Carol Kay Award

For the Best Undergraduate Essays on British Literature Between 1500-1900.

Prizes totaling up to $500

  1. Essays must be at least 8 pages long.
  2. 2. Essays may have been written at any point during an undergraduate’s career at the University of Pittsburgh.
  3. Essays may be submitted by students or their teachers.
  4. No more than one submission per student. Essays that have won other university-sponsored awards in prior years are not eligible. Essays should not be submitted simultaneously to other English Department contests.
  5. Email electronic copy toAEP63@pitt.edu. No paper copies.
  6. Author’s name should appear only on a separate cover page that also includes: the essay’s title; the author’s address, phone number, and email address; the name of the award for which the essay in being submitted; and (if applicable) the course at Pitt for which the essay was written and the name of the instructor.
  7. Assignment may be included if necessary to clarify an essay.

Winners will be honored at the University’s Honor Convocation.
Inquiries to Uma Satyavolu