Awards Night
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
7:30 p.m.
Location TBA
Readings by winners of the Creative Writing Program and English Department 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.
WRITING AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
Department of English -- Undergraduate
Best Undergraduate Essay
Johnston Fellowships for Travel and Research
Betty and Michael Wolf Prize in American Literature
Andrea De Man Award for Excellence in English
Harry and Sue Rusche Scholarship
Department of English -- Graduate
Best Graduate Essay
The James Richardson Award for Dissertation Research in African American or American Literature
Creative Writing Program Writing
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