Lillian Kroll Prize in Creative Writing
Description
The prize of $375 is awarded competitively to an undergraduate student (any faculty or program including students at the affiliated colleges) who exhibits a developing talent for creative writing. Participants must submit one entry per person, of either prose, fiction, poetry or drama which will be adjudicated on the basis of the quality of the writing submitted, not its quantity.
Other Criteria
Eligible Schools: University of Western Ontario, Brescia College, Huron University College, King's University College
Activities: Creative Writing, Writing
Scholarship ID: 476
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Tomiwa Ademidun CreatorThis award was established by Mr. B. Franklin Shostack and Dr. Zane Cohen in memory of the late Lillian Kroll, and is awarded by the Department of English and Writing Studies.
The prize of $375 is awarded competitively to an undergraduate student (any faculty or program including students at the affiliated colleges) who exhibits a developing talent for creative writing.
Contest Rules
- Entries must be submitted by Friday, February 1, 2019.
- Participants must submit one entry per person, of either prose, fiction, poetry or drama which will be adjudicated on the basis of the quality of the writing submitted, not its quantity.
- You should submit work that has not hitherto been published or won an award in any other competition. One of the following would be a suitable submission:
- a poem, or a brief series of linked poems
- a one-act play, or scenes from a longer work
- a short story or novella, or selections from a longer work of fiction
- Submissions must include a cover page with the following information:
- your name
- student number
- email address
- telephone number
- contest name: Lillian Kroll Prize in Creative Writing
- do not include any personally identifiable information on the work itself
- Entries must be submitted in hard copy only to the Department of English and Writing Studies, University College, Room 2401, Western University.
- The winning entry will be named by April of 2019.
- The winner will be notified by email.
- The results will be posted on the Department of English website and social media channels.
Related
Participants must be full-time students registered in any undergraduate (baccalaureate) program at Western University, including Affiliates.
Writing
A prize up to $1,000 is awarded to a Canadian citizen or permanent resident registered in any undergraduate or graduate program at Western. Participants must submit, in English or French, any personal and recent work of creative writing,...