| Contest / Eligibility | Deadline | Category | ||
| The Ina Coolbrith Memorial Poetry Prize | TBA | Poetry | ||
| The Pamela Maus Contest in Creative Writing | TBA | Fiction & Poetry | ||
| Diana Lynn Bogart Fiction Contest | TBA | Fiction | ||
| Lois Ann Lattin English Department Essay Prize | 04/24/27 | Essays | ||
| UCD Undergraduates enrolled in an upper division English Literature course. | ||||
| Peter Hays Writing Prize | 4/24/27 | Essays | ||
| TBA | Poetry | |||
| Deirdre Hackett Endowment for Undergraduate Experiential Learning | TBA | |||
| UCD Undergraduates full time registered student at the time of the award. | ||||
| Professor Jack Hicks Award in English | TBA | |||
| UCD Undergraduates full time registered student at the time of the award. | ||||
| Lois Ann Lattin Outstanding Graduating Senior Award DUE 05/22/27 | ||||
| Graduating Senior Award to be given to an individual graduating with an A.B. in English | ||||
| Creative Writing Honors Thesis Prize TBA | ||||
| For Creative Writing Honors students. Deadline is not for High or Highest Honors delegation or submission for ENL 195H. | ||||
| Critical Honors Thesis Prize DUE 05/22/27 | ||||
| For Critical Honors students. Deadline is not for High or Highest Honors delegation or submission for ENL 195H. | ||||
| Graduate Contests | ||||
| Deirdre Hackett Endowment for Graduate Experiential Learning | TBA | |||
| UCD Graduates and full time registered student at the time of the award. | ||||
| Professor Jack Hicks Award in English | TBA | |||
| UCD Graduates and full time registered student at the time of the award. | ||||
| David Noel Miller Scholarship | TBA | Essay | ||
| Celeste Turner Wright Poetry Contest | TBA | Poetry | ||
| UCD Graduates & Undergraduates who are full time registered student at the time of the award. | ||||