Dear Grad Students, Please find attached and pasted below the submission guidelines for the annual *Nancy Comley Prize*, awarded to the best essay written by an English MA or MS Ed/MAT student. We hope you do consider submitting something, whether it's an essay you've already written for a class, a work-in-progress, or your thesis essay. Please also find attached the CFP for a graduate English conference happening at Brooklyn College on "Writing as Activism." The deadline is tomorrow, but I bet they'd be willing to give you an extra day or two if you contact them and let them know you're interested. Finally, preregistration for Summer and Fall 2016 classes will take place March 28-30. Next week I'll send out detailed instructions on how to preregister for classes. In the meantime, please get in touch if you're in need of advisement. Hope everyone's spring semester is going well! Best, Caroline and Bill -- Caroline Kyungah Hong, PhD Assistant Professor of English Director of Graduate Studies (English MA) Queens College, CUNY 65-30 Kissena Blvd. Klapper Hall 604 Queens, NY 11367-1597 caroline.hong@qc.cuny.edu Spring 2016 office hours: Wed. 3-6pm -- *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 in 2012 to honor the best essay written by a graduate student matriculated in either the MA or MS Ed/English programs. The prize is sponsored by the English Department Alumni Fund. All currently matriculated MA and MS Ed students, as well as MA and MS Ed students who graduated in Fall 2015, are eligible. Your submission should be between 10 and 25 pages in length, typed, double-spaced, in a standard 12-pt. font, with 1-inch margins and page numbers. It must be carefully proofread and formatted according to MLA style, including a Works Cited page at the end. The deadline for submissions is *Friday, April 8, 2016*. All entries must be submitted via email to caroline.hong@qc.cuny.edu. Before submitting your entry, please take careful note of the following instructions: - Essays must be submitted in DOC, DOCX, RTF, 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 blind-read by the prize judges, who are faculty members serving on the MA Committee. Winners will be contacted by Wednesday, April 20, and invited to receive their award during the department prizes ceremony on *Monday, May 2*, time and place TBA. Questions about the Nancy Comley Prize should be directed to the Director of the English MA program, Caroline Hong, at caroline.hong@qc.cuny.edu.