Creative Writing Awards
CREATIVE WRITING
CREATIVE WRITING
Undergraduate Creative Writing Awards
All entries must be made by 5pm, March 21.
The English Department presents Creative Writing Awards in the following four categories:
Bain-Swiggett Poetry Prize
First Prize: $150, Second Prize: $100. This is an endowed prize for traditional forms of poetry. Students may submit up to five poems.
Captain Robert A. Burke Award for Fiction
First Prize: $150, Second Prize: $100. Submit up to twenty pages, double-spaced.
Eleanora Burke Award for Creative Nonfiction
First Prize: $150, Second Prize: $100. Submit up to fifteen pages, double-spaced.
Michael Dennis Award for Poetry in Non-Traditional Forms
First Prize: $150, Second Prize: $100. This is an endowed prize for non-traditional forms, such as free verse, experimental verse, etc. Students may submit up to five poems.
Rules for Submission
- to qualify, you must be an enrolled undergraduate at UT;
- your manuscript must be typed;
- all prose entries must be double-spaced;
- your name should not appear on the manuscript or in the file name;
- prose submissions will require a title for the submitted material;
- poetry submissions will require a list of first lines for each poem submitted (maximum 5 poems);
- all poems (maximum of 5) for each contest must be submitted together as one file;
- if you wish to submit to more than one contest, you must submit a separate entry for each.
Submissions
Submit your entry here (must be logged into UT account in Microsoft)
- All entries must be made by 5pm, March 21st;
- Winners will be announced by May 1;
- Further information: creativewriting@utk.edu
Margaret Artley Woodruff Award for Creative Writing
All entries must be made by 5pm, March 21.
Presented by the College of Arts & Sciences, the Margaret Artley Woodruff Award, endowed in 1987 by former Coach Bob Woodruff, recognizes students who demonstrate clear evidence of outstanding ability and talent in the art of writing poetry, short stories, creative nonfiction, novels and/or plays.
Up to three $750 awards are available.
Rules for Submission
- to qualify, you must be a currently enrolled Arts and Sciences junior or senior with a grade point average of 3.0 or higher;
- submissions must include:
- a transcript (unofficial or official) proving eligibility;
- no more than 40 pages of prose and/or 12 poems;
- your manuscript must be typed;
- all prose material must be double-spaced;
- your name should not appear on the manuscript or in the file name;
- multi-genre entries are acceptable;
- submit all material as one PDF.
Submissions
Submit your entry here (must be logged into UT account in Microsoft)
- All entries must be made by 5pm, March 21;
- Winners will be announced by May 1;
- Further information: creativewriting@utk.edu
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