating their use of artificial intelligence or large-language models in regards to their project.

In addition to being considered for publication, each submission will be automatically considered for the “Y Writing Award” in the category in which it is entered. Y Writing Awards are given to exceptional essays in each category and come with a cash prize.

Reminders:

All submissions must be from faculty. Students should not submit their essays directly.
Submissions should be from a W150 class taught in 2025.
Faculty may nominate up to two student projects per category.

Submission Deadline: January 15, 2026.

If you have any questions about submission guidelines, please contact Shannon Stimpson, shannon_stimpson@byu.edu.

Your Name(Required)

Your Email(Required)

Student's Name(Required)

Student's Email(Required)

Was this student enrolled in a Writing 150 Course during the last calendar year (Winter 2025–Fall 2025 semesters)?(Required)

Yes

Submission Category(Required)

Powerful Prose

Inquiry and Argument

Multimodal Project

Please submit either a .docx or .pdf version of the student project. For multimodal projects, please also upload a copy of the assignment description. (Non-anonymous question )(Required)

Drop files here or

Max. file size: 64 MB, Max. files: 3.

Questions, Comments, Notes (Not Required)

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