Competitions and Awards

Do you enjoy writing? Miami offers many prizes and awards for excellent student writing.

Almy Awards for Poetry and Short Story Translations

Bring the literature of other cultures to English speakers. For additional details and the submission deadline, contact Professor Julia Ward, 529-5820.

Almy Awards in Critical Studies

Two awards of $500. Eligible are students who are declared English majors and minors and students currently enrolled in one of the department's literature courses. Essays should be a maximum of 20 pages, and be informed by contemporary literary or cultural theory. Contact the English Department for more specific information and submission deadline: 529-5221.

Daniel and Margaret Bookwalter Sophomore Awards in Creative Writing

Two prizes of $250, one each in poetry and prose. Eligible are all sophomores currently enrolled as majors or minors in the English Department and any sophomore who has taken a Creative Writing course for credit during the current academic year. Contact the English Department for further details and submission deadline: 529-5221.

Edward J. Montaine Junior Prizes in English

First prize of $3250; second prize of $2150; third prize of $1100. Eligible are students who will have junior standing the next year. Students may enter any work of poetry, fiction, journalism, or nonfiction submitted in an English department course. Contact the English Department for further details and submission deadline: 529-5221.

Friends of the Library Essay Contest

Prize of $1,000. All Miami undergraduate and graduate students, this competition features a grand prize of $1,000. Contact King Library for further details and submission deadline contact Jerome U. Conley at 529-3934.

Greer-Hepburn Awards Senior Prizes in English

First prize of $4750; second prize of $2375; third prize of $1530; fourth prize of $720. Eligible are students who will have senior standing the next year. Students may enter any work of poetry, fiction, journalism, or nonfiction submitted in an English department course. Contact the English Department for further details and submission deadline: 529-5221.

Mary Jo Priest Memorial Awards in Technical and Scientific Communication

Three awards of $250 each, one each for best report or proposal, best instructional text (print), and best on-line communication. Eligible are students enrolled as majors or pre-majors in Miami's Bachelor of Arts in Technical and Scientific Communication. For additional details and the submission deadline, Professor Jean Lutz, 529-5282.

Women's Studies Essay Contest

Two prizes of $100 each are awarded for an outstanding work by an undergraduate in the area of Women's Studies. Click here (.doc) for additional details and the submission deadline, or contact Professor Cheryl Johnson, 529-4616.