Department of English

• Tuesday, March 2, 2021 - 12:00pm

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College Alumni Society Henry Reed Prize, for the best essay written by an undergraduate on the literature of the English Renaissance. 

Dosoretz Family Prize, for the best essay written by a graduating senior English major. 

Nancy Rafetto Leach Sweeten Prize, for the best undergraduate essay on American literature. 

Phillip E. Goldfein Class of 1934 Shakespeare Prize, for the best undergraduate essay on Shakespeare.

The deadline for submissions is NOON, TUESDAY, MARCH 2nd.

 The Annual Student Essay Prize requirements are the following:

1.  Only one entry per student per prize.  If you enter two contests, you must submit one essay for each contest.

2.  Please do not submit the same essay for more than one prize.

3.  Essays from Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, and Fall 2019 are eligible.

We can now accept on-line submissions; please submit your entry below.  If you are applying for more than one contest, you need to submit to this link one time per entry.

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For more information regarding the listed awards, contact Loretta M. Witham Turner in the English Department at:  loretta@english.upenn.edu.