The Department of English is accepting applications for its annual prize competition, which awards a total of $1,500 to winners. There are a variety of awards given to different styles of work.
Entries must be submitted as an email with a Microsoft Word attachment (.doc or .docx) to sxd290@case.edu by Monday, Feb. 26, at noon. Author name should not appear on the entry piece. In the body of the email, include name, student ID number and local phone number. State clearly which entry is for which prize; each piece must only be submitted for one prize.
Students may receive no more than $100 in prize money without reduction of financial aid, subject to federal and state regulations.
For first-year essayists
The Karl Lemmerman Prize awards the best essay written by a first-year student.
For advanced essayists
The Holden Prize award the best essay by a sophomore, junior or senior student.
For poets
The Finley Foster and Emily Hills Prizes award the best poem or group of three poems by an undergraduate student.
The Helen B. Sharnoff Prize awards the best formal poem or group of three formal poems by an undergraduate student. Formal poems are those written in pre-determined forms, including abecedarian, cinquain, ghazal, pantoum, sestina, sonnet, terza rima and villanelle.
The Timothy Calhoun Memorial Prize for Poetry awards the best poem or group of three poems by a graduate student in the Department of English.
For prose writers
The Edith Garber Krotinger Prize awards the best creative writing other than poetry by an undergraduate student.
The Eleanor Leuser Award recognizes outstanding writing for or about children by an undergraduate student enrolled in a creative writing course at the university.
For women writers
The Emily M. Hills Award recognizes the best poem or essay written by an undergraduate woman in the College of Arts and Sciences.