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DEPARTMENTAL WRITING PRIZES |
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Submissions for writing prizes must be turned in to the English
Department Office, 602 Philosophy Hall, by the following dates:
DEADLINES
FOR CREATIVE WRITING: Monday,
March 1, 2010 by 2 p.m.
FOR CRITICAL WRITING: Monday,
April 5, 2010 by 2 p.m.
- You will find below links to cover sheets for prize
submissions.
- You should collect all the material you are
submitting for consideration for the Creative Writing Prizes (except
for the Brownstein) into one packet with one cover sheet; you then
submit FOUR copies of the packet to 602 Philosophy Hall by the
deadlines listed above.
- A separate information sheet is available with
guidelines for the Brownstein Prize (for work in prose fiction or
playwriting by a Columbia College senior).
- Senior Essays are automatically considered for
applicable prizes (no separate submission need be made).
THE PRIZES in brief [see Prize Descriptions below for
restrictions on submissions]
CREATIVE WRITING: Submission Cover Sheet
For any Columbia University degree student
(undergraduate & graduate):
Van Rensselaer Prize—for
poetry
For CC, GS and Barnard undergraduates:
Woodberry Poetry
Prize—for an original poem [Not offered in 2008]
For CC and GS undergraduates:
Academy of American
Poets Prize—for a poem or group of poems
For all CC undergraduates:
Brick Memorial Prize—for
a one-act or full-length play Philolexian
Prize—for
fiction,
essays,
memoirs, poetry, plays, film scripts,
literary translations
For CC SENIORS only:
Brownstein Prize—for
prose fiction or playwriting (special
instructions)
CRITICAL WRITING: Submission Cover Sheet
For CC, GS and Barnard undergraduates:
Bunner Award—for an
essay dealing with American literature
For CC and GS undergraduates:
John Vincent Hickey
Prize—for an essay on English, Irish or American poetry
For CC, GS and Barnard SENIORS:
Lea Baechler Prize—for a
critical essay on a topic relating to poetry
For CC SENIORS only:
Barratt-Brown Memorial
Prize—for critical writing in any scholarly field
WRITING PRIZE RECIPIENTS FROM
PAST YEARS
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DESCRIPTIONS OF THE
WRITING PRIZES
[including restrictions on individual submissions]
Van Rensselaer Poetry Prize: A prize
awarded to a Columbia University degree candidate who is deemed the
author of the best example of English lyric verse.
SUBMISSION RESTRICTIONS: no more than 3 poems, totaling not more than
10 pages
George Edward Woodberry Poetry Prize:
Established by the Woodberry Society as a memorial to George Edward
Woodberry. Awarded to an undergraduate student of the University,
including Barnard College, for the best original poem. Offered every
other year. Not offered in 2006.
Academy of American Poets Poetry Prize:
Award
for
the
best poem or group of poems (unpublished) written by a
College or General Studies undergraduate degree candidate.
SUBMISSION RESTRICTIONS: but no more than 5 poems, and totaling not
more than 10 pages
The Bunner Award: In memory of Henry
Cuyler Bunner, this award recognizes Columbia degree candidates who
present the best essay on any topic dealing with American literature.
Senior essays on an American topic will automatically be considered for
this award.
Philolexian Prize: An award for
fiction, essays, memoirs, poetry, plays, film scripts, or translations
of literature written by an undergraduate in Columbia College.
SUBMISSION RESTRICTIONS: submission may include work in any one or more
of these genres, but is limited to one work in each genre, except
poetry, where the limit is 5 poems; prose submissions are not to exceed
35 pages
Seymour Brick Memorial Prize: Awarded
to the College undergraduate who submits the best one-act or
full-length play. The award was established by Mrs. Seymour Brick and
her son in honor of their husband and father who graduated from the
College in 1934.
Charles Paterno Barratt-Brown Memorial Prize:
Awarded
to
a
Columbia College senior who is judged to have excelled in
critical writing in any scholarly field. Established by his parents and
his sister in honor of Charles, who graduated from the College in 1983.
Senior essays will automatically be considered for this prize.
The Karen Osney Brownstein Prize: The Prize, a
gift of approximately $2,000 per year, is to be awarded at the annual
Honors Assembly to a graduating Columbia College senior who has written
a single piece or a body of work in prose fiction or playwriting while
at Columbia, so distinguished in its originality of concept and
excellence of execution that it fairly demands the award, support and
recognition that the prize intends. Further
details (including submission requirements).
The Lea Baechler Prize: Awarded to a graduating
senior (in CC, GS, or Barnard) for a critical essay on a topic relating
to poetry.
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