Are you an undergraduate who enjoys creative writing? You could win an award for your talents!
The Rudolph William Rosati Creative Writing Award
The Rosati Creative Writing Prize is awarded each spring in recognition of an outstanding work of creative writing. All Duke first year or sophomore students are eligible to submit work for consideration. Projects may be any genre and take any form (audio/video, digital media, etc.), but must include a substantial creative writing component.
Deadline: June 15th, 2024
Prize: $1500
For more details: https://library.duke.edu/research/awards/rosati
The William Styron Creative Writing Award
The Styron Creative Writing Prize is awarded each spring in recognition of an outstanding work of creative writing. All Duke juniors and seniors (graduating spring 2023) are eligible to submit work for consideration. Projects may be any genre and take any form (audio/video, digital media, etc.), but must include a substantial creative writing component.
Deadline: June 15th, 2024
Prize: $1500
For more details: https://library.duke.edu/research/awards/styron
Eligibility for both awards:
- You must be a Duke undergraduate student
- You may submit multiple, different projects in a given year but each project should be submitted individually with an accompanying application cover sheet
- Submitted projects must have been written during the current academic year
- Projects are judged based on quality and originality of writing
- At this time submissions must be written in English
- No minimum or maximum length required
Contact Arianne Hartsell-Gundy, Librarian for Literature, at arianne.hartsell.gundy@duke.edu, if you have questions.