Creative Writing Prizes Deadline for application for all prizes is March 2 by 5:00 pm. 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.  Additionally, all winning entries will be published in The Observer.  When:   April 29, 2011, 6:00 pm Where:  Lincoln Center South Lounge Academy of American Poets Prize Eligibility:  Any Fordham student Guidelines:  Submit 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 copy of your manuscript to the entry box labeled "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 Margaret Lamb/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 labeled "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, 2 runners-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 labeled "Hirsch/Nettleton Prizes" located in the English Department office at Lincoln Center (Room 924 Lowenstein). Prize:  2 prizes of $100, 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 labeled "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.

If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. --Toni Morrison