|Creative Writing Awards and Scholarships________________

Bonita M. Cox Award for Creative Nonfiction

Awarded for the best essay of no more than 2,500 words in any of the following genres: travel or science literature, memoirs, vignettes, profiles, or literary reviews. Completion of 24 semester units at SJSU required. Deadline to be announced.

• Previous Winners:
• 2004: Robert F. James
• 2003: Anne Jennings

Marjorie McLaughlin Folendorf Award for Creative Writing $500

Awarded for outstanding achievement in creative writing based on achievements and a writing sample that does not exceed 50 pages. Completion of 24 semester units at SJSU required. Deadline to be announced. Presenter: Chris Fink

• Previous Winners:
• 2004: Kenneth Mburu
• 2003: Anne Jennings

Anne Lillis Award for Creative Writing

Awarded for outstanding achievement in creative writing based on achievements and a writing sample that does not exceed 50 pages. Completion of 24 semester units at SJSU required. Deadline to be announced. Presenter: Chris Fink

• Previous Winners:
• 2004: Sherry Jackson
• 2003: Joan McMillan Barnett

Lois King Thore Scholarship $500

Awarded to an English major who shows promise in writing short stories. Deadline to be announced. Presenter: Prof. Chris Fink

• Previous Winners:
  • 2004: Daisy Luu and Ellen Young
  • 2003: Sherry Jackson, Daisy Luu, and Ellen Young

Virginia de Araujo Academy of American Poets Prize

Deadline to be announced. Presenter: Prof. Alan Soldofsky

• 2003: Anne Jennings