Annual Writing Competition
Entry Deadline: 3:00 on Thursday, May 8th 2008
Cover Sheet (check at the beginning of Spring Quarter)
The English Department holds a competition each year for prizes in writing. The prizes are cash awards ranging from $50 to $500. We encourage students from every department and school within Northwestern to compete according to the guidelines below.
Any original work is eligible, whether or not it has been written for a class. All comments by teachers on the course papers, however, should be removed, or the manuscript retyped. A legible photocopy is acceptable; handwritten work is not acceptable. Please follow these rules:
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Students should submit one work per genre.
- The maximum length for essay and fiction manuscripts is 20 pages; the maximum length for a poetry manuscript is 10 pages or 3 poems. Students should submit only one copy of each work.
- Students may not enter competitions for which they are not eligible.
A cover sheet should be filled out and attached to each piece of work turned in. The author's name must not appear on the work itself. Work will be judged anonymously and identified afterward through the cover sheets.
Manuscripts must be turned in to University Hall 215 by 3:00 p.m. on the due date. MANUSCRIPTS WILL NOT BE RETURNED.
AWARD ELIGIBILITY
The Edwin L. Shuman Essay Awards are offered for both critical and personal essays.
ESSAY - Any WCAS undergraduate
The Edwin L. Shuman Awards in Fiction are awarded for short stories.
FICTION - Any WCAS undergraduate
The Faricy Award for Poetry may be divided among two or more students.
POETRY - Any University undergraduate
The Jean Meyer Aloe Poetry Prize from The Academy of American Poets is offered for one outstanding poem.
POETRY - Any University graduate student or undergraduate
The two Triquarterly Prizes are offered in the categories of essay and fiction.
FICTION or ESSAY - Any University graduate student or undergraduate
The Mayo Prize is awarded for the best paper submitted each year in English 298.
PAPER - 298 students
The Harriet Gilliam Memorial Prize for the best essay dealing with the psychological or psychoanalytic interpretation of a literary text.
ESSAY - Any University undergraduate
The HELEN G. SCOTT PRIZES:
The Prize for Creative Writing
CREATIVE WRITING - Any University Undergraduate
The Prize for Best Critical Essay on Literature, pre-1798
ESSAY - Any University undergraduate
The Prize for Best Critical Essay in American Literature
ESSAY - Any University undergraduate
The Prize for Best Crtical Essay on Literary Criticism and Theory
ESSAY - Any University undergraduate
The Prize for Best Research Paper on Literature
ESSAY - Any University undergraduate
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In addition to the prizes listed above, the Department will annually present the following awards to students who have demonstrated continued excellence in their work in the English Department. Students should not apply directly for these prizes.
The Chester G. Hanson Award will be awarded to the best English major who has completed 298 and five 300-level courses in the major, normally a sophomore or junior.
EDWIN L. SHUMAN AWARDS:
The Shuman Junior-year Award in Writing will be awarded to the best junior English Major in Writing.
The Shuman Senior Award in Literature will be awarded to the best senior major in English and American Literature or the Teaching of English.
The Shuman Senior Award in Writing will be awarded to the best senior English Major in Writing.
All winners will be announced at a departmental awards ceremony scheduled for the last day of classes in Spring. Details will be posted when specifics are available.
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