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There are three types of awards:
- Those for which students can submit their own work
- Those that require faculty nomination
- Other awards for which all students in the department are automatically eligible
Nominations for the awards must be handed in by January 20, 2023. Award prizes range from $150 to $3,500.
Student-submitted awards
Students will submit their own work from their courses during the past calendar year. Essays and creative writing can only be entered into one award competition. All submissions must conform to the applicable guidelines.
Award | Description |
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Graduate Creative Writing Awards |
One award for the best submission of either prose or poetry—Maximum total length 10 standard pages (250 words per page): 1-5 poems or 1-5 short prose works or extracts from longer works. Two judges. |
Graduate |
This prize goes to the best work of applied professional communication and communication design (including professional writing, digital media, games, etc.); maximum length 10 standard pages or equivalent. Students may submit work created for a course or co-op placement during the past calendar year. Two judges. |
Independent Graduate Instructor Award for Excellence in Teaching |
Graduate Instructors wishing to be considered for this award must a) submit a teaching portfolio and b) obtain a brief statement of support (approx. 250-500 words) from a faculty member who can speak to their teaching effectiveness as an instructor. Portfolios for this award should include their course syllabus, their teaching philosophy that describes what distinguishes their excellence in the design and delivery of the course, and supporting documents from their teaching activities. Supporting documents might include, for example, samples of assignments, lesson plans, student feedback, evidence of student interactions or other materials related to the course. The entire package (faculty statement of support and complete teaching portfolio) should be submitted directly to the awards coordinators, Bruce Dadey or Heather Smyth, by the awards deadline. |
Lea Vogel-Nimmo English Graduate Professionalization Award |
One award provided annually to full-time English graduate students registered in the Master’s or PhD program on the basis of academic excellence (minimum 80%) and merit of professionalization activities. The student must submit a short (250 word) description of how the professionalization funds will be used e.g. research travel costs, conference attendance or special research expenditures. Deadline: November 15, 2022. |
Rhetoric Essay Prize | Two awards, one each for MA and PhD students. This prize goes to the writer of the best essay on rhetoric and associated fields submitted in a course taken during the past calendar year by a graduate student enrolled at some time during that year. Two judges. |
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Faculty-nominated awards
Other awards
Students registered in the appropriate department programs are automatically eligible for these awards.
Grade Average Awards
Award | Description |
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Co-op Work Report |
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David Nimmo English Graduate Scholarship | For more information, visit the Graduate Studies Awards page. |
Gladys Srivastava Graduate Award | For more information, visit the Graduate Studies Awards page. |
Jack Gray Graduate Fellowship |
Awarded each Fall to the best graduate student without external funding. Based on performance in M.A. and Ph.D. programmes in previous academic year (Fall to Spring). |
Masternak Foundation Graduate Scholarship in English | One award valued at $2000 based on academic achievement to a full-time PhD student in their 3rd or 4th year who does not currently hold or has not just been awarded a SSHRC or OGS at the time of selection. Awarded on the basis of academic merit, as demonstrated through the student's competitiveness for a SSHRC or OGS. |
W.K. Thomas Graduate Scholarship | For more information, visit the Graduate Studies Awards page. |