Creative Writing Prizes
Deadline for application for all prizes is March 18.
Students may enter only once for each prize.
The Prizes Ceremony
To honor winners, runner-ups and their guests, Fordham will host a ceremony where winners will read excerpts from their entries. All winners and runner-ups pieces will be published in the special edition bound chapbook series entitled The Prizes Anthology. Following the reading, a sparkling cider and chocolate tasting reception featuring XOX Truffles will be held.
When: April 23, 6:00 pm
Where: Lincoln Center Student Lounge
Academy of American Poets Prize
Eligibility: Any Fordham student
Guidelines: Submit 2 copies of up to 5 pages of poetry (1 poem per page) with your name, campus affiliation, year at Fordham, telephone number and email address on each sheet. Clearly identify the name of the prize at the top of your submission. Submit the 2 copies of your manuscript to the entry box labled "Academy of American Poets" located in the English Department offices either at Lincoln Center (Room 924 Lowenstein) or Rose Hill (Dealy Hall, 5th Floor).
Prize: 2 prizes of $50, 1 runner-up
Writing to the Right-Hand Margin Prizes
Eligibility: Any Fordham student
Guidelines: Submit up to (but no more than) 1500 words of text (fiction or non-fiction), with two cover sheets. On the first cover sheet, include your name, year at Fordham, telephone number, email address, genre (fiction or non-fiction), title and word count. The second cover sheet should include only genre (fiction or non-fiction), title and word count. Submit your manuscript to the entry box labled "Writing to the Right-Hand Margin" located in the English Department offices either at Lincoln Center (Room 924 Lowenstein) or Rose Hill (Dealy Hall, 5th Floor).
Prize: 4 prizes of $100, 1 runner-up
Ully Hirsch/Robert F. Nettleton Poetry Prizes
Eligibility: Lincoln Center undergraduate students
Guidelines: Submit up to 5 pages of poetry (1 poem per page) with your name, year at Fordham, telephone number and email address on each sheet. Clearly identify the name of the prize at the top of your submission. Submit your manuscript to the entry box labled "Hirsch/Nettleton Prizes" located in the English Department office at Lincoln Center (Room 924 Lowenstein).
Prize: 2 prizes of $250, 1 runner-up
Bernice Kilduff White & John J. White
Creative Writing Prize
Eligibility: Rose Hill senior undergraduate students
Guidelines: Submit up to (but no more than) 1500 words of text (fiction, non-fiction or poetry). Entries must indicate the student's name, year at Fordham, telephone number and email address. Clearly identify the name of the prize at the top of each submission. Submit your manuscript to the entry box labled "White & White Creative Writing Prize" located in the English Department office at Rose Hill (Dealy Hall, 5th Floor).
Prize: 1 prize Cash Amount to be determined.
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If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.
--Toni Morrison
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