Graduate Essay Award Submissions
The English Department announces
the following prizes to be awarded for the best essays written for English
classes. Essays can be submitted by faculty or students. They
should be e-mailed to Sharon Rose-Davis, English Department administrative
assistant (sharon.rose-davis@villanova.edu).
(1) Undergraduate Award - The Jerome J. Fischer Memorial Award
($250), 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 ($250), given to the most distinguished scholarly or critical essay
written by a graduate student at Villanova.
Eligibility
Both competitions are open only to students taking courses
at Villanova University. 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 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,
e-mail, 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 are limited to 20 pages; 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.
The deadline for the Undergraduate Award is 4:30 pm on Friday, April 13th.
The deadline for the Graduate Award is 4:30 pm on Friday, April 20, 2018.
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