English Department

Scholarships

Names of Prizes and Scholarships	Criteria	Departments Involved	Funds Distributions
Ledbetter Prize for Excellence in Writing	English Major: Selected for excellent writing in any literary genre	Judged by the English Department	English Dept. $500
Mark Van Doren Poetry Prize	Selected winner of annual poetry completion	Judged by the English Department	English Dept. $1000
Armour H. Nelson Literature Award	English Major: Preference is to award to student with a high interest in literature 3.5 GPA	Judged by the English Department	Financial Aid
David Wennes Memorial Scholarship	Upper Division English Major: Student who shows a gift for creative writing or other artistic expression	Judged by the English Department	Financial Aid
Ruprecht Scholarship	English Major: Sophomore or above Lutheran student	Judged by the English Department	Financial Aid
Kathryn Adair-Price	Freshman English Major	Judged by the English Department	Financial Aid
Stony Brook $1,000 Short Fiction Prize	Undergraduate students enrolled full time. Visit www.stonybrook.edu/fictionprize for complete guidelines.	MFA program in Writing and Literature, Stony Brook Southampton State University of New York	$1,000 prize and scholarship to the Southampton Writers Conference in NY