For the best undergraduate essays dealing with one or more of the following:
- Film
- African-American Literature
- American Literature
- German Literature
Prizes totaling up to $1000
Deadline for Receipt of Submissions: early October, with exact date changing from year to year.
Guidelines:
- Essays must be at least 8 pages long.
- Essays may have been written at any point during an undergraduate’s career at the University of Pittsburgh.
- Essays may be submitted by students or their teachers.
- 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.
- Email electronic coy to AEP63@pitt.edu. No paper copies.
- 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 is being submitted; and (if applicable) the course at Pitt for which the essay was written and the name of the instructor.
- Assignment may be included if necessary to clarify an essay.
Winners will be honored at the University’s Honors Convocation.
Inquiries to Uma Satyavolu