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 Why Major in English
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English Undergraduate Counseling
310.825.1389
158 Humanities Building
undergraduate [at] english (dot) ucla (dot) edu
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Awards and Contests
The following is a list of Departmental and University awards that may be of particular interest to English majors. Please check the Departmental bulletin board for more contest information.
- Ina Coolbrith Memorial Prize for Poetry--awarded for the best poem or group of poems submitted by an undergraduate at UCLA. Deadline: November.
- The English Department Essay Contest--an annual essay contest for the best critical essay or research paper on a literary subject. The contest is open to undergraduate English majors only. The winning essay will be submitted to the University-wide essay contests, the Teague-Melville-Elliot and the Peter Rotter awards. Deadline: Early March.
- Fred Weld Herman Memorial Prize from The Academy of American Poets--for the best poem or groups of poems. Open to any UCLA student, graduate or undergraduate. Deadline: March
- May Merrill Miller Award--given in alternate years in fiction and in poetry. Open to undergraduate women who are preferably neither beginning freshman nor graduating seniors during the quarter in which the award is given. Deadline: March.
- Ruth Brill Scholarship Award--in memory of Dorothy Canfield Fisher and John Fisher. For a work of fiction. Open to any UCLA student enrolled in courses in Creative Writing. Submission must indicate course(s) and quarter(s) taken. Deadline: March.
- Shirle Dorothy Robbins Creative Writing Award--given in alternate years in fiction and in poetry. Open to any UCLA student. Deadline: March.
- Shirley Collier Prize--awarded annually for an outstanding work of fiction or biography. Open to graduate or undergraduate students and faculty in English or Humanities. Extension students are ineligible. Deadline: March.
- Peter Rotter Essay Prize--awarded to undergraduates who have written the best paper for a regular or special studies course in the Humanities. Professors nominate students for an essay written for an undergraduate course completed in the Spring, Fall, or Winter quarter prior to the deadline. The Departmental Essay Contest winner is automatically nominated for this award. Deadline: March. Contact Writing Programs at (310) 206-1145.
- Teague-Melville-Elliot Prize--awarded to the undergraduate who has written the best piece of research scholarship in the Humanities. Professors nominate students for an essay written for an undergraduate course completed in the Spring, Fall, or Winter quarter prior to the deadline. The Departmental Essay Contest winner is automatically nominated for this award. Deadline: March. Contact Writing Programs at (310) 206-1145.
- Clara Rusk Hastings Undergraduate Scholarship--for recognition of outstanding achievement in English 10A, 10B, and 10C. Nominations from English 10 series instructors and teaching assistants are taken during Spring quarter of each year.
- Thompson Prize--made possible by the Dr. Warren Craig and Erile R. Thompson Scholarship/Fellowship. Announced each year at the English Department Commencement Celebration in recognition of the outstanding departmental honors thesis.
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