At SJSU, we try to help students pay for their education. Other than the below English Department-specific awards and scholarships, there are several SJSU and external sources for financial aid in the form of loans, grants, scholarships and awards. SJSU Financial Aidoffers general information on obtaining money for your education. Below are links to a few as well as outside resources to help you with other grants and financial aid: The English Department at San Jose State University annually recognizes student achievement with an impressive number of scholarships and awards funded from its endowment. Eligible students are invited to submit applications or entries for the awards listed below and to obtain further information about all awards from the English Department Office. All applications are available as PDF documents below. Recipients were be honored in a Department ceremony in May. Awards for which Students Apply
Eligible students must be registered for 6 or more units during the Spring semester. Some awards require students to have completed a minimum of 24 semester units at San Jose State University. Further information and application forms may be obtained in the English Department, Faculty Office Building 102. Application deadlines are usually in March or April. Watch the EngDept and EngGrad listservs for announcements.
Bonita M. Cox Award for Classical & Medieval Studies
Awarded for the best student essay about "the classical or medieval roots of modern thought.
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Bonita M. Cox Award for Studies in Medieval Literature
Awarded for the best student essay on a medieval literary work or theme.
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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.
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Lois King Thore Scholarship
Awarded to an English major who shows promise in writing short stories.
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James O. Wood Shakespeare Award
Awarded for the best essay, reading, scene representation, musical presentation, costume, painting, sculpture, or other appropriate project related to any of Shakespeare's dramatic works.
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The Academy of American Poets/Virginia de Araujo
Awarded to any undergraduate or graduate student taking at least 6 units of course work in a degree program. Students must submit one to three poems, no more than a total of 150 lines (counting the three poems combined).
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Marjorie McLaughlin Folendorf 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.
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James Phelan Literary Awards
There are many categories of James Phelan Awards.
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Awards by Faculty Nomination
Eligible students must be registered for 6 or more units during the Spring semester. Some awards require students to have completed a minimum of 24 semester units at SJSU.
Harvey Birenbaum Prize For Excellence in the Graduate Study of Literature
Awarded for outstanding scholarly achievement to a graduate student in English & Comparative Literature. Josephine Chandler Scholarship
Awarded for academic excellence and a commitment to the study of the humanities as indicated in the student's one-page statement discussing the importance of the humanities to modern life. Recipients must have a minimum grade point average of 3.5 and be majoring in an academic program in one of the following departments: English, Foreign Languages, Humanities, Philosophy, or Linguistics & Language Development. Courtney E. Cox Chaucer Prize
Awarded for Outstanding Scholastic Achievement in Chaucer or Middle English. Both Undergraduate and Graduate Students are eligible. Roberta Holloway Undergraduate Award
Awarded for outstanding scholastic achievement as an undergraduate major in English. Shirley Nelson Iverson Scholarship for New Freshmen
Awarded to a freshman English major who intends to become a high school teacher Dorrit Sibley Award
Awarded for outstanding achievement in the writing and study of poetry, Mara Steffey Graduate Award
Awarded for scholarly, artistic, or professional accomplishment by a graduate student in English. Shelby A. Sweeney Beowulf Prize
Awarded for outstanding achievement in studying the language of Beowulf or Old English. Both undergraduate and graduate students are eligible. Catherine Urban Scholarships
Awarded to junior and senior students displaying academic promise in writing, as indicated by papers written in upper-division English classes. Students must be declared majors attending college at least half-time with an overall grade point average of at least 3.0 both overall and in the major. Dorothy Wright Children's Literature Award
Awarded for outstanding scholarship in Children's Literature by an undergraduate English major. Edward Markham Award
Reed magazine announces the Edwin Markham Prize for Poetry. Writers are invited to submit poetry manuscripts of 3-5 original unpublished poems. The first-place winner will receive a $500 cash prize, and the winning manuscript will appear in an issue of Reed magazine.
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