Awards Night
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
7:30-9pm
ESC N104
Light refreshments served
Selected readings by winners of the Creative Writing Program and English Department's student writing contests and scholarships
We close our year by celebrating the work we do within the Department of English and the Creative Writing Program to develop new, young writing of all kinds in keeping with the USA Today report that we are the No. 1 place for budding writers in the country. We hope you will join us to hear the newest voices in the chorus.
Department of English -- Undergraduate
Best Undergraduate Essay
Johnston Fellowship for Travel and Research
Johnston Award
Betty and Michael Wolf Prize in American Literature
Andrea De Man Award for Excellence in English
Harry and Sue Rusche Scholarship
The Eagle Award for First-Year Writers
Department of English -- Graduate
Best Graduate Essay
The James Richardson Award for Dissertation Research in African American, Jewish American, or 20th-century American Literature
Delores P. Aldridge Award for the Study of and/or Research Related to African American Studies
Academy of American Poets Prize
Artistine Mann Awards in Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, and Playwriting
Agnes Nixon and Kiki McCabe Prize in Screenwriting
Grace Abernethy Scholarships
Tom-Chris Allen Scholarship