Dr. Stanley L. Archer Memorial Award
English Faculty Graduating Senior Award
English Research Essay Contest
Gordone Awards
Rhetoric & Discourse Studies Essay Contest
Science Fiction and Fantasy Creative Writing Contest
Dr. Stanley L. Archer Memorial Award
The Dr. Stanley L Archer Memorial Award recognizes and reward the writer of the best paper in an Early Modern, Renaissance or Shakespeare class. (e.g., for undergraduates, ENGL 312, 314, 315, 317, 412, or 415). The award, which alternates between the Undergraduate and Graduate Programs, will be in the amount of $500 if a paper of suitable quality is found. The Graduate office will select the 2017 winners from papers written in the spring or fall 2016 semesters.
English Faculty Graduating Senior Award
Graduating Senior Award: A student graduating in December 2015, May 2016, or August 2016 is eligible to apply for the English Department’s Graduating Senior Award provided the student has at least a 3.5 GPA overall and a 3.75 GPA in the major in TAMU completed course work. The selection committee considers GPA, number of Honors courses taken; awards, prizes, scholarships earned; participation in cultural activities (e.g., Literary Arts, MSC OPAS, Symphonic Band, Symphony Orchestra, Choir) and other activities in student life and government; as well as the best paper the candidate has written for an English class at TAMU. The winner receives a check for $250.00 and a certificate of recognition at the Department’s annual Lewis Lecture in April.
English Research Essay Contest
The English Research Essay Contest recognizes and rewards a student with a prize of $250 for outstanding undergraduate research writing at Texas A&M University. Please send your essay as a word document and NOT a pdf. The winner of this contest has the opportunity to submit their paper to the National Undergraduate Literature Conference (NULC) at Webster State University. If they are selected as a finalist for the NULC, then the Department of English will pay the student’s expenses to attend the conference and to present their essay.
Deadline: December 19, 2016
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Gordone Awards
The Gordone Awards recognizes excellence in creative writing in the categories of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The winner in each category will receive a prize of $250.
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Deadline: April 1, 2017
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Rhetoric & Discourse Studies Essay Contest
The Rhetoric and Discourse Studies Essay Contest annually recognizes and rewards a student with a prize of $250 for outstanding undergraduate writing at Texas A&M University. Please send your essay as a word document and NOT a pdf.
Deadline: February 24, 2017
Science Fiction and Fantasy Creative Writing Contest
Alert: Any enrolled Texas A&M undergraduate student can win monetary prizes and perform your work at a Public Reading! To enter the contest submit your 3,000 word essay by February 10, 2017 to Creative Writing Contest. December graduates are not eligible to enter contest.