英语系奖励指南
2023-2024

The College offers a number of prizes to 学生s. 这些奖品可以被认为是 forming two groups: those for which 学生s must submit work themselves and those 由学院提名颁发.

Prizes Through Student Submission (创意写作)

学生 must submit your manuscript electronically (as a PDF) to 特里萨潘 by 5 p.m. 2024年3月18日，星期一. Each manuscript will be submitted automatically for all possible prizes. 法官 for the prizes are published poets, fiction writers, or nonfiction writers who are 而不是火博体育学院的教职员工.

Poetry (submit manuscript of no more than five poems)

1. Frances Steloff Poetry Prize, established by Frances Steloff, founder of the Gotham Book Mart, and awarded to an outstanding poet.
2. 英语系 Distinguished Writing Award in Poetry. 该奖项旨在表彰优秀的 学生 work in poetry and is open to 学生s in all years and in all majors. 学生 are encouraged to submit manuscripts of no more than five poems.

Fiction (submit one story, roughly 10–20 pages each, though longer or shorter stories 是可以接受的)

1. Sara Bennett Prize for Fiction, established by the Bennett family in memory of Sara 贝内特，1992届毕业生.
   
   
2. Denise Marcil Prize for Fiction, established by Denise Marcil, a literary agent and Skidmore alumna, who chooses the winning story from among six or seven stories selected 评委们.

Nonfiction (submit manuscript of no more than 20 pages)

1. Samantha Sasenarine Distinguished Writing Award in Nonfiction, given in honor of Samantha Sasenarine ‘21 and her contributions to both the 英语系 and the larger 大学社区. 该奖项旨在表彰优秀的 学生 work in creative nonfiction and is open to 学生s in all years and in all majors. 我们鼓励学生 submit manuscripts in any form of creative nonfiction, such as a personal essay, arts review, travel essay, environmental journalism, memoir, profile, and portraiture.

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Prizes by Faculty Nomination (学生 cannot make submissions in this category)

1. 埃德温·莫斯利英语奖. This prize is awarded to a senior in 英语 who has shown outstanding promise as a literary critic, scholar, poet, or fiction writer, and who intends to pursue graduate 写作方面的研究或职业. 教师提名 are due to the Chair of the Honors 及奖项委员会 5 p.m. 3月18日. 汤普森/莫斯利奖提名者 vote, whether they are on the Committee or not.  获胜者是通过计票选出的， 而不是委员会的审议程序. 
   
   
2. 莎莉·查普曼·汤普森英语奖. 萨莉·查普曼·汤普森. Prize is awarded annually to the 学生 who has excelled as a critic or scholar during their career as an 英语 major. 教师提名 are due to the Chair of the Honors 及奖项委员会 5 p.m. 3月18日.
   
   For the Moseley and Thompson prizes, department 教师 nominators should submit electronically, to the Chair of the Honors and Awards Committee, a letter of nomination describing the 学生’s achievements and credentials relevant to either the Moseley or the Thompson prize, along with 1 to 2 samples of the 学生’s written work, as provided by the 学生. (Faculty letters must indicate which ONE of the two prizes the 学生 is 提名.)提名和材料截止日期为 5 p.m. 3月18日. The Honors and Awards Committee will obtain transcripts for all nominees, and will review, confirm, and post online a list of nominees for each award. 所有的材料 for each nominee will be posted to theSpring. 系里的老师会阅读这些材料 of all nominees and submit to the Committee one vote for each prize. 该委员会 will tally the votes and notify the Chair of the winners. 汤普森/莫斯利奖提名者 vote, whether they are on the Committee or not.  获胜者是通过计票选出的， 而不是委员会的审议程序. 
   
   
3. 英语系 Distinguished Writing Award for the Essay. These awards recognize excellent 学生 essays at the 103/105/105H; 110; 200; and 300年的水平. Members of the 教师 submit papers to the Honors and Awards Committee, which consists of department members who evaluate and discuss the nominations and announce the award winners at a ceremony in the spring semester. 提交截止日期为 5 p.m. 4月8日 to the Chair of Honors and Awards Committee. 杰出论文奖提名者， if they are on the Committee, recuse themselves from discussion of the nominated candidate. Winners are selected by Committee deliberative process. 
   
   
4. 米兰达·华纳奖. The Honors and Awards Committee also annually selects the recipient of the Miranda 华纳奖. This award, established in memory of Miranda Warner, Class of ’79, recognizes a 学生 who produces exemplary literary criticism on the work of a female author, 或者是一篇对女性问题敏感的文章. 提交截止日期为 5 p.m. 4月8日 to the Chair of the Honors and Awards Committee. 米兰达·华纳奖提名者， if they are on the Committee, recuse themselves from discussion of the nominated candidate. Winners are selected by Committee deliberative process.