Carroll Arnett Scholarship (flier here)

Open to any undergraduate or graduate student for a manuscript of poetry or fiction. Judged by a panel of judges.

Manuscript requirements:

• Submit an original creative writing portfolio containing poems or fiction or a combination of both: 15 pages of poetry and/or 25 pages (minimum) of fiction.
• Pages numbered, typed, double-spaced.
• The author's name, address, phone number, email, SS# or student ID number must be included only on the back of the last page of the manuscript (to ensure impartial committee consideration).
• A brief statement about the applicant's creative writing goals.
• A list of publications, if applicable.
• SASE, if return of the manuscript is desired. Submit manuscript to English Department Office, Anspach 215.

Deadline: March 2013 

Award Amount: $1,000

Gow Litzenburger Award in Undergraduate Fiction Writing (flier here)

Open to all CMU undergraduate students registered in at least one English or creative writing course.

Submission guidelines: Please submit one short story, a maximum of 20 typed and double-spaced pages of fiction. All stories must include a cover sheet listing story title, author’s name, address, phone number, and e-mail address.

All stories must be submitted to English Department Office, Anspach 215.

Deadline: March 2013

Award Amount: $300 First Place Prize

PoetryJett.com / National Poetry Month Prize (flier here)

Open to any undergraduate or graduate student who has taken a creative writing class at CMU in the current academic year. This prize is sponsored by Mr. Jett Whitehead, an alum of the program.

Each entrant my submit up to three typed poems of any length. Each entry must have a cover sheet with poem's title, author's name, CMU address, phone number, email, course number of the creative writing course taken during the current academic year.

Submit entries to the English Department Office, Anspach 215.

Deadline: March 2013 

Award Amount: $250

The Eric Torgersen Poetry Prize

Open to all CMU undergraduate students.

Submission guidelines: Please submit 3 poems (one poem per page) and a cover sheet. The cover sheet must include your name, address, phone number and email address, the name of the contest (The Eric Torgersen Poetry Prize) AND the titles of the 3 poems you are submitting. Please include your name ONLY on your cover sheet, not on the poems. Staple the four pages together. Submit your poems to the English office, 215 Anspach Hall.

Deadline: Mid-March 

Award Amount: $100 First Place Prize

Central Review Prizes 

Open to CMU undergruate and graduate students. Administered by the rotating editorship of The Cental Review. For more details and submission guidelines, visit The Central Review.

Award Amount:  $100 prizes in poetry/prose and cover art