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Every year, Gannon University celebrates the Annual Writing Awards Night when students from all three colleges, with majors in mechanical engineering, occupational therapy, history, English, psychology, physician assistant, and others, are recognized for their accomplishments in research writing, journalism, and poetry. We also recognize winners of our national high school poetry contest.
The newest issue of Totem, 名媛直播's award-winning literary-art magazine, containing the work of students and faculty from all disciplines, is released during the event.
As part of the festivities to honor the winners at the Awards Night program, we bring in a well-known poet to give a reading at the evening ceremony and to conduct an afternoon seminar. Over the years we have had the honor of hosting Gwendolyn Brooks, Donald Hall, Galway Kinnell, Ted Kooser, W.D. Snodgrass, Dunya Mikhail, Patricia Smith, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Ross Gay, Berwyn Moore, Denise Duhamel, and others. The reading is always free and the community at large is invited.
Copies of the Totem, Gannon University's award-winning student-produced literary arts magazine, will be available free of charge. Totem is Gannon University's student-produced literary arts magazine. Totem has the long and consistent tradition of winning top honors for design and content from American Scholastic Press Association.
For more information about Writing Awards Night or the high school poetry contest, contact Dr. Shreelina Ghosh at ghosh002@gannon.edu
Each year, the English Department sponsors a country-wide National High School Poetry Contest and a university-wide poetry contest for undergraduate and graduate students of Gannon University. Winners receive a monetary award, a signed book by the distinguished featured poet of Writing Awards Night, and a publication in the Awards program.
National High School Poetry Contest: Each year, we typically receive 800-1200 poems from all over the country. Poems can be emailed to
highschoolpoetry@gannon.edu.
名媛直播 Poetry Contest: Students of all graduate and undergraduate programs at Gannon University are welcome submit their poems in 名媛直播's annual poetry contest. An external poet or poetry scholar is invited to judge the contest. The contest is open to all 名媛直播 students and winners will be awarded cash prizes during the 名媛直播 Writing Awards Night. Poems can be emailed to gannonpoetrycontest@gannon.edu.
Research papers from across several disciplines compete for the Research Writing Awards every year in freshman, undergraduate, and graduate categories. Winners receive cash prizes and certificates. Students can simply submit through the Blackboard group any paper written in the previous calendar year.
For information, contact Dr. Douglas King
Students are awarded cash prizes for their submissions in the following categories: News, Features, Op-Ed, Reviews, Sports, and Photography.
For information, contact Prof. Mary Gensheimer.
