{"id":344801,"date":"2020-10-09T11:22:22","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T15:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/?page_id=344801"},"modified":"2026-03-30T14:44:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T18:44:55","slug":"writing-prize","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/student-awards\/writing-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"LA&PS Writing Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) Writing Prizes are open to all kinds of writing (except creative writing) from undergraduate students enrolled in LA&PS courses, including case studies, administrative\/executive reports, reviews of all kinds, non-fiction prose, and formal essays. There are five categories: first through fourth year and also Undergraduate Thesis\/Major Research Project*. Digital Assignments should be submitted to the LA&PS Digital Composition Prize<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Winners and honourable mentions will receive a cash prize, a transcript notation, an invitation to an LA&PS awards ceremony, and the opportunity to have their paper permanently hosted online. Past winners can be found online at Noteworthy<\/em>, the LA&PS Writing Prize journal<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Any Course Director in LA&PS may nominate a paper<\/strong> (one per course\/section) in the appropriate category. Submissions should be in Word or PDF<\/strong> format<\/strong> and include both a clean copy of the paper<\/strong> and a copy of the submission's associated assignment sheet<\/strong>. Group submissions are welcome and count as a single entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Submissions will be assessed using the following criteria: originality, research, expression (style, structure, grammar etc.) and overall significance. The competition organizers will remove the author\/instructor\u2019s name before distributing entries to assessors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please nominate your student\u2019s paper using the year level of your course (not of your student). For example, a 4th year student writing in WRIT 2004 would be nominated in the 2nd year category.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Eligible projects will come from courses offered during all terms dating from Summer 2025-Winter 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Entries for this competition will be accepted until June 15, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once each year, a winner and an honourable mention will be chosen for each year level (1000, 2000, 3000, 4000).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Winners and honourable mentions will be contacted by the Faculty in Fall 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n *Undergraduate Thesis \/ Major Research Project:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n An undergraduate Major Research Project will normally be the primary assignment of a 4th year Directed Reading course (e.g. WRIT 4900, \u201cSpecial Topics in Professional Writing\u201d). Papers in this category should be 30-45 pages in length, exclusive of Works Cited etc. Shorter papers (< 30 pages) should be entered in the standard 4th year category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An undergraduate thesis will normally be the primary assignment of a named 4th year Honours Thesis course (e.g. EN 4099, \u201cHonours Thesis\u201d). It should be approximately 45-70 pages in length, exclusive of works cited and other scholarly apparatus.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nQuick Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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