English Department Prizes
Fall 2009
| Prize | Description | Winner | Amount of award |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Banks Brodsky Prize for Excellence in Real World Writing | Awarded to a full-time junior or senior. Submission may come from the spectrum of nonfiction: literary journalism, memoir, or narrative based on travel, science, history, and cultural critique. Submission should be limited to 3,000 words or less; can be a collection of brief pieces or one long piece. | $900 | |
| Barbara Banks Brodsky Prize in English | For the best essay on 20th-century English literature by a junior or senior. | $900 | |
| David Rome Prize | For the best lyric essay by a currently enrolled undergraduate. This form includes essays written in poetical or experimental forms that emphasize artfulness. | $100 | |
| Arlene Rome Ten Eyck & Peter H. Ten Eyck Prize | For the best essay on literary theory by a currently enrolled undergraduate. | $100 | |
| Rose Low Rome Prize | For the best poem or poems by a currently enrolled undergraduate. | $100 |
Rules
1. One entry per competition. A separate entry form must be completed for each competition.
2. TWO COPIES of each entry should be submitted. The two copies should be typewritten or computer generated and must be submitted with ONE contest entry form. Your name should not appear anywhere on the manuscript. Authors may pick up entries after the judging is completed. All uncollected manuscripts will be recycled after the last day of reading period.
3. The university reserves the right to withhold any award.
4. Manuscripts will be read by a committee of faculty members in the English Department. The committee's decisions will be final.
Entries must be submitted to the English Department at 70 Brown Street. Entries may not be submitted electronically.
DEADLINE: Wednesday, November 11, by 3:00pm.
Download an entry form here for fall prize submissions.
English Department Prizes
Spring 2009
| Prize | Description | Winner | Amount of award |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Gurney Prize in Literary Criticism of Fiction | For the best essay of 5,000 words or less on any topic in literary criticism (fiction) by a senior. | Nathan A. Driskell Sophie M. O'Connell |
1st $4,000 2nd $2,000 |
| Preston Gurney Prize in Literary Criticism of Poetry | For the best essay of 5,000 words or less on any topic in literary criticism (poetry) by a senior. | Eli D. Halpern Kathryn A. Eshbaugh |
1st $4,000 2nd $2,000 |
| Preston Gurney Prize in Cultural Criticism | For the best essay of 5,000 words or less on any topic in cultural criticism by a senior. | Amanda B. Carlin Emma Clippinger |
1st $4,000 2nd $2,000 |
| Betsy Amanda Lehman '77 Memorial Award for Excellence in Journalism | Awarded to a senior student at Brown studying journalism or practicing as a journalist for a campus or professional publication who has demonstrated outstanding accomplishments and intellectual ability. Portfolio may include selected publications and/or academic work in the study of journalism, including essays written for Brown classes and senior theses. | Amy L. Littlefield Nicole V. Dungca |
1st $875 2nd $425 |
| Casey Shearer Memorial Award for Excellence in Creative Nonfiction | Awarded to a full-time junior or senior enrolled at Brown for creative nonfiction of 3,000 words or less. Submission can be a collection of brief pieces or one long piece. | Kevin B. Roose Noam Dorr Sandra E. Allen Honorable Mention Rachel Z. Arndt Honorable Mention |
1st $1,000 2nd $500 |
