November 1, 2004
Be the author of your own good fortune and fame
The Department of English at Dalhousie University would like to announce itsannual literary contests.
The Clare Murray Fooshee Poetry Prizes are open to full-time and part-time undergraduate students registered at Dalhousie University or Kings' College. Candidates are encouraged to submit a poem or a group of poems (maximum five). First prize is $400; second prize is $300; third prize is $200.
The Honourable W. H. Dennis Memorial Prizes are open to full-time undergraduate and graduate students at Dalhousie University only. The Joseph Howe Prizes for poetry (a poem or group of poems) entail a first prize of $250 and a second prize of $150. The two James DeMille Prizes, worth $250 each, will be awarded to an essay (personal or academic) and to a prose short story.
Details regarding the submission of works for these prizes can be obtained at the Department of English, in Room 1186 of the McCain Building, 6135 University Ave., or on-line.
The deadline for all submissions is 1 February 2005.