| Contest / Eligibility | Deadline | Category | ||
| The Ina Coolbrith Memorial Poetry Prize | 12/01/25 @ 12:00pm | Poetry | ||
| The Pamela Maus Contest in Creative Writing | 04/15/26 @ 12:00pm | Fiction & Poetry | ||
| Diana Lynn Bogart Fiction Contest | 04/15/26 @ 12:00pm | Fiction | ||
| Lois Ann Lattin English Department Essay Prize | 04/15/26 @ 12:00pm | Essays | ||
| UCD Undergraduates enrolled in an upper division English Literature course. | ||||
| Peter Hays Writing Prize | 04/15/26 @ 12:00pm | Essays | ||
| Celeste Turner Wright Poetry Contest | 04/15/26 @ 12:00pm | Poetry | ||
| Deirdre Hackett Endowment for Undergraduate Experiential Learning | 04/15/26 @ 12:00pm | |||
| UCD Undergraduates full time registered student at the time of the award. | ||||
| Professor Jack Hicks Award in English | 04/15/26 @ 12:00pm | |||
| UCD Undergraduates full time registered student at the time of the award. | ||||
| Lois Ann Lattin Outstanding Graduating Senior Award DUE 04/15/26 | ||||
| Graduating Senior Award to be given to an individual graduating with an A.B. in English | ||||
| Creative Writing Honors Thesis Prize DUE 05/23/26 | ||||
| For Creative Writing Honors students. Deadline is not for High or Highest Honors delegation or submission for ENL 195H. | ||||
| Critical Honors Thesis Prize DUE 05/23/26 | ||||
| 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 | 04/15/26 @ 12:00pm | |||
| UCD Graduates and full time registered student at the time of the award. | ||||
| Professor Jack Hicks Award in English | 04/15/26 @ 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 | 04/15/26 @ 12:00pm | Poetry | ||
| UCD Graduates & Undergraduates who are full time registered student at the time of the award. | ||||