Prizes
and Awards
Departmental
Scholarships (3)
The Maxwell
P. Wilkinson Scholarship in English, established in 1988 by Mary Vail Wilkinson of
Stamford, CT, in memory of her father, a member
of the class of 1928, is awarded annually,
without consideration of financial need, to a
major who is a resident of a Southern state, and
who shows "love of the written, read, and
spoken English word." Candidates are
nominated by the department.
The Catherine
Houston Campbell Scholarship in English
Literature, established
by Leslie Lyle Campbell, M.A., 1887, in memory of
his wife, is awarded annually on the
recommendation of the department.
The Elizabeth
B. Garrett Scholarship in English, founded
on a bequest made by Mrs. EWlizabeth B. White in
1918, is awarded annually on the recommendation
of the department.
Awards for
Creative Writing (6)
The George
A. Mahan Awards for Creative Writing were established under the will of George A.
Mahan of Hannibal, Missouri, who died in
1936. Prizes are offered to the freshmen,
sophomore, junior, and senior who submit the best
prose works in their respective classes.
One prize is offered to the undergraduate who
submits the best verse. Rules governing the
Mahan Award competition may be obtained from the
department.
The Academy
of American Poets Prize, established
through the Academy by an anonymous donor, is
given each year by the department.
Entries for both awards must be submitted to
the department by the announced date during the
spring term.
Awards for
Critical Writing (3)
The Jean
Amory Wornom Award for Distinguished Critical
Writing, established in 1980 in memory
of the mother of two majors in the department
with distinguished academic records at Washington
and Lee, is given annually to the student judged
by the department to have submitted the best
piece of discursive or critical
writing—essay, term paper, or thesis—in
an English course during the spring term of the
preceding academic year or the fall and winter
terms of the year in which the award is made.
The Sidney
M. B. Coulling Prize in English was
established in 1986 by William C. Porth of Garden
City, New York, and is given annually to a
freshman or sophomore judged by the department as
having written the best essay on a literary topic
in a lower-division English course, excepting
English 290.
The Dabney
Stuart Prize for Distinguished Critical Writing was established in 1999 by the department and is
funded by a gift from an anonymous donor. This prize will be given annually to a student in
English 299 (seminar for Prospective Majors) for
the best piece of critical writing.
Nominations for these awards must be made by
the faculty.
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