Dear Graduate Students,

Please find attached a flyer announcing the 2013 Nancy Comley prize for the best essay written by an MA or MS.ED English student. Detailed instructions about what and how to submit are listed there, but if you have any questions, feel free to email me also.

The judges, who are members of the department's MA Program Committee, are looking forward to reading your work. I will be administering the prize but I am not one of the judges and all information you share with me will be treated in confidence.

If you don't know your 8-digit student ID number (sometimes referred to as your CUNYFirst number) please let me know and I'll provide you with it in advance of the submission deadline. It's very important that your name not appear anywhere on your submission.

With all best wishes for a well-earned spring break!

Andrea Walkden
Assistant Professor of English
Director of Graduate Studies, MA Program
andrea.walkden@qc.cuny.edu

English Department
Klapper Hall, Room 604
Queens College, CUNY

The Nancy Comley Prize

for the best essay written by an MA or MS. Ed English student

Named for the long-standing Chair of the English Department, the Nancy Comley Prize was established last year to honor the best essay produced by a graduate student in either the MA or MS. Ed/English programs. The prize is co-sponsored by English Department Faculty and by the English Department Alumni Fund.

All currently matriculated MA and MS. Ed students, as well as MA and MS. Ed students who graduated on February 1, 2013, are eligible to compete for the prize. Your entry should be between 10-25 pages in length, typed, double-spaced, and in a 12 pt. font with 1 inch margins. It must be carefully proof-read and formatted according to MLA style with a Works Cited page included at the end. Please also remember to number your pages.

The deadline for submissions is Monday April 22. All entries must be submitted via email to:
andrea.walkden@qc.cuny.edu.

Before submitting your entry, please take careful note of the following instructions:

Essays will only be accepted in doc., docx., and RTF formats.
The filename for your essay should read: “[student ID number]NancyComleyPrize.” If you don’t know your 8-digit CUNYFirst ID number, please look it up before submitting your essay.
In the body of your email, make sure to include the following information:

1. Your full name

2. Your eight-digit ID number

3. The title of your essay

§ Make sure that your name does not appear anywhere in your essay, which will be blind-read by the prize judges.

Winners will be contacted by Wednesday May 1 and invited to receive their award during the department’s prizes ceremony on Wednesday May 8 from 3:00-5:00 in the Godwin Ternbach Museum.

Questions about the prize should be directed to Andrea Walkden, Director of the MA English Program: andrea.walkden@qc.cuny.edu

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