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Awards/Scholarships
Awards and scholarships available to current students in the ISU English Department.
Be sure to download and complete an Awards Cover Sheet with your application and submit both to the recipient for your respective classification:
| Graduate Students | Undergraduate Students |
|---|---|
| Graduate English Office 403 Ross Hall |
Undergraduate Advisors 419, 343, or 347 Ross Hall |
| Award | Amount | Eligibility | Criteria | Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freda Huncke Endowment Awards (5 awards) |
$1000 each | Returning full-time undergraduate English major | Academic excellence; financial need; demonstrated expository writing ability. Some preference may be given to students planning to teach. | March 7, 2008 |
| Pearl Hogrefe Grants-in-Aid for Creative Writing | up to $250 (graduate) up to $250 (graduate) |
Graduate (any major) | Excellence and promise in creative writing | March 7, 2008 |
| James and Rachel Lowrie Award | $100 | Junior or senior (any major) nominated by a faculty member in the English Department | Demonstrated growth in the study of literature | March 7, 2008 |
| Critical Writing Award | $50 (undergraduate) $50 (graduate) |
Graduate or undergraduate (any major) | Excellence in critical writing as shown by an essay written for an ISU English class | March 7, 2008 |
| Aubrey Galyon Award | $700 | Undergraduate senior or M.A. student ready to begin work toward a Ph.D. in literature, linguistics, or rhetoric | Academic excellence. Preference may be given to students with financial need. | March 7, 2008 |
| W. Paul Jones Scholarship | $500 | Doctoral student RPC. | Admission to RPC program, full-time ISU grad student. Paper based on RPC. Scholarly merit of the submitted work is sole criteria for award. | March 7, 2008 |
| Will C. Jumper Award | $100 | Undergraduate (any major) | Excellence in poetry writing | March 7, 2008 |
| Kurt Moody Creative Writing Award | $500 | Undergraduate (any major) | Demonstrate excellence in creative writing: fiction writing, screenwriting, and playwriting. | March 7, 2008 |
| Quentin Johnson Award | Varies, approximately $100 | Graduate or undergraduate | Academic excellence; interest in linguistics; preference for financial need | March 7, 2008 |
| Albert L. Walker Excellence-in-English Awards (3 awards) |
$350 (undergraduate English) $350 (graduate any major) $350 (undergraduate any major) |
Graduate or undergraduate; Full-time student | Academic excellence; exceptional ability in the study of literature | March 7, 2008 |
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Herta David Scholarships in English
(1 award for 2008) |
$2,500 | Undergraduates- English major. (soph, jr, sr.) Recipient may apply subsequent years. | 2.5 GPA. Challenging family background and financial need. | March 7, 2008 |
| Richard R. Wright Award | $200 | Graduate student | Expository writing ability demonstrated by an essay written for an ISU graduate English class; preference for financial aid | March 7, 2008 |
Other scholarships may be available at the Liberal Arts & Sciences Scholarships Page.
