USC PEP - 2026 Systems-Impacted Writers’ Contest — Rhythms, Rituals, Regimens

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Add to Calendar 2025-11-17 08:00:00 2026-02-14 23:59:00 USC PEP - 2026 Systems-Impacted Writers’ Contest — Rhythms, Rituals, Regimens The University of Southern California's Dornsife Prison Education Project (USC PEP) has launched this year's National Systems-Impacted Writers' Contest. Submissions are due February 14, 2026. This year's theme is Rhythms, Rituals, Regiments - the small and large patterns that give shape to a life: the things we repeat, the routines that ground us, the habits that free us or bind us, the sounds or gestures or practices that accumulate meaning over time. USC PEP invites a wide range of approaches from writers and artists.The contest is open-genre and open to writers who identify as systems-impacted in any way. Full details, guidelines, and submission instructions are in the attached flyer. Location Engage OSEP Website engageosep@air.org America/New_York private

The University of Southern California's Dornsife Prison Education Project (USC PEP) has launched this year's National Systems-Impacted Writers' Contest. Submissions are due February 14, 2026. 

This year's theme is Rhythms, Rituals, Regiments - the small and large patterns that give shape to a life: the things we repeat, the routines that ground us, the habits that free us or bind us, the sounds or gestures or practices that accumulate meaning over time. USC PEP invites a wide range of approaches from writers and artists.

The contest is open-genre and open to writers who identify as systems-impacted in any way. Full details, guidelines, and submission instructions are in the attached flyer.