English Department Essay Awards, Deadline April 8, 2011
The English Department announces the following $100 prizes to be awarded for the best essays written for English classes. Essays can be entered by faculty or students. They should be emailed to Susan Burns, English Department secretary, (susan.burns@villanova.edu) The deadline is April 8, 2011.
(1). Undergraduate Award - The Jerome J. Fischer Memorial Award, given to the most distinguished scholarly or critical essay written by an undergraduate student at Villanova.
(2). Graduate Award - The Margaret Powell Esmonde Memorial Award, given to the most distinguished scholarly or critical essay written by a graduate student at Villanova.
The two prize-winning essays will be published.
Eligibility:
Both competitions are open only to students taking courses at Villanova University, including night school courses. To be eligible, essays must have been
(1) written within a year preceding the deadline
(2) written either for a Villanova English course (2100 level or higher) or for a Villanova Honors course (2000 level or higher) that was taught by a member of the Villanova English faculty. Work submitted for a senior Honors thesis or an M. A. thesis is not eligible.
Format & Requirements:
•In addition to their essay, students should include a cover page including the course and professor for which the paper was written, as well as their local address, email, and telephone number.
•Students should also submit the essay assignment or an approximation of the assignment.
•Essays should be formatted in Times New Roman, 12 (or equivalent font) and double-spaced; graduate essays should be no more than 20 pages long; undergraduate essays are limited to 12 pages.
•Only one submission per student is allowed.
•Notes should be organized in the parenthetical form recommended by the third edition of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.
•Judges are looking for argumentative originality and rigor, elegance of writing, and interpretive incisiveness. Winning papers tend to engage sources in addition to the primary text.
Send submissions as an attachment to susan.burns@villanova.edu
The deadline is April 8, 2011
(1). Undergraduate Award - The Jerome J. Fischer Memorial Award, given to the most distinguished scholarly or critical essay written by an undergraduate student at Villanova.
(2). Graduate Award - The Margaret Powell Esmonde Memorial Award, given to the most distinguished scholarly or critical essay written by a graduate student at Villanova.
The two prize-winning essays will be published.
Eligibility:
Both competitions are open only to students taking courses at Villanova University, including night school courses. To be eligible, essays must have been
(1) written within a year preceding the deadline
(2) written either for a Villanova English course (2100 level or higher) or for a Villanova Honors course (2000 level or higher) that was taught by a member of the Villanova English faculty. Work submitted for a senior Honors thesis or an M. A. thesis is not eligible.
Format & Requirements:
•In addition to their essay, students should include a cover page including the course and professor for which the paper was written, as well as their local address, email, and telephone number.
•Students should also submit the essay assignment or an approximation of the assignment.
•Essays should be formatted in Times New Roman, 12 (or equivalent font) and double-spaced; graduate essays should be no more than 20 pages long; undergraduate essays are limited to 12 pages.
•Only one submission per student is allowed.
•Notes should be organized in the parenthetical form recommended by the third edition of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.
•Judges are looking for argumentative originality and rigor, elegance of writing, and interpretive incisiveness. Winning papers tend to engage sources in addition to the primary text.
Send submissions as an attachment to susan.burns@villanova.edu
The deadline is April 8, 2011
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