English Department Contests and Awards
English Department Award for Writing
C. Carter Colwell Award for Best Researched Essay
This award is given to the best-researched essay written for an English course. To be eligible for this award, a student needs senior standing, and the essay must have been written for an English course during the past four terms (Spring 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2024 or Spring 2025).
Submission Guidelines
To submit an essay for consideration, please create a Submittable account. After you create an account, you can submit your essay. Please fill out the form and attach the required documents. Provide the work to be judged with one cover sheet that includes your Stetson University ID number and the award title for which your entry should be considered. Your name and ID number should not appear on any other pages of your submission. Students' work is judged anonymously. The submission deadline is Thursday, March 20, 2025, at 4:00 p.m.
If you have any questions please contact Lori Snook at [email protected].
Sullivan Creative Writing Program Awards
Academy of American Poets Student Poetry Prize
This award includes a cash award and a one-year membership to the Academy of American Poets. To submit for this prize, please create a Submittable account. After you create the account, you can submit your poems. Please fill out the form and attach three poems.
If you have any questions please contact Lori Snook at [email protected].
The submission deadline is Thursday, March 20, 2025, at 4:00 p.m.
Sullivan Awards in Creative Writing
Genres
- Fiction
- Poetry
- Creative non-fiction
- Playwriting/Screenwriting
To submit for this award, please create a Submittable account. After you create an account, you can submit your writing. Writers may submit one entry in each genre. Please fill out the form and provide the work to be judged with one cover sheet that includes the award title, genre and student ID; Your name and ID number should not appear on any other pages of your submission. Students' work is judged anonymously. The submission deadline is Thursday, March 20, 2025, at 4:00 p.m.
No entries will be returned. The English department reserves the right not to make an award.
If you have any questions please contact Lori Snook at [email protected].
The submission deadline is Thursday, March 20, 2025, at 4:00 p.m.
The Montgomery Endowed Award for Excellence in English
Students engaged in an internship, whether for academic credit or not, whether paid or not, are eligible to apply for the Montgomery Endowed Award for Excellence in English (one $1000 cash award per semester). Apply for award
Sigma Tau Delta, the English Honor Society
Members of Sigma Tau Delta, the English Honor Society, are eligible to apply for well over a dozen awards, scholarships, and grants, awarded every semester: View a list for the 2025-2026 year of Sigma Tau Delta Society scholarships, awards, grants, and internship opportunities for students, Advisors, and alumni members.