The table below describes the 2010 Bryn Mawr College Literary Prizes and submission requirements. We encourage everyone to submit work for these awards, which are in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and translation. In particular, we would like to draw your attention to the Seymour Adelman Award, open to all Bryn Mawr students, faculty and staff members, which offers substantial support for a poetry-related project. The deadline for these contests is Monday, March 22, 2010 at 5 PM. Please feel free to contact Karl Kirchwey, kkirchwe@brynmawr.edu with your questions.
| Deadline: Monday, March 22, 2010 5:00 pm for all prizes. No previous submissions that have won a BMC Literary Prize may be submitted. These contests are not open to Haverford or Swarthmore students, faculty, or staff due to funding stipulations. Decisions for all prizes will be announced on May Day. If you have any questions you may contact Prof. Karl Kirchwey, Director of the Creative Writing Program, at kkirchwe@brynmawr.edu. | |||
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| Name of Prize | Sponsor | Literary Type | Submission Requirements Manuscripts should clearly indicate the name of the prize. |
| Open to All Current BMC Undergraduates: | |||
| The Academy of American Poets Prize: $100 | Endowed in honor of Ethelyn A. Chase, former President of the Academy | For a group of three to six poems submitted by an undergraduate | Please submit your group of poems in three (3) collated copies, along with a separate sheet providing your name, address, and the titles of the poems submitted. The poems are to be judged anonymously, and therefore your name should not appear anywhere on the copies of the poems. Submit work to Bryn Thompson in the English House Office by 5:00 pm, March 22. |
| The Anne Kirschbaum Winkelman Literary Prize: $500 | In memory of Anne Kirschbaum Winkelman, Class of 1948 | For the most original short story submitted by an undergraduate | Please submit two (2) copies of your work, together with a separate sheet providing your name, address, and the title of the work (your name should not appear on any of the copies of your work). Submit work to Bryn Thompson in the English House Office by 5:00 pm, March 22. |
| The Katherine Fullerton Gerould Award
Prize: $250 In this or any subsequent year, the prize will be awarded only if, in the opinion of the award committee, the material submitted merits the award |
Offered by the Alumnae Association in memory of a distinguished member of the Bryn Mawr College English Department. | Fiction (short story, novella, or portion of a novel); informal essays (excluding critical papers and academic essays); and poetry | The Committee asks that your submissions be work created since last Commencement. You may submit work written for a class or work that has appeared in student publications. A contestant may submit more than one entry if she so desires. In the case of poetry, the award committee recommends that contestants submit a group of poems. All manuscripts are to be typed one side only, double-spaced. Please submit four (4) collated copies of your work. Your name should not appear on your manuscript; instead, include a single cover page with your name, address and title of the work. Submit work to Bryn Thompson in the English House Office by 5:00 pm March 22. |
| The Richmond Lattimore Prize for Poetic Translation Prize: $500 | Established in memory of Richmond Lattimore, who was Professor of Greek at Bryn Mawr and a distinguished translator of Homer, other Greek poets, and the New Testament. |
Translations from any language and time period are acceptable. There are no restrictions on length. | Please submit three (3) copies each of the original work and your translation of it, together with your name, address, and the title of the poem on a separate sheet (your name should not appear anywhere on the copies). Submit copies to the Undergraduate Dean by 5:00 pm, March 22. |
| Open to Current BMC Freshmen and Sophomores: | |||
| The Alexandra Peschka Prize: $300 Awarded annually to a member of the Freshman or Sophomore class |
The Alexandra Peschka Prize was established in memory of a student of the Class of 1964 | For the best piece of imaginative writing in prose, either fiction or nonfiction—critical or academic essays are not eligible | Please submit two (2) copies of each entry, together with a separate sheet providing your name, address, and the title of your entry. Your name should not appear on either of the copies of your work. Submit work to Bryn Thompson in the English House Office by 5:00 pm, March 22. |
| Open to Current BMC Undergraduates, and to Current Students in BMC Graduate and Other Programs: | |||
| The Bain-Swiggett Poetry Prize: $300 |
Offered for the best single poem submitted by a BMC student (undergraduate, graduate or other programs). | Students may submit more than one poem, but each poem will be judged as an individual entry. Please submit three (3) copies of each poem, along with a separate sheet for that poem providing your name, address, and the title of the poem. Your name should not appear on any of the copies of your poem(s). Submit work to Bryn Thompson in the English House Office by 5:00 pm, March 22. | |
| Open to Current BMC Students, Faculty & Staff Members: | |||
| The Seymour Adelman Poetry Award: $1000 In this or any subsequent year, the prize will be awarded only if, in the opinion of the award committee, the material submitted merits the award. |
This annual award was established through a generous gift from Daniel and Joanna Semel Rose, A.B. '52, in honor of Seymour Adelman, bibliophile and longtime friend of the College and the Library. | In support of scholarly research on a poet or poetry; support the writing of poetry; encourage the study of poetry in an interdisciplinary context; recognize a particular piece or body of poetic writing; or offset publishing costs for a collection of poetry or scholarly work about a poet or poetry. | The award may be used to help support summer work, to free up time for writing, to help cover research expenses, travel for research, special preparation for teaching, or any of a variety of projects that would facilitate the writing, publication, teaching, and better understanding of poetry. Anyone wishing to compete for the Award should submit five (5) collated copies of a proposal including the following: 1) a letter of a page or so in length, describing the project to be undertaken or in progress; 2) a short budget, detailing how the prize funds will be spent; and, if desired, 3) supporting materials and/or work samples (these are optional but are encouraged) of no more than seven additional pages in length. Two copies of the completed winning project should be sent to the President's Office within eighteen months of the date of the award. Submit application to Bryn Thompson in the English House Office by 5:00 pm, March 22. |