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2008-2009 SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS |
Wendy Barker Graduate Creative Writing Award
UTSA Graduate Students are invited to submit 5-10 pages of poetry (one poem on each page) and/or 10-15 pages short fiction or creative non-fiction (prose should be double-spaced; do not submit your only copy). Include ONE cover page with name, mailing address, e-mail address, phone number and titles of all submissions. Submit three copies of work. Your name should not be anywhere else except on the cover page.
Submissions may be placed in Dr. Catherine Kasper’s departmental mailbox or mail to:
Wendy Barker Creative Writing Award
Attn: Dr. Catherine Kasper
Department of English
University of Texas at San Antonio
One UTSA Circle
San Antonio, TX 78249-0643
Applications are due 12 Noon, February 24, 2009. Complete submission requirements and deadlines here.
Winners will be asked to read at Wordfest on Friday, April 17th.
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Steven G. Kellman Creative Non-Fiction Award
This year’s award amounts are $1,000 for first place award and $500 for second place. Applicants must be enrolled full time (12 credit hours) in an undergraduate degree program at UTSA, with a cumulative 3.0 GPA.
To apply, please submit a creative non-fiction essay of up to 4,000 words, a completed Application Form, and a cover letter stating work
submitted (provide title) is original and previously unpublished.
Applications are due in the English Department by February 15th, 2009
Winners will be asked to read at Wordfest on Friday, April 17th.
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The Davidson-Shaddox Scholarship Award
To be eligible for this award, a student must have (1) declared an undergraduate major in English and have complete at least 60 hours of college credit; (2) be enrolled full time (minimum 12 credit hours); (3) must have a minimum 3.0 GPA in English courses; (4) must enroll in an upper-level creative writing course during the academic year in which the award is given. Award amounts vary and are dependent upon the number of qualified applicants and availability of funds.
To apply, please submit the following:
—Complete Davidson-Shaddox Creative Writing Scholarship Application Form and a cover letter stating work
submitted (provide titles) is original and previously unpublished.
—Submission of a creative writing manuscript (poetry or prose).
Applications are due in the English Department by February 15th, 2009
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Poetry Foundation's Ruth Lily Fellowship Nomination
The UTSA Creative Writing Committee will nominate one student for a Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowship in the amount of $15,000. These fellowships are awarded by the Poetry Foundation and are intended to help younger poets continue their study and writing of poetry. To be eligible, a student must be a U.S. citizen 30 years old or younger, and must not have received an advanced degree before the end of the year in which the Fellowship is given. Application materials should be available in February. The deadline is usually in early April. For more information, see the Poetry Foundation's website >>>>
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If you would like to help fund a scholarship for creative writing students, please contact:
Wendy Barker
tel. 210.458.4374
e-mail. wendy.barker@utsa.edu |
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2007-2008 SCHOLARSHIPS and AWARDS RECIPIENTS |
Wendy Barker Award
First Place Winner - Michelle Neumann
The Wendy Barker Award was established six years ago by Jerald Winakur, M.D., and his wife Lee Robinson Esq., (both writers themselves) in honor of Dr. Wendy Barker, who began her career at UTSA in 1982. Every year this award is given in Dr. Barker's name to a graduate student who has submitted a creative writing manuscript of exceptional quality and promise.
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The Davidson-Shaddox Scholarship Award
First Place Winner - Karen Moon
Second Place Winner - Marcus J. Melendez
The Davidson-Shaddox Scholarship for undergraduate excellence in creative writing honors Brenda Davidson-Shaddox, an excellent student in our department during the 1980's, and a very talented creative writer, who "wanted to give back something of what the department had given her."
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Iron Horse Literary Review 2008 Discovered Voices Nominee
Christina L. Garza |
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Graduate Certificate Recipients
Amber Duncan
Meredith Norwood |
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COLFA Conference Creative Writing Award Winners
(Undergraduate)
First: David Martinez
Second: Brian Slaughter
Third: Jodi Lynne Ierien
(Graduate)
First: Amber Duncan
Second: Christina Garza
Third: Elaine Wong
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