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 undergraduate writing awards / undergraduate creative writing awards / graduate awards / grants / scholarships

 

Student Awards

Applications and supporting materials should be submitted as explained below.  View a student-composed multimedia project for tips, information, and pictures from last year’s award ceremony.  For more information, contact engaward@iupui.edu. 

 

For all writing awards:

• You must be a currently enrolled IUPUI student or have graduated the December before the deadline.
• All submissions should be e-mailed to engaward@iupui.edu no later than 5:00 pm the first Monday in February.  Late submissions will not be considered.
• All submissions must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document in an email attachment.
• Please give the documents short names that clearly connect them to their titles.
• Do not put your name on any submitted manuscript; your name should only be in your email message that includes the manuscript as an attached document.
• In the body of your email, please note your Name, Major, Class Standing (December grads should note this), Home Address, Phone Number, and Email Address. Please list all of the awards you are applying for, with the titles of the manuscripts that you are submitting for each award. If you wrote your work for a course, please also note the course(s) and instructor(s) that each of the works was completed for.

 

Undergraduate Writing Awards

 

English for Academic Purposes W130/W001 Award

This award of $50 is presented to an IUPUI undergraduate student for an outstanding essay originating in an English for Academic Purposes W130/W001 class in the past 12 months. Students who have not been enrolled in an EAP section of W130/W001 in the last year are not eligible. Up to two pieces may be submitted. 

 

English for Academic Purposes W131 Award

This award of $50 is presented to an IUPUI undergraduate student for an outstanding essay originating in an English for Academic Purposes W131 class in the past 12 months. Students who have not been enrolled in an EAP section of W131 in the last year are not eligible.  Up to two pieces may be submitted. 

 

Hal Tobin First Year Writing Award

This award of $100 is presented annually to the undergraduate student who submits the best essay written in either W131 Elementary Composition I or W140 Elementary Composition I-Honors. Students may revise and edit their work before submitting it. Up to two pieces may be submitted.

 

Essay Award

This award of $50 is presented to an IUPUI undergraduate student for an outstanding critical, analytical, or expository essay originating in an English department writing and literacy class, excluding W131 and W140 (essays from those 2 courses can be submitted to the Hal Tobin Award). You may submit up to 2 pieces. Work entered in this contest may not also be entered in the Creative Nonfiction Writing Award contest. Essays written for creative writing courses should be entered in creative writing award contests sponsored by the department. Courses qualifying for this award include the following: Eng. W132, W150, W210, W231, W262, W313, W315, W320, W331, W366, W390, W396, W398, W400, W412, and W426.

 

Undergraduate Creative Writing Awards

 

Creative Nonfiction Writing Award

This award of $50 is presented to an IUPUI undergraduate student demonstrating excellence in a creative nonfiction piece. You may submit up to 2 pieces. Work entered in this contest should come from true, real-life experiences or situations and may not also be entered in the Essay Award, the Rebecca Pitts Fiction Award, or the Mary Louise Rea Short Story Award contests.

 

Gateway Fiction and Poetry Awards

These awards of $50 are for writing done in W206, Introduction to Creative Writing; W207, Introduction to Fiction Writing; or W208, Introduction to Poetry Writing (last spring, summer, or fall semester). For the Fiction Award, you may submit one story; for the Poetry Award, you may submit up to two poems. Students may submit in both genres. You may revise and edit your work before submitting it. Works submitted for the Fiction Award should not derive from the author’s real-life experiences and cannot also be submitted for the Creative Nonfiction Award.

Note: creative writers from any course may also submit their poetry or fiction for the Pitts and Rea awards (see below).

 

The Literature Award

The literature faculty nominates students for this award based on the quality of coursework done in upper-level classes. Finalists for the award are asked to submit portfolios of no more than 15 pages of critical papers. 

 

The Marianne Hedges Award for Excellence in Poetry

This $100 award is for an outstanding poem by an undergraduate or graduate female student. Any woman who has enrolled in an IUPUI creative writing class last year may apply. Students may submit up to three poems. The award is given in memory of Marianne Hedges, a former IUPUI student and a fine poet.

 

Rebecca Pitts Poetry and Fiction Awards

These awards of $250 are for any student who has been enrolled in a creative writing course in the last 18 months and who is currently an undergraduate student at IUPUI. Please submit only one short story or one poem per award. Students may submit work in both genres. This award is given in honor of Rebecca Pitts and made possible by Pauline Bonderman. Works submitted for the Pitts Fiction Award should not derive from the author’s real-world experiences and may not also be submitted for the Creative Nonfiction awards.

 

Mary Louise Rea Short Story Award

This award of $250, made possible by a gift from the late Mary Louise Rea, Professor Emerita of English, is for a short story written by anyone enrolled in an IUPUI creative writing course during the last 18 months and who is currently an undergraduate student at IUPUI (or a December graduate). You may submit up to two entries; each entry will be judged separately. Works submitted for the Rea Short Story Award should not derive from the author’s real-world experiences and may not also be submitted for the Creative Nonfiction awards.

 

Graduate Awards

 

The Marianne Hedges Award for Excellence in Poetry

This $100 award is for an outstanding poem by an undergraduate or graduate female student. Any woman who has enrolled in an IUPUI creative writing class in 2011 may apply. Students may submit up to three poems. The award is given in memory of Marianne Hedges, a former IUPUI student and a fine poet.  

 

Peter Bassett Barlow Award

This $100 award is given to the best paper submitted by a student enrolled in the English MA Program at IUPUI. It honors the memory of a man who served the community as a physician and whose passionate humanism and great intellect bore witness to the lifelong value of a liberal education. Submissions must have been written for course work in the English MA program. Students may submit up to two papers for this award. Students may revise and edit their work before submitting it.

 

The Joan and Larry Cimino Award for Excellence in Intercultural Communication

This award of up to $500, offered by the Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication, is given to the best paper, thesis chapter, or thesis on intercultural communication submitted by a graduate student enrolled in a graduate course in a degree program offered through the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI. The study of intercultural communication is broadly defined to include research in areas such as language corpora, contrastive rhetoric, second language acquisition, second language pedagogy, language and communication theory, as well as other related fields. (Note: For this award, contact icic@iupui.edu for more information and for submission instructions).

 

 

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Find out how you can support one of the above or the English Department or Writing Program funds.

 

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Student Grants

Grant information to come.

 

Student Scholarships

Scholarships through English and the School of Liberal Arts (Note: Scholarships deadline is Feb. 1) 

 

Sidney Houston Memorial Scholarship

The recipient of this award must be a resident student and have completed at least 56 credit hours, but no more than 90; achieved a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or above; be considered a person of moral responsibility and high professional potential. 

 

Sara Jamison Keller Scholarship

This scholarship for tuition is annually open to a senior majoring in English language or literature at IUPUI who is a resident of the state of Indiana and who has achieved a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.3 for all undergraduate courses and not less than a 3.5 cumulative average for all courses in English language and literature. The scholarship pays the tuition for no more than 15 credit hours in the fall semester of the student’s senior year and is renewable for the following spring semester.

 

Frances Dodson Rhome Scholarship

This scholarship is open to all undergraduate students majoring in a Liberal Arts discipline with a demonstrated interest in Women’s Studies or English Literature. Preference will be given to students based on demonstrated financial need.

 

Ray Russo Faculty/Student Technology Scholarship

This scholarship is open to all undergraduate Liberal Arts majors. Students must work with faculty members to develop a project which will help bring new pedagogical technologies in course design and delivery into the classroom. Preference is given to students majoring in English, but all majors may apply.

 

Turner-Wright Scholarship

Recipients of this scholarship must be enrolled full time in the Liberal Arts, majoring in English, and with a demonstrated interest in studying African American literature. In selecting the recipients, preference will be given to students of African American ethnicity. Recipients must maintain at least a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale.

 

For full guidelines and to submit applications, please visit the IUPUI School of Liberal Arts’ scholarship opportunities page.