Short Story Competition
Call for Submissions
The Department of English at the University of Malta is delighted to announce a creative writing competition for post-secondary students on the theme of Seeing the Sea.
Students are invited to submit an original piece of writing in English in the genre of poetry or the short story that features ‘Seeing the Sea’ as one of its central themes.
Participants are encouraged to interpret the theme broadly and imaginatively and consider the different ways in which it can be understood. They may choose to write about:
- Different seas and oceans; possible connections between them.
- Different ways of engaging with the sea: recreational activities, leisure, sport, fishing, trade, science, etc.
- The sea as a space of distance or connection, travel, exploration, etc.
- The sea as a symbolic space: What different meanings can we give it?
- Lived experiences in the Mediterranean Sea: Different political, social, geographical realities. From which shore do we see the Mediterranean? Who does it belong to?
- Different ways of seeing and the possibility of different perspectives: The sea as seen from the land; the land as seen from the sea; the sea in the past, the present, or the future; historical or speculative perspectives; personal experiences or reflections.
- Nonhuman perspectives and ways of being in the sea: The sea as biological habitat; the lives of marine species. Can we imagine nonhuman ways of seeing or sensing? Can we adopt the imagined viewpoints and experiences of other species?
- Changing seas: Sea temperature rise, pollution, plastic waste, depletion of marine life and biodiversity, rising sea levels, acidification, ‘alien’ species, etc.
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