The purpose of this award is to honor Professor Kathryn Howhlwein's distinguished 30 year teaching career at CSUS and to encourage students in their poetry writing.

PRIZE:

$500.00 toward tuition to be awarded at a reception early in the Spring semester.

ELIGIBILITY:

• applicants must have a minimum g.p.a. of 2.0 for undergraduates; 2.5 for unclassified graduate students; and 3.0 for classified graduate students)
• must be English majors or minors
• must be enrolled as full-time students (12+ units for undergraduates or 6+ units for graduates) for both of the last two academci years

RULES:

• Two copies of a maximum of three poems representative of the poet's body of work must be submitted. Each copy may not exceed five pages.
• Poems submitted may not have been previous winners of any other English Department literary contest.
• Entries must be typed or computer-produced in a standard font on 8 1/2" x 11" white paper. There shall be no form restrictions.
• Each entry must have a cover page with the name, address, phone number, and social security number of the poet and the name or first line of the poem.
• Applicant's name shall not appear on the poem pages in order to maintain anonymity before the judges.

No discrimination shall be made on the basis of sex or ethnicity.

DEADLINE:

5:00 pm, Wednesday, November 7, 2007, Calaveras 103