Welcome!

Welcome to the first ever "Quill-Tober" hosted here at Willamette University!

Starting October 10th, 2022, we here at "The Mill" are challenging our creative student body to submit their takes on our prompts. Complete all five prompts for the week and win a prize!


IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS: contact our staff at <sevalva>, <nbrauch>, or <ljloftin>

Frankenstein: October 10th-15th (Week 1)

Zombie: October 17th-21st (Week 2)


Werewolf: October 24th-28th (Week 3)

Link to Submission Form:

Submissions for this week haven't opened yet!

Dracula: October 31st-November 4th (Week 4)

Link to Submission Form:

Submissions for this week haven't opened yet!

Rules + How to Submit

  1. Only one submission per prompt

  2. Do not plagiarize (obviously)

  3. All creative mediums welcome, but make sure you adhere to our criteria

  4. Submit your work to the correct Google Form before Sunday night at 11:59 on the corresponding week

  5. You can submit all of the prompts for a given week at one time, or submit

How to Submit: Scroll down to the Week you are writing for. Under that collapsible group, there should be a Google Form link. Please submit only that week's submissions in that link.

Criteria

  • All works must be created during the challenge

  • Works of prose must be at least 650 words

  • There is no line limit for traditional forms of poetry

  • Non-traditional poetry must be at least 2 stanzas

  • For other mediums, a photograph should be submitted to the form in .jpg, .jpeg, or .png format