The Hopwood Program offers writing contests for University of Michigan undergraduate and graduate students. Contests vary in eligibility, genre, and submission requirements.
Find a Contest
Select the contest category that corresponds to your student status.
Submit Your Work
Submissions for the 2027 Hopwood Contests are now open and will close at 11:59 p.m. on January 14, 2027.
Before submitting your work through the contest portal linked below, you must review the Rules & Submission Guidelines and the requirements for the specific contest you plan to enter.
- Please create a profile, if you do not have one already, after which you will be able to submit to the Hopwood contests you are eligible for.
- All deadlines are enforced to the minute, with no exceptions. The deadline for this year's contests is at 11 :59 pm on January 14th, 2027.
- You are able to remove a contest entry and replace it with an updated entry, as long as the contest is still open and accepting entries. Consider submitting a version in advance of the last day, in case of emergency or personal internet outages. And please plan well enough ahead that you are clicking "submit" well in advance of the deadline.
- No submissions may include, in any way, the name of the person submitting. This includes title pages, headers, and footers, and it includes characters/speakers who share a first, last, or middle name - please consider this when selecting your pen name in the on line system. Submissions that do include the submitter's name will be disqualified.
Additional Contest Information
Review information about contest rules, judging, prizes and payments, and additional resources for contestants.
For a printable reference, download the Hopwood Contest Rules & Guidelines PDF →
