Contests

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Current Contests

Contest / Eligibility Deadline Category
The Ina Coolbrith Memorial Poetry Prize TBA Poetry

Undergraduates from selected California Universities.

You may submit the same poems to the Pamela Maus Contest. See earlier deadline date.

The Pamela Maus Contest in Creative Writing 04/15/24 @ 12:00pm Fiction & Poetry

UCD Undergraduates with declared majors in English or Comparative Literature.

You may submit the same poems to the Ina Coolbrith Memorial Poetry Prize.

Diana Lynn Bogart Fiction Contest 04/15/24 @ 12:00pm Fiction
UCD Undergraduates and full time registered student at the time of the award.
Lois Ann Lattin Rosenberg English Department Essay Prize 04/15/24 @ 12:00pm Essays
UCD Undergraduates enrolled in an upper division English Literature course.
Peter Hays Writing Prize 04/15/24 @ 12:00pm Essays
The prize will be given for the best paper written for or related to the content in a First-year Seminar class (FRS)
Celeste Turner Wright Poetry Contest 04/15/24 @ 12:00pm  Poetry
UCD Undergraduates or Graduates and full time registered student at the time of the award.
Deirdre Hackett Endowment for Undergraduate Experiential Learning 04/15/24 @ 12:00pm   
UCD Undergraduates full time registered student at the time of the award.
Professor Jack Hicks Award in English 04/15/24 @ 12:00pm   
UCD Undergraduates full time registered student at the time of the award.
Lois Ann Lattin Rosenberg Outstanding Graduating Senior Award                                            DUE 04/15/24                                                              
Graduating Senior Award to be given to an individual graduating with an A.B. in English
Creative Writing Honors Thesis Prize                                                                                              DUE 05/24/24
Creative Writing Honors students
Critical Honors Thesis Prize                                                                                                              DUE 05/24/24
Critical Honors students

Graduate Contests

 
Deirdre Hackett Endowment for Graduate Experiential Learning 04/15/24 @ 12:00pm   
UCD Graduates and full time registered student at the time of the award.
Professor Jack Hicks Award in English 04/15/24 @ 12:00pm   
UCD Graduates and full time registered student at the time of the award.
David Noel Miller Scholarship End of Winter Quarter Essay
Celeste Turner Wright Poetry Contest    
UCD Graduates and full time registered student at the time of the award.