Wladyslaw Cieszynski English Fellowship for Verse

The Wlaydslaw Cieszynski English Fellowship is given to an outstanding graduate student in the Department of English. Eligible students must be working on their master’s or PhD in the creative writing track in the Department of English. Eligible students will also have a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA and be heading into their last year of study (graduating by August of 2026). This contest is for previously published work: one poem of no more than two pages. Online and print publications are both acceptable. Submit a PDF copy of the journal cover or web site’s front page, table of contents when one exists, and the published piece itself with the author’s name blacked out wherever it appears.

Applications are typically accepted in mid-Spring each year.

Donor
Estate of Jan F. Cieszynski & Estate of Renata M. Cieszynski
Award
Varies
Schools, Colleges, Departments, and Areas
English Department, College of Letters & Science, UWM Foundation Scholarships
Deadline
04/01/2025
Supplemental Questions
  1. Upload a PDF copy of the journal cover or web site’s front page, table of contents when one exists, and the published piece itself with the author’s name blacked out. A PDF file is preferred and simple file names without punctuation, spaces, capital letters, or special characters will experience the least technical problems. E.g. mycreativewriting.pdf instead of my_Creative Writing.PDF