| Contest / Eligibility | Deadline | Category | | |
| The Ina Coolbrith Memorial Poetry Prize | TBA | Poetry | | |
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| The Pamela Maus Contest in Creative Writing | 04/15/25 @ 12:00pm | Fiction & Poetry | | |
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| Diana Lynn Bogart Fiction Contest | 04/15/25 @ 12:00pm | Fiction | | |
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| Lois Ann Lattin Rosenberg English Department Essay Prize | 04/15/25 @ 12:00pm | Essays | | |
| UCD Undergraduates enrolled in an upper division English Literature course. | | |
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| Peter Hays Writing Prize | 04/15/25 @ 12:00pm | Essays | | |
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| Celeste Turner Wright Poetry Contest | 04/15/25 @ 12:00pm | Poetry | | |
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| Deirdre Hackett Endowment for Undergraduate Experiential Learning | 04/15/25 @ 12:00pm | | | |
| UCD Undergraduates full time registered student at the time of the award. | | |
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| Professor Jack Hicks Award in English | 04/15/25 @ 12:00pm | | | |
| UCD Undergraduates full time registered student at the time of the award. | | |
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| Lois Ann Lattin Rosenberg Outstanding Graduating Senior Award DUE 04/15/25 | | |
| Graduating Senior Award to be given to an individual graduating with an A.B. in English | | |
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| Creative Writing Honors Thesis Prize DUE 05/24/25 | | |
| Creative Writing Honors students | | |
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| Critical Honors Thesis Prize DUE 05/24/25 | | |
| Critical Honors students | | |
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| Graduate Contests | | |
| Deirdre Hackett Endowment for Graduate Experiential Learning | 04/15/25 @ 12:00pm | | | |
| UCD Graduates and full time registered student at the time of the award. |
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| Professor Jack Hicks Award in English | 04/15/25 @ 12:00pm | | | |
| UCD Graduates and full time registered student at the time of the award. |
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| David Noel Miller Scholarship | End of Winter Quarter | Essay | | |
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| Celeste Turner Wright Poetry Contest | 04/15/25 @ 12:00pm | Poetry | | |
| UCD Graduates & Undergraduates who are full time registered student at the time of the award. | | |
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