Awards

The MSU Writing Contest
Open to All MSU Students

Annual contest, open to any MSU student. A student may enter in one or more of five categories:

  • Fiction
  • Poetry
  • One-Act Play
  • Informal Essay
  • Formal Essay

Deadline approximately late November
For information contact Dr. Catherine Pierce

Lewis & Betty Nolan Book Award ($300)
Open to All English Majors

  • Full-time English majors at the junior or senior level are eligible to apply for this award, which is for the purchase of non-course books.
  • Application deadlines: Fall—last weekday of September; Spring—last weekday of February.

Application Form

The Linda Brasher/Mary Ann Dazey Writing Award
By Nomination Only

This award is sponsored by the English Department in memory of two former faculty members. Mary Ann Dazey and Linda Brasher both taught in the department for many years. They were also leaders in the department, Mary Ann Dazey as Director of Freshman English and Linda Brasher as Director of Undergraduate Studies.

  • Papers are nominated for this award by professors in English 3414: Advanced Composition.

Peyton Ward Williams Distinguished Writing Award
By Nomination Only

This award is administered by the English Department on behalf of the Association of Retired Faculty, who sponsor the award in memory of this former faculty member. Peyton Williams taught in the English Department for 38 years and was a long-time editor of the esteemed Mississippi Quarterly.

  • Papers are nominated for this award by faculty teaching 3000- and 4000-level English courses.
  • Each November the winning essay is printed and bound, and it is catalogued in MSU’s Mitchell Memorial Library.
  • For information contact Dr. Kelly Marsh.