2018
WRITING AWARDS
2018
NYC English Department Willis, Owens, Gill, Cannon, and Rose Writing Awards,
and the Academy of American Poets Prize
$12,000 in awards from the Sarah Willis, Billie and Curtis Owens, Richard Gill,
Gerard Cannon, and James Rose funds (former English Dept. faculty) will be
given in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Screenwriting, Playwriting, Journalism, Writing
on Film, Literary Criticism, and Linguistic and Rhetorical Analysis. The
Academy of American Poets Prize (established at Pace by John Ashbery and David
Kermani) is awarded in the Poetry category.
Eligibility: You must be a NYC
undergraduate English Dept. or Film and Screen Studies (FSS) Dept. major or
minor, or an undergraduate in any major who has taken (or is taking) a Pace ENG
205, ENG 212, ENG 214, ENG 223, ENG 223C, ENG 223E, or a 300-level ENG or LIT
course; LIT 205; any LIT 211 or 212; or any FSS course. Also, you must be
enrolled as a Pace NYC student during the current academic year, either in Fall
2017 or Spring 2018, or both.
Deadline (Submissions by
email only)
Monday, April 9, 2018, by 11:59
pm / email: nyenglishawards@gmail.com
Send one email and attach a
separate .doc(x) or .pdf file in that email for each award category you enter.
Resend your email if you do
not get an automatic receipt confirmation. DO NOT send a pdf file.
Guidelines
--You may submit in
multiple award categories:
·
FICTION:
30 double-spaced pages maximum, but no more than 3 pieces, i.e., short stories
or part of a novel
·
POETRY: 5
poems (5 pages maximum, printed on one side)
·
NONFICTION:
30 double-spaced pages maximum, but no more than 3 pieces, i.e., personal essays,
profiles, memoirs, biography, food, travel, or cultural writing (but not literary
criticism, film criticism, or journalism.)
·
SCREENWRITING:
10-30 pages maximum in screenplay format and a 1-page (double-spaced) story
outline.
·
PLAYWRITING:
10-30 pages maximum in standard play format and a 1-page analysis of
characters, setting, action, and events
·
JOURNALISM:
25 double-spaced pages maximum, but no more than 3 pieces, i.e., news or
feature writing; and reviews of current gallery shows, performances, multimedia
work, books, theater, or cinema.
·
WRITING
ON FILM: 25 double-spaced pages maximum, no more than 1 piece, i.e. formal,
historical, or theoretical analysis of film (see Journalism for film reviews)
·
LITERARY
CRITICISM: 30 double-spaced pages maximum, but no more than 3 pieces, i.e.,
critical essays on literature (see Journalism for reviews of current books)
·
LINGUISTIC
AND RHETORICAL ANALYSIS: 15 pages maximum, but no more than 3 pieces, that present
data and apply methods taught in Language and Linguistics courses
--Submit one cover page for
each category you enter.
(A submission exceeding the maximum page count for a category will
not be considered.)
Cover Page for each
category consists of the following:
·
The
heading ENGLISH DEPARTMENT WRITING AWARDS
·
Name of
appropriate category (i.e., FICTION)
·
Your
name; 9-digit student ID or U#; and please list your English or FSS major or
minor; or if you are a major from another dept., please list your major and the
course #, semester, and year of an ENG 205, 212, 214, 223, 223C, or 223E
course, a 300-level ENG or LIT course, any LIT 211 or 212, or any FSS course
you've taken
·
Email
address, phone number(s), local mailing address
·
The
title(s) of only the works in this category
DO NOT put your name on any
other page.
·
All
writing must be carefully edited and proofread.
·
DO NOT
include page numbers on any pages.
·
Application
Guidelines in English Dept., Rm. 1512, 41 Park Row, 15th FL and on the Pace NYC
English Dept. Awards site (http://www.pace.edu/dyson/departments/english-nyc/writing-awards)
