NOTE: This submission form is for the final Community Writing Series anthology.  If you are submitting a memory for the CWC Remembrance Collection, please select the "Everyone Can Write" submission form. 

We have published more than 4000 pages of your creations over the last 24 years. Here is your chance to be published with your community before we shut our doors for good. 

We want your HUMAN generated artifacts to publish in one last community anthology. What inspires you to inspire others? What do you think about? Dream of? What kind of things do you write, draw, splice, and paint, make or create? Share with us what is meaningful to you, what is keeping you human in the world today. 

This is not about sharing expertise - it’s about sharing the once hidden bits of our selfs, born out of our bodies and expressed into the world from which it creates and is created. Whether you’ve been doing art for 10 years, picked up painting last month, or just started writing today- no matter where you be at, we welcome you eagerly to participate in a community publication that is all of ours, for without you, it will simply, not exist.

Give us what you got.  Looking for all types of human-made stuff that can be put into print: words, pictures, and other forms of communicating symbols are accepted.

( Max Word Count: 2500 )

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 11:59 p.m. on January 1, 2026

There is no wrong way of doing this. Feeling unsure? Check out our 2025 edition below for some ideas.

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Still not sure? Email me your questions, concerns or suggestions at: elisar.soueidi@slcc.edu

Note: Use this form to submit your CWC memories to our collective remembrance book project. If you are submitting for the final Community Writing Series anthology, please select the "Community Writing Center: The Last Publication (2026) submission form.  

You are invited to participate in a collective publication about the CWC: Everyone Can Write: Remembering the SLCC Community Writing Center.

We invite memories, letters, documents, fiction, poetry, commentary, images, (images of) paraphernalia, or anything else that are inspired by the question:  

What should be remembered about the SLCC Community Writing Center? 

Submission Deadline: February 22, 2026.  Anticipated publication date: May 2026 to correspond with celebratory farewell to the CWC. 

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The SLCC Community Writing Center opened on October 22, 2001 in the Artspace Bridge Projects just west of downtown Salt Lake City, merging two idealistic notions: “everyone can write” and “education is for everyone.” Since then, the Community Writing Center has become a fixture in the Salt Lake valley and a model for other higher education-community partnerships across the nation.  

• Provided more than 10,000 writing coaching sessions to community members.  
• Offered more than 625 workshops to more than 5000 people across the Salt Lake valley.
• Published 28 volumes (4000+ pages) of community anthologies of writing from three dozen writing groups and countless community members. 
• Published 15 volumes (1000+ pages) of youth writing and facilitated more than 60 workshops for young writers.   
• Partnered with hundreds of local non-profit, educational, and government organizations to provide writing and learning opportunities for all Salt Lake community members.    

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Submission Criteria

• Multiple submissions are permitted.  
• Each submitter will have at least one submission included in the publication, presuming the subject matter responds to the invitation.
• Written submissions should not exceed 1000 words. Revisions for length may be requested.  
• Images should be .png or .jpg (300dpi), or PDF files. 
• If preferred, you may request that your contribution be anonymous, but should include your relationship with the CWC (e.g., staff, volunteer, advisory committee member, partner, intern, writer, etc.)  

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Questions?

Please submit questions to cwc@slcc.edu.

The Gandhi Alliance in collaboration with the SLCC Community Writing Center (CWC) and Student Writing and Reading Center (SWRC) are facilitating the 2026 Writing for Peace Contest. 

To provide some context as you respond to the writing prompt, please consider the importance of Gandhi’s efforts towards peace and peacemaking. Gandhi was a peacemaker and put his ideals into action. 

Your voice is critical in inspiring others to be peacekeepers. Please speak from the heart and write about what you are doing to make a difference and contribute to actions that promote peace in our communities, our nation, and our world. We invite you to use your voice through writing to tell your story and advocate for peace through your actions. 

If your essay is selected as a finalist, be prepared to share your experiences at the Writing Celebration on April 30, 2026.

Prompt: 

Share your personal story about the role you play in peacemaking. What have you done and are willing to do to make peace happen? How are your actions supporting peace, making a difference, and giving us hope? 

Submissions are open to all adults living in Utah. Awards for first, second, and third place are as follows:  

• $200 first place
• $150 second place
• $100 third place

Submission Deadline: 11:59 pm on February 15, 2026. 

The CWC will publish the award-winning essays in May. There will be a celebration for the winners on April 30, 2026. Winners will be notified and formally invited to the celebration.