Scholarships and Awards

Faculty-nominated award for "best" graduating English major, based on not just grades but also overall performance. 

The Department of English awards the Morgan scholarship, up to $2,000 per year, to incoming English Majors with the highest GPAs. The scholarship is available to recipients for 4 years as long as they remain in the program and maintain at least a B (3.0) average.

This scholarship is awarded to a member of the graduating class who has shown unusual talent and ability and the most original piece of literary work in prose in the College of A&S, Department of English.

The Department of English and Comparative Literature awards the Vilter scholarship to full-time students who enter the University through a branch campus. The scholarships are provided on the basis on achievement in English (writing) to students who, by time of matriculation in A&S, will have accumulated a minimum of 36 credits and met the English Composition sequence grade requirement with no grade lower than a B (not B-) in any English course.

This scholarship is awarded to worthy students enrolled in A&S who are residents of Cincinnati and who are majoring in English. Recipients will have demonstrated through writing for UC, or other publications, marked and promising ability and facility in the use of the English language. Replace with your text

Phi Beta Kappa society, the nation's oldest academic honor society, is a nationally recognized honor society and invitation to become a member is highly selective. PBK celebrates, values, and advocates for excellence in the liberal arts and champions freedom of thought. Replace with your text

Pi Epsilon Pi is a a national honor and professional society for undergraduate students pursuing studies in writing. In fulfilling this role, the organization supports activities that stimulate creative and scholarly work in writing studies and that cultivate the appreciation and recognition of the art and craft of writing. Inductees to our Cincinnatus chapter earn a 3.75 or higher GPA in at least one writing track or certificate in English. We welcomed our first class of honorees in 2022.

The Department of English provides varying opporunities to win monetary awards, recognition, and even the opportunity to be published in Short Vine. Each year awardees are recognized formally at the Writing Prize Competition and Awards Reception.

Awards Categories include:                                              

• Academy of American Poets Prize: Best single poem.
  
• Browning Prize: Best essay written on the poetry of the Brownings.
  
• English Composition Prize: Outstanding Essays written for an ENGL1000, 1001, 1012 or 2089 class in the current academic year.
  
• Hopton Short Story Prize: Best short story of 12 pages or less.
  
• Jean Chimsky Poetry Prize: Outstanding group of three to five poems.
  
• Playwriting Prize: Best play.
  
• Professional Writing Prize: Excellence in professional writing.
  
• Robinson Essay Prize: Outstanding essay.
  
• Shakespeare Prize: Best essay written on Shakespeare.
  
• Staples Senior Honor Thesis: Best senior honors thesis written during the current academic year.
• Screenplay Prize: Best short screenplay of 10 pages or less.