English Department Scholarships for Excellence in Writing

These scholarships honor the winners of the annual English Department Writing Contest. The contest selects the best essays written in an English class at OCC, in recognition of strong textual analysis, insightful interpretation, and vivid, effective prose. Entries are submitted anonymously and evaluated by a committee of department faculty. Students must also submit a goals statement as well as an impromptu writing incorporating a number of topics released the weekend before the entries are due. Thus, the contest rewards both past developed essays and spontaneous, imaginative writing.