The English Department is soliciting submissions for the annual Susanne Popper-Edelman and Edward Edelman English Essay Prizes.
A prize of $125 will be awarded to the best essay written for developmental freshman writing courses (English 14, 14x) during summer 2011, fall 2011, or spring 2012.
A prize of $125 will be awarded to the best essay written for freshman writing courses (English 16, 16x) during summer 2011, fall 2011, or spring 2012.
A prize of $125 will be awarded to the best essay written for one of the core courses (English 61, 62, 63, 64) during summer 2011, fall 2011, or spring 2012.
A prize of $125 will be awarded to the best essay written for one of the upper-division courses (except 190, 191, 192) during summer 2011, fall 2011, or spring 2012.
A prize of $150 will be awarded to the best essay written for Senior Seminar (190 & 192 -- not 191). Papers written in summer 2011, fall 2011, or spring 2012 are eligible.
To submit:
To submit:
- The instructor or the student should fill out a submission form and submit it with 3 copies of the essay.
- Essays must be free of hand-written comments and grades with the name of the author blocked out on every page.
- Developmental freshman essays should be 4–5 pages, doubles-spaced.
- Freshman essays should be 5–7 pages, double-spaced.
- Sophomore core and upper division essays should be 5–15 pages, double-spaced.
- Senior Seminar essays should be 20–25 pages, double-spaced.
- All essays should follow MLA format for documentation.
- Students may enter essays in more than one category, but no student can win more than one prize. Please submit only one paper per category.
Please note: the above essay lengths are suggested parameters. No essay will be excluded for exceeding the page numbers stated above.
Submit essays by 5 pm on Friday, April 20, 2012 to: Prof. Michael J.K. Bokor, English Department, Humanities Building, Fourth Floor.
Questions? Reach Prof. Bokor at Michael.Bokor@liu.edu.
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