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2012 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 Higher Education 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 Award for a single prose poem (U)...$50
Tom Andrews Clapping Award for a sequence of five or more thematically related poems, or one long poem of at least five pages (G)... $150
CREATIVE WRITING - Prose
Booth Tarkington Award in Fiction for a short story or novel excerpt (G)...$400
Margaret Church Memorial Award for a short story (U)...$150; (G)...$150
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)...$200
Purdue Employees Federal Credit Union Award for a Creative Nonfiction essay (U/G)...$200
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 (may be submitted on CD, in print or on other physical media)
Bible as Literature
Creative Nonfiction/Informal Essay
Cultural Criticism
Developing Nations Literature
Film Criticism
Gender
History
Journalism
Linguistics
Literary Criticism
Shakespeare
Graduate essays in the following categories:
Linguistics
Literary Criticism
Pedagogy
Graduate creative work in the following categories:
Fiction
Poetry
For each Kneale Award category: First place: $200 Second place: $100
EXPOSITORY AND CRITICAL WRITING
African, African American or Black Literature: Helen Bass Williams Award for critical essay (U)...$50
American Studies: Leonora Woodman Award for essay on women's literature (U)...$100
Department of Anthropology Award for an ethnographic essay (U/G)...$100
Art History Prize for an oustanding essay in the history of the visual arts (U)...$100
Asian Studies Award for essay, fiction, or poem focusing on Asia (U/G)...$50
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
Common Reading Program Award for best creative writing work, essay, or multi-media writing reflecting how the Common Reading text relates to the college experience or future endeavors. Restricted to first-year and transfer students (U). Creative Writing, Essay ...$150 (1st) ...$50 (2nd). Multi-media writing ...$150 (1st) ...$50 (2nd)
English as a Second Language: Walter J. Johnson Award (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)...$100
Literary Criticism: R.W. Babcock Award for essay on Shakespeare (U/G)...$200 (1st place) ...$100 (2nd place)
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
Philosophy: Eric L. Clitheroe Award for essay in any field of philosophy (U)...$80
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
The following SPECIAL AWARDS will be given to outstanding entries submitted in the above categories:
Phi Beta Kappa Award for Best Undergraduate Entry ...$100
Phi Beta Kappa Award for Best Graduate Entry ...$100
Phi Beta Kappa Award for Best High School Entry ...$100
Budd & Betty Knoll Award for Best Entry of the 80th 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 copy of the current issue to every Literary Awards prize-winner.
Note:
G = Graduate students eligible
U = Undergraduate students eligible
U/G = All students eligible
