Spaulding Contest Seeks Essays

02/13/2018

The SLU English Department is accepting submissions for the Spaulding Awards for Undergraduate English Essays. These awards have been established in honor of Abbott Spaulding, a graduate of the SLU English Department who had a successful career as a medical doctor.

Undergraduate students who have written papers for any English course at the 2000, 3000 or 4000 level during either the Fall 2017 or Spring 2018 semester are invited to submit their essays for consideration for these awards.

Prizes are awarded for first, second and honorable mention essays. First Place is $150. Second Place is $100 and the Honorable Mention prize is $75.

Awards will be given at each course level.

Essay submissions are due on Monday, March 19. Award winners will be announced at the English Spring Celebration on Monday, April 23 at the Pere Marquette Gallery.

Students do not need to be English majors or minors to submit essays for consideration. A student may submit only one essay for this competition.

Essay submissions must be a minimum of five pages (1250 words) up to a maximum length of 10 pages (2500 words), typed and double-spaced in 12-point type, excluding “Works Cited” pages.

Submissions must be made via email to sluenglishawards@gmail.com with “Spaulding Award Submission [Student Last Name]” in the subject line. The essay should be included as an attached Word document with the student’s last name and the ENGL course number in the document title. An application form must be included along with the submission.

Essays will judged by the English Department’s Writing Expectations for Readability, Clarity of Objective and Argument, Analysis and Critical Thinking, and Organization.