Purdue University College of Liberal Arts
Information for
2008 Literary Awards
CREATIVE WRITING - Poetry
Bain-Swiggett Award for a single poem, any kind (U)...$125
Barriss and Iola Mills Award for a single poem (U/G)...$500
Follett's College Stores Award for a single poem, any kind (G)...$125 gift certificate
Polymnia Award for sequence of 3-7 poems on a related topic (U)...$125
Student English Association Prize for a single prose poem (U)...$50
Tom Andrews Clapping Award for sequence of five or more thematically related
poems, or one long poem of least five pages (G)... $150
CREATIVE WRITING - Prose
Coldwell Banker Shook/Junius Group Award for a short story or novel excerpt
(G)...$300
Margaret Church Memorial Award for a short story (G)...$75
Paul Sidwell Memorial Award for a novel-in-progress (30-40 pages plus outline)
(U/G)...$100
Purdue Employees Federal Credit Union Award for a Short Story (U/G)...$150
Purdue Employees Federal Credit Union Award for a Creative Nonfiction essay
(U/G)...$150
University Book Store Award for a short story (U)...$100 gift certificate
DRAMA
Brian Mexicott Award for an original play (U/G)...$50
SCREENPLAY
Communication Department Award for an original screenplay (U/G)...$50
KNEALE AWARDS
Undergraduate essays in the following categories:
Best set of three projects originally written for English 106 or 108
Bible as Literature
Creative Nonfiction (Informal Essay)
Cultural Criticism
Developing Nations Literature
Film Criticism
Gender
History
Journalism
Linguistics
Literary Criticism
Shakespeare
Graduate entries in the following categories:
Fiction
Poetry
Linguistics
Literary Criticism
Pedagogy
For each Kneale Award category: First Prize: $200 Second Prize: $100
EXPOSITORY AND CRITICAL WRITING
African, African American or Black Literature [critical essay]: Helen Bass Williams
Award (u)...$50
American Studies: Leonora Woodman Award for essay on women’s literature
(U)...$100
Asian Studies Award for essay, fiction, or poem focusing on Asia (U/G)...$50
Business Writing: Krannert School of Management Award for business-related
report or set of 3-4 short documents (U)...$100
CLA Diversity Action Committee Award for best creative writing work, essay, or
multi-media writing addressing the historical significance of diversity in our
society (U/G)...$200
English as a Second Language: Walter J. Johnson Award (G)...$100
Ethnographic Essay: Department of Sociology and Anthropology Award
(U/G)...$100
Foreign Languages & Literatures Award for Literary Analysis (U)...$100; (G)...$100
Foreign Languages & Literatures Award for Cultural Analysis (G)...$100
Journalism (news or feature story): Merrill & Marjorie Swedlund Memorial Award
(U)...$75
Literary Criticism: R.W. Babcock Award for essay on Shakespeare (U/G)...$200
(1st)...$100 (2nd)
Literary Criticism: Virgil L. Lokke Prize in Literary Theory (G)...$250
Literary Criticism: Von’s Book Shop Award (G)...$100 gift certificate
Medieval Studies: Peter C. Braeger Memorial Award for an essay on Middle Ages
(U)...$100 (G)...$100
Multimedia Writing (may be submitted on CD, DVD, in print or on other physical
media): Parlor Press Award for multimedia writing (U/G)...$100
Philosophy: Eric L. Clitheroe Award for essay in any field of philosophy (U)...$200
(1st) ...$100 (2nd)
Rhetoric and Composition (historical studies, contemporary theory, or empirical
research): Grace L. Smart Award for best graduate paper on rhetoric and
composition (G)...$100
Technical Writing: Hugh McKee Memorial Award for technical writing (U)...$150
SPECIAL AWARDS
The following special awards will be given to outstanding entries submitted in the above categories:
Phi Beta Kappa Award for Best Graduate Entry...$200
Phi Beta Kappa Award for Best Undergraduate Entry...$200
Phi Beta Kappa Award for Best High School Entry...$200
Budd & Betty Knoll Award for Best Entry of the 77th Annual Literary Awards
Contest (U/G)...$750
Gift certificates are redeemable only for books and only for items in stock.
The Sycamore Review will present a one-year gift subscription to every Literary Awards prize-winner.
Note:
G = Graduate students eligible
U = Undergraduate students eligible
U/G = All students eligible