Category Archives: Scholarship Opps

March is a month full of contests and awards for English students. Not only would each contest or award look great on your résumé, there’s also prize money involved. I’ve included all necessary information below– so there’s no excuse not to submit!

Poets/WKU Students: Goldenrod is the English Club’s annual poetry festival in which students submit up the three poems for consideration. There’s also a guest poet, and this year we’re fortunate to have Nickole Brown! After submissions are turned in, the English club will narrow the poems down to ten finalists, which will then be submitted to Nickole for final judging. Afterwards, Goldenrod hosts an event on March 19 where Nickole will do a reading. The winners, who receive prize money and a workshop with the guest, are announced and able to read their poems at the Goldenrod event! Submissions are due on March 5 by 4:30, in CH 135.

Creative Writing majors/minors: This is the second year for the Henry Fiction Award– a $500 award– which is specifically for creative writing majors and minors. Here’s the info:
1.       Applicants must be full time undergraduate students at WKU.
2.       Applicants must be creative writing majors or minors.
3.       Applicants must have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or above.
4.       Financial need will be considered once finalists are determined.
5.       Each applicant must submit a writing sample of his or her fiction (only a short story, not a novel excerpt), no longer than 20 pages in length.
6.       The story is due in the marked basket in CH 135 by Friday March 8th. The office closes at 4:30 p.m.
If there are any questions about the award, please contact Dr. David Bell (david.j.bell@wku.edu).

Any WKU Student: The 16th Annual Gender & Woman’s Studies Writing Contest is now accepting submissions! They’re accepting poetry, fiction, or nonfiction– as long as it explores feminist themes/issues.The winners, one undergraduate and one graduate, will be honored at the Gender & Women’s Studies Annual Awards Ceremony on
Monday, April 29, 2013. Each winner will receive a $100 award.

Here are the details: Any WKU student may submit one original, unpublished work up to 750 words. Entrant’s name must not appear on the manuscript, but should be accompanied by a cover sheet that includes the title of the piece, genre, name, student ID number, local address, undergrad or grad status, and WKU e-mail address. Deadline: 4PM on Friday, March 29, 2013

-Rachel