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First Year Writing Prize


The Department of Comparative Literature awards an annual prize for an outstanding student essay written for a Comparative Literature course that meets the First Year Writing Requirement. Student essays of 3,000 words or fewer are eligible. GSI's may nominate up to two essays written for each section of a 100-level Comp Lit First Year Writing course that they have taught over the current calendar year. See the past prize winners below.