Department of English Award
• The Department of English Creative Writing award is for graduate students in the Creative Writing program in the Department of English.
Bourdeaux VIsiting Writer Awards:
- For students applying to the Boudreaux Award – Poetry, please submit up to three pages of unpublished poems in a single file.
- For Students, applying to the Bourdreaux Award – Prose, please submit your essay in a single file.
• Students who have an up-to-date Panther Scholarship Portal General Application and the College of Letters & Science Scholarships and Awards Application will be considered, typically in spring each year between February and April.
• The award is announced in the spring and paid in the following fall semester for an awardee enrolled at UWM that fall.
- Donor
- Multiple Donors
- Award
- $500
- Schools, Colleges, Departments, and Areas
- English Department, College of Letters & Science, UWM Foundation Scholarships
- Deadline
- 04/13/2026
- Supplemental Questions
- If you are applying for the poetry award, please submit up to three pages of unpublished poems in a single file.
- If you are applying for the prose award, please submit your essay in a single PDF file.