Wladyslaw Cieszynski English Fellowship for Prose

• This award is given to the best essay by a currently enrolled graduate student (master’s or doctoral level) in the Department of English.
• Students apply by uploading their essay, which should be free of any identifying information.
• Students apply by uploading their essay, which should be free of any identifying information.
• The award is announced in the spring and paid in the following fall semester for an awardee enrolled at UWM that fall.

Donor
Estate of Jan F. Cieszynski & Estate of Renata M. Cieszynski
Award
Varies
Schools, Colleges, Departments, and Areas
English Department, Graduate Student Scholarships, College of Letters & Science, UWM Foundation Scholarships
Deadline
02/01/2026
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