2019 WRITING AWARDS
2019 NYC English Department Willis, Owens, Gill, Cannon, and Rose Writing Awards, and the Academy of American Poets Prize
AWARDS: $15,000 in awardsfrom 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, Writing for Film and Television, 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 or Film and Screen Studies (FSS) major or minor, or an undergraduate in any major who has taken (or is taking) a Pace LIT 205; any LIT 211 or 212; ENG 205, ENG 212, ENG 214, ENG 223, ENG 223C, or ENG 223E; any 300-level ENG or LIT course; or any FSS course. Also, you must be enrolled as a Pace NYC student during the current academic year, either in Fall 2018 or Spring 2019, or both.
DEADLINE: Mon., April 8, 2019, by 11:59 pm. Submissions by email only to nyenglishawards@gmail.com
Send one email and attach a separate .doc(x) file in that one email for each award category you enter. Do not send a pdfunless you are using playwriting or screenwriting software that cannot be converted. Resend your email if you do not get an automatic receipt confirmation. Second or more emails on the same day will not receive receipts.
WRITING CATEGORIES
You may submit in multiple categories, but submit one cover page for each writing category you enter.
· FICTION: 30 double-spaced pages maximum, but no more than 3 pieces, i.e., short stories or part of a novel
· POETRY: 5 poems maximum (maximum number of pages: 5)
· 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 notliterary criticism, film criticism, or journalism)
· WRITING FOR FILM AND TELEVISION: For feature-length screenplays, 10-30 pages maximum in screenplay format, and a 1-page (double-spaced) story outline. For television scripts, a completed spec episode or pilot in standard script format
· PLAYWRITING: 10-30 pages maximum in standard play format and a 1-page analysis of characters, setting, action, and the singular event that sparks the subsequent action.
· 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 double-spaced pages maximum, but no more than 3 pieces, that present data and apply methods taught in Language and Linguistics courses
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Submit one Cover Page for each writing category you enter. Each Cover Page 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
Writing Entry: DO NOT put your name on any other page aside from the cover page.
· All writing must be carefully edited and proofread.
· DO NOT include page numbers on any pages.
· These application guidelines are also in the 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)
