2024 - 2025 League for Innovation International Student Literary Awards

Come and Play with the Boundaries of Imagination and Feel the Power Found in Fictional Short Stories, One-Act Plays, Personal Essays and Poetry.

Each year, students at League board colleges are invited to take part in a literary competition through the League for Innovation in the Community College. This year’s theme is “The Power of Imagination and Play”

Students initially compete through their local League board college or district, and the winners go on to compete at the international level in six categories:

• Fictional short story
• Creative Nonfiction
• Poetry
• Personal essay
• One-act play
• Spoken word

Eligibility

Entries must be original works written during enrollment in for-credit courses at a participating college.

Maximum Length

• Fiction: 3,500 words
• Creative nonfiction: 3,500 words
• Poetry: 67 lines
• Essay: 2,500 words
• One-Act Play: 3,500 words, including stage direction/production notes
• Spoken word: 3-minute video (including a Word document of the text)

Prizes

• First Place: $500
• Second Place: $200
• Third Place: $100

***All international-level entries receive a Certificate of Merit and are published in the League's Student Literary Awards anthology.