Awards & Scholarships
The English Department offers several monetary awards for student writing. Contests
for the 2023–24 academic year will open in the spring. When submitting, students should
email their submissions to our Office Manager; in the subject line of your email, please indicate the name of the writing contest
to which you're submitting. We will announce the contest deadline in the spring.
All contests are limited to one entry per student. Unless otherwise noted, all submissions
should include a cover sheet that includes the contest name, the student's name, student ID number, student address, and the title
of the entry. Because submissions will be read blindly, you should not include your
name or any identifying information on the submission itself. Click on the links below
to see more details for each award.
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Farthest North Fiction Contest – $100 |
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Northern Lights Essay Contest (Undergraduate) – $100 |
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Northern Lights Essay Contest (Graduate) – $100 |
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Derick Burleson Poetry Contest (Undergraduate) – $100 |
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Derick Burleson Poetry Contest (Graduate) – $100 |
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E.L. Bartlett Contest for Literary Criticism –$100 |
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Harold McCracken Award for Outstanding Writing about Alaska and the North Country – $150 |
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Minnie E. Wells Award for Literary Criticism – $200 |
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George W. McDaniel Writing Fund – $1,000 (multiple awards when funding allows) *Please note that UAF Financial Aid is working on providing us with an updated link to the scholarship application. Please contact our Office Manager for further information until that link is provided. Thank you! eligibility: UAF Creative Writing graduate students |
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Caroline Musgrove Coons Writing Scholarship – tuition reimbursement |