Best of Freshman Writing relies on faculty members from across the University College to submit the outstanding student essays that they read in their first-year composition courses: Engl 4, Engl 15, or Engl 30.
Faculty should obtain permission from the student author before submitting. A Publishing Agreement* is signed by the student and the essay is either mailed or email to the editor.
It’s easy to submit!
- Identify outstanding student writing. Work with the student(s) to ensure that major grammar and spelling errors are revised prior to submission so that it will be ready to publish.
- Contact the student-writer to receive permission to submit and to obtain a signature on the Publishing Agreement.
- Then email the essay along with a scanned publishing agreement to Margaret Christian, mrc1@psu.edu
*The updated publishing agreement will be emailed to faculty along with a request for submissions during each fall semester. Email mrc1@psu.edu if you need a copy of our publishing agreement.
Submissions are greatly appreciated!