Deadline: Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. 

Go to the English department prizes webpage for instructions and to download and print a submission form. Entries will not be accepted without a submission form. Questions? Contact the English Department coordinator at lholland@bowdoin.edu. 

FICTION Prizes: submit one work of no more than 6,000 words, double-spaced pages 

 Hawthorne Prize is awarded to the best short story written by a sophomore, junior, or senior 

Sinkinson Prize is awarded to the best short story written by a junior or senior 

NONFICTION Prize: submit one work of no more than 6000 words, double-spaced pages 

Bowdoin Nonfiction Prize is awarded for the best work of creative nonfiction by an undergraduate (any class year).

COMPOSITION Prizes: submit one work of no more than 6000 words, double-spaced pages 

David Sewall Premium is awarded for the best work in English composition to a member of the first-year class.  

Pray Prize is awarded to the best work of original English literature scholarship and composition to a senior. 

POETRY Prizes for best work of poetry. Open to all undergraduates. Submit  no more than five poems.  

The Academy of American Poets Colette Inez Poetry Prize  
Forbes Rickard Poetry Prize 
Nathalie Walker Llewellyn Poetry Prize
Poetry Prize 

 

BROWN PRIZE

Open only to Bowdoin seniors.  Come to Massachusetts Hall on Friday, April 7 at 4:30 pm to write a composition on an assigned topic. Entries judged by English Department faculty.

For more information, contact the English department coordinator at lholland@bowdoin.edu.