Pat Koster Essay Scholarship in Women's Writing, 1660-1900
Direct application
Up to $500
1 winner
Eligibility
School
University of Victoria
Field of study
English Literature
Year of study
Third year
About this scholarship
University of Victoria English majors or honours students proceeding to third or fourth year who wrote the best essay on women's writing from 1660 to 1900 (preference often given to Restoration or eighteenth-century topics).
Up to $500. One in-course scholarship.
No application is required; the Department of English nominates recipients.
Essay question
What else to submit
- A clean, unmarked PDF copy of the essay submitted by email to the Chair of the Awards Committee.
- Do not include your name or a title page; include the course name and number and your student number in the upper-left corner.
- Open to academically outstanding students proceeding to third or fourth year of an English Major or Honours program at the University of Victoria
- Award goes to the best essay on women's writing during the period 1660-1900
- Submission is an existing course paper (not a fresh application essay); the paper must have been written and submitted during the academic year the prize is awarded; you may revise it before submissio
- Submit by email a clean, unmarked PDF copy of the essay to the Chair of the Awards Committee (Dr. Dopp); adjudicated anonymously, so do not include your name and do not include a title page
- Put the course name and number plus your student number in the upper left-hand corner
- Deadline for submission: April 30
- Must submit the best essay on women's writing from 1660 to 1900; the paper must have been written and submitted during the award academic year and may be revised before submission.
- The description says no application is required and the Department of English nominates recipients, but the detailed requirements require email submission of an essay.