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Prizes
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Check the following websites for rules and deadlines.
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Submissions are now being accepted for the
Edward W. Moses
Undergraduate Creative Writing
Competition
One or more prizes totaling $1,250.00
Deadline: Friday, April 22, 2011
3:00 p.m.
Submissions are to be typed, double-spaced. Fiction only not-to-exceed 30 pages. Please include cover page with name, ID number, address, phone number, email address, date, story title, and competition name. Turn in submissions to Rebecca Woods, THH 404, by 3:00 p.m. on Friday, April 22, 2011.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS! SPRING 2011
- First Place - $500
Paige Cohen
“See the Girls Dance”
- Second Place - $300
Grace Heimsness
“Sisters”
- Third Place - $200
Colin Dwyer
- Fourth Place - $150
Christopher Pryor
“Cigarette Runner”
- Fifth Place - $100
Nancy Waters
“Complicated Cookies”
Congratulations to all the winners
Judge: Percival Everett
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The Department of English Announces the Sixteenth Annual
William James Undergraduate Essay Prize
1. Prizes may be granted for any critical essay (no poetry or fiction) written to satisfy the requirements of an English Department course during the period April 2010 to April 2011.
2. Prizes may be awarded for two competitions:
(a) ENGL 400-499 courses, first place $400, second place $300.
(b) ENGL 200-399 courses, first place $300, second place $200.
3. All currently enrolled USC undergraduates may compete; contestants need not be English majors or minors.
4. Students should submit one essay to Rebecca Woods in THH 404. Submissions should be clean copies (without marginal notes or comments by the instructor). Essays will be judged anonymously, so the writer's name must not appear in the pages of the essay.
5. Include a cover sheet stating the writer's name, ID number, phone number, and email address, as well as the course for which the essay was originally written.
Deadline for submissions: 3 pm, Friday, April 22, 2011
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2010 competitions
The English Department announces three competitions
for USC’s undergraduate writers!
The William James Undergraduate Essay Prize awards up to $500 for
best critical literary essay.
This prize is granted for critical essays only, written between April 2009 and April 2010. Any critical essay written for an English course may be eligible. Submissions should not exceed 10 pages in length. Any currently enrolled USC undergraduate may compete, and need not be an English major.
Submission should include one clean essay copy with a cover sheet with the student’s name, student ID number, phone number, email address, and the course for which the essay was originally written. Student name should not appear anywhere on the essay itself, as the submissions are judged anonymously.
Deadline: Friday, April 9, 2010 by 3 pm, in
Rebecca Woods’s mailbox, 404 THH
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The Edward W. Moses Undergraduate Creative Writing Competition rewards a total of $1250 to Moses winners
Fiction submissions should be typed and double-spaced. Fiction submissions should not exceed 30 pages. Include cover page with author name, student ID number, address, phone number, email address, story title(s), and competition name.
Deadline: Friday, April 9, 2010 by 3 pm, in
Rebecca Woods’s mailbox, 404 THH
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In conjunction with this year’s College of Letters, Arts, & Sciences, Visions and Voices, “The Melville Project,” Creative Writing, and Comparative Literature, the English Department is awarding the Melville Writing Prize to two undergraduates for:
Best Critical Essay ($225) on any work by Herman Melville, or on an artistic endeavor clearly inspired by Melville
Best Creative Endeavor ($225) in any media, taking its inspiration from a Melville text or Melvillean motif that demonstrates serious engagement with the author
Submissions for the Melville Writing Prize are due by 3 pm
May 1, 2010 in
Professor Joseph Boone’s mailbox, 404 THH
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PRIZE WINNERS 2010
Congratulations !
Candace Silverman Memorial Poetry Award
Beau J. Boudreaux Poetry Award
The Edward W. Moses Undergraduate Creative Writing Competition rewards a total of $1250 to Moses winners
Congratulations to our winners for Spring 2010.
- First Place
Ashwin Kannan
“Dry Paint and Hip Priest”
- Second Place
Sarah Edwards
“What it Was Without Even Trying” and “Helmet Girl”
- Third Place
Alexander Chisum
“Bad Dog Burial”
- Fourth Place
Grace Heimsness
“Necromancy”
- Fifth Place
Janet Thielke
“The Church of Carl”
Judge: Prof. Percival Everett
Jimmy Gauntt Memorial Award
We are pleased to announce the recipients of the first annual JIMMY awards. The committee selected five outstanding graduating seniors who have demonstrated an interest in the arts. We had an incredible pool of nominations to review. Thank you for nominating students and for forwarding your comments to the committee. This year's recipients are:
- Janet Thielke
- Thomas Schaeffer Nelson
- Zak Wolf
- Aliviana Sanders
- Andre Mailkov
The Department of English announces the winners for this year’s competition for the William James Prize for the best papers written in an English class:
- Upper-Division Courses (for junior and seniors)
First Place ($400), Kelly Baron
Second Place ($300), Lauren Weinzimmer
- Lower Division courses (for freshmen and sophomores):
first-place ($300), Rosaleen O’Sullivan,
Second Place ($200), Noelle Blanchard
Please join us in congratulating these prize winners.
Lawrence D. Green
Professor of English
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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