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Babel: The Language Magazine <
https://babelzine.co.uk/> is running the
11th edition of its Young Writers' Competition, which encourages young linguists who are starting out on their study of language.
The competition is open to all linguistics students in further and
higher education. The winner(s), to be announced in January 2026, will
have their article published in Babel No. 54 and receive a year's
subscription to the magazine.
Competition guidelines:
Deadline: Monday, 1 December 2025
Length: 2000 to 2500 words
Topic: Entries can be on any linguistic topic -- the important thing is
that the discussion of it is accessible and interesting.
Format: Entries should be clearly presented in a Word file, with images submitted as separate high-resolution JPEGs.
Submission: By e-mail to
babelthelanguagemagazine@gmail.com with the
subject "Young Writers' Competition"
For inspiration, you can browse past articles in the sample issues
available for free on the magazine's website, or check out articles
featured on the magazine's social media accounts:
Bluesky: @babelzine.bsky.social
X: @Babelzine
Instagram: @babel_zine
Mastodon: @
babel@masto.ai
Please e-mail
babelthelanguagemagazine@gmail.com if you have any
questions about the competition.
Sincerely,
Tristan Miller
Babel Advisory Panel
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Dr. Tristan Miller, Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba
https://clam.cs.umanitoba.ca/ | Tel. +1 204 474 6792
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