Dear all,

Below is a call for submissions to our annual contest for student writers. Contributions from students of computational linguistics are most welcome.

Sincerely, Tristan Miller Babel Advisory Panel

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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) will have their article published in Babel 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.