Prizes

Amy Lee Annual Prizewinning Essay Award in Comparative Literature

Instituted: November 12, 2007
Deadline: May 15, 2009

An annual prize for an outstanding essay is awarded in memory of Amy Lee, a graduate student in Comparative Literature 2005-07, who died of cancer after a short illness (September 2007). Graduate student Associate-Ins teaching Comparative Literature 1-4, the courses eligible for the prize, should select and submit essays to the Prize Committee. Nominated essays should be of superior quality, surpassing the usual criteria for an A. Each instructor should normally submit no more than one essay per quarter for consideration. The Prize Committee comprised of the Graduate adviser, the TA supervisor, a graduate student AI in his or her fourth year and above, and a graduate student in his or her third year will determine the winning essay. The winner will be announced at the Spring undergraduate Comparative Literature honors award meeting. The essay will be published in the Spring Newsletter and then archived on the Comparative Literature Web site under Amy Lee Prizewinning Essay Award in Comparative Literature.