Hello All,

We’re now accepting submissions for the Nancy Comley Prize for best graduate student essay. The prize info is pasted below and attached as a pdf file.  Please submit your work for consideration, whether it’s an essay you submitted for a class or final thesis paper.  Submissions are due on April 1.  Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Best,

Bill

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William Orchard

Associate Professor                  

Director, MA Program              

Department of English             

Queens College, CUNY

2024 NANCY COMLEY PRIZE

Named for the long-standing Chair of the English Department, the Nancy Comley Prize was established in 2012 to honor the best essay written by a graduate student matriculated in the Queens College English MA, MS Ed, or MAT programs. The prize is sponsored by the English Department Alumni Fund.

All currently matriculated English MA, MS Ed, and MAT students, as well as master’s students who graduated in Fall 2023, are eligible. Submissions should be 10–25 pages in length, typed, double-spaced, in standard 12-point font, with 1-inch margins and page numbers. They must be carefully proofread and formatted according to current MLA style, including a Works Cited page.

The deadline for submissions is Monday, April 1, 2024. All entries must be submitted via email to MAEnglish@qc.cuny.edu.

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

• §  Essays must be submitted in DOC, DOCX, or PDF formats.
• §  The filename for your essay should read “[CUNYfirst 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 8-digit CUNYfirst ID number
3. The title of your essay

§ Make sure that your name does not appear anywhere in your essay, which will be anonymously read by the prize judges, who are faculty members serving on the English Department’s MA Committee.

Winners will be contacted by Friday, April 19. Presentation of the award will occur at the department’s Honors Ceremony, in May.

Questions about the Nancy Comley Prize should be directed to the Directors of Graduate Studies in English at MAEnglish@qc.cuny.edu.