Honourable W.H. Dennis Memorial Prizes for Literary Compositions in English
Direct application
Up to $200
4 winners
Eligibility
School
Dalhousie University
Level of study
Undergraduate
Enrollment
Full-time
About this scholarship
Students competing in literary composition in English. Four prizes are offered: two for a poem or collection of poems longer than 100 lines ($200 first prize, $100 second), and two for a prose short story and an essay ($150 each).
Contact the Department of English for application details and eligibility.
Essay question
What else to submit
- Original literary composition in English: a poem or collection of poems longer than 100 lines, a prose short story, or an essay.
- Administered by Dalhousie University, Department of English (the Honourable W.H. Dennis Memorial Prizes for Literary Compositions in English). It comprises four awards: Joseph Howe Poetry Prizes (1st
- Eligibility: any full-time undergraduate or graduate Dalhousie student.
- Submission is original literary work, not answers to fixed essay questions. Entrants choose their own topic; there are no published prompts.
- Poetry category requires 'a poem or collection of poems of any length greater than one hundred lines' (this is a minimum-length floor, not a word/character cap).
- Essay and short story categories: no word, character, or page limit is stated in the official Dalhousie academic calendar.
- Entry method: contact the Department of English for current submission instructions and deadline (not published in the calendar).
- Contact the Department of English for current application instructions, eligibility, and deadline.
- There are no published word, character, or page limits for essay and short-story categories.