Apply for writing prizes from the Department of English

The Department of English is accepting applications for its annual prize competitions. Undergraduate students are invited to submit their applications by Friday, March 14, at 4 p.m.

For poets

The Finley Foster and Emily Hills Prize is for the best poem or group (three) of poems by an undergraduate student.

The Helen B. Sharnoff Prize is for the best formal poem or group (three) of formal poems by an undergraduate student. Formal poems are those written in predetermined forms (e.g., abecedarian, cinquain, ghazal, pantoum, sestina, sonnet, terza rima, villanelle, etc.).

For prose writers

The Edith Garber Krotinger Prize is for the best creative writing other than poetry by an undergraduate student.

The Eleanor Leuser Award is for 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 is for the best poem or essay written by an undergraduate woman at the College of Arts and Sciences.

Contest rules

CONTEST RULES

  1. Submit the entry as an email Word attachment to sxd290@case.edu. Your name should not appear on the contest entry. 
  2. In the body of the email, include your name, student ID number and local phone number. 
  3. State clearly which entry is for which prize. 
  4. Submissions cannot duplicate from one prize to another. 

Note: Students may receive no more than $100 in prize money without reduction of financial aid, subject to federal and state regulations.

The Writing Program administers the Lemmerman and Holden Prizes, which are awards for academic writing. Get more information about the academic writing awards.