Kay Alden Creative Writing Scholarship

One annual grant of $1000 shall be awarded to an outstanding Emporia State junior, senior, or graduate student who demonstrates significant talent and ability as a creative writer (fiction, poetry, drama, and/or creative nonfiction). The creative writing faculty and a member of the English scholarship committee will select the winner.

Guidelines for submission:

1) Submit a body of work of three previously written pieces in any genre. Each individual piece should not exceed 25 pages.

2) On each submitted piece, students must include their full name, local address, local phone, student I.D. number, and title of the work.

3) Along with the writing sample, applicants must include a short letter addressing current academic progress and future plans as a student and a writer.

4) All the work submitted should be placed in an envelope with the student's name on the front.

5) Submissions should be given to the secretary of the Division of English by scholarship deadline [T.B.A.] in the fall of each year. Late submissions and those which do not follow the above criteria will not be considered for the award.

6) Winners will be notified by mail and the scholarships awarded at the annual Holiday Tea [T.B.A.]

Copies of this information are available in the office of the Division of English, 404 Plumb Hall. The judges reserve the right not to award the scholarship.

Last Updated March 22, 2007