English Department Awards and Prizes

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT AWARDS FOR WRITING

C. Carter Colwell Award for Best Researched Essay

The award is given to the best researched essay written for an English course. To be eligible for this award, a student needs senior standing. Please submit only one essay for consideration.

 

William E. Taylor Creative Writing Award, for Best Portfolio of Creative Work

The award is given to the best portfolio of writings representing the student-author's best creative work, as well as its range and extent. To be eligible for this award, a student needs junior or senior standing. You should include more than one genre in your selection of work.

 

HUMANITIES DIVISION AWARD

Janet Howard Taylor Shakespeare Prize

The award is given to the best essay dealing with the writings of William Shakespeare or those of his contemporary dramatists in relation to Shakespeare. All Stetson undergraduates except previous winners are eligible. Please submit only one essay for consideration.

 

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR ALL

To submit, please provide the work to be judgedwithtwo cover sheets: onewith your name, student ID #, email address, phone number, and the award title you are submitting for; and one with your student id# and the award title you are submitting for; (the name and student ID # should appear on no other pages of the submission.) Students' work is judged anonymously.

All submissions are due in the English Department Office by March 29, 2012 at 3pm

Contact: Dr. Lori Snook- lsnook@stetson.edu 386-822-7721 for all awards except for the Janet Howard Taylor Shakespeare Prize, please contact Dr. Mary Pollock mpollock@stetson.edu 386-822-7727

 

 

SULLIVAN CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM AWARDS

Academy of American Poets

Student Poetry Prize - Cash Award & One Year Membership to the Academy of American Poets

TO ENTER: 

Please submit three (3) poems to the English Dept Office in Flagler Hall room 224 by March 29th, 2012 at 3pm.  All student poets are eligible!

Please include two (2) cover sheets: one with title, writer's student id# only and one with title, writer's student id#, name, email address, phone number and home (permanent) address.

 

WINNERS ANNOUNCED THIS SPRING!

 

2012 Sullivan Awards in Creative Writing

Genre: Fiction, Poetry, Creative Non-Fiction, Playwriting/Screenwriting

Writers may submit one entry in each genre.  All entries should arrive with two (2) cover sheets: one with title, genre, and writer's student id# only and one with title, genre, writer's student id#, name, email address and phone number by March 29, 2012 at 3:00pm in the English Dept. Office, room 224 Flagler Hall.

Contact: Terri Witek - twitek@stetson.edu 386-822-7720

 

NO ENTERIES WILL BE RETURNED.  WE RESERVE THE RIGHT NOT TO MAKE AN AWARD.