Prizes and Scholarships

The English Department regularly recognizes students who demonstrate outstanding writing ability.  More than $3500 is awarded annually in prizes and scholarships.

Prizes

• The Thomas D. Clareson Prize for the best English Junior Independent Study paper of the year
• The Waldo H. Dunn Prize for the best English Senior Independent critical analysis thesis
• The Vonna Hicks Adrian Poetry Prize for an outstanding body of poetry
• The Vonna Hicks Adrian Prize for a Critical Essay on Poetry for an original critical analysis of a poem or poems
• The Ralph L. Kinsey Poetry Award
• The Academy of American Poets Prize
• The Donaldson Prize for Fiction
• The Donaldson Prize for Non-Fiction
• The Donaldson Prize for the best English Senior Independent Study creative project
• The Becky DeWine Endowment Fund sponsors a summer internship opportunity in journalism between the junior and senior year
• The Robert M. Bruce Memorial Scholarship is awarded to the first-year student who has shown the most improvement in writing skills during the first year

Contact Wooster

English

Kauke Hall
400 E. University Street
Wooster, OH 44691
Phone: 330-263-2575
Hours: 8am-4:30pm