Writing Prizes – Seeking Student Nonfiction

In April, we will hold our annual Writing Prizes Competition. Below is a list of the nonfiction prizes we have and will continue to offer along with poetry, fiction, and drama. Please read over the list. If you have any students who have done or are doing exceptional work in one or more of these categories, please spread the word and encourage them to prepare submissions for the April deadline (TBA). Furthermore, if there is a category you would like to see represented or if you have any questions, please contact me at ryan.black@qc.cuny.edu.

Nonfiction prizes:
COMPOSITION PRIZE FOR WORK DONE IN ENGLISH 95
COMPOSITION PRIZE FOR WORK DONE IN ENGLISH 110
COMPOSITION PRIZE FOR WORK DONE IN SEEK 110 AND 120
THE GILMORE D. CLARK PRIZE FOR AN ESSAY DONE IN ENGLISH 165W
CLINTON OLIVER PRIZE FOR WORK IN BLACK AMERICAN STUDIES
LEO STATSKY PRIZE FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL WORK ON ENCOUNTERS WITH AMERICAN
LIFE
THE CATHY DAVIDSON PRIZE FOR SCHOLARSHIP ON AMERICAN LITERATURE PRE-1865
THE FACULTY PRIZE FOR AN ESSAY ON MEDIEVAL OR EARLY MODERN BRITISH LITERATURE
THE EDMUND L. EPSTEIN MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR AN OUTSTANDING ESSAY ON TWENTIETH
CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE
DAVID B. FEINBERG PRIZE FOR AN ESSAY ON GENDER AND SEXUALITY
QC ALUMNI PRIZE FOR AN ESSAY ON LATINO/LATINA STUDIES
QC ALUMNI PRIZE FOR AN ESSAY ON ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES

Best,
Ryan Black