Graduate Awards

Graduate students in the MFA program are eligible to compete for the following prizes. The deadline is typically in March.

The David and Jean Milofsky Prize in Creative Writing ($1,000) is awarded annually to a graduate student in the MFA Program for the best poetry or fiction submission.

The August Derleth Prize ($1,000) is awarded annually to a graduate student in any discipline for work on Wisconsin regional literature or for writing in any genre to which August Derleth contributed (fiction, poetry, essay, creative non-fiction, etc.).

The Jerome Stern Teaching Award is presented for outstanding teaching of English 203: Beginning Creative Writing Workshop by an MFA student.

The Richard Knowles Teaching Award is presented for outstanding teaching of English 100: Freshman Composition by an MFA student.

Other MFA graduate student awards for students in the program include the Martha Meier Renk, Dorothy D. Bailey, and Anastasia C. (Tess) Hoffman Summer Scholarship Prizes in the amount of $3,000 each, which are awarded to MFA students at the end of their first year in residence; and the Martha Meier Renk Distinguished Graduate Fellowship in Poetry, which is awarded to one poetry MFA upon admission to the program.

Graduates of the MFA program are eligible to apply for the Halls Emerging Artist Fellowship.