Hopwood Program

2019-20 deadlines are noon on December 4, 2019 and January 29, 2020.

2019-20 Deadlines Are Here! Click through here for the full timeline.

Avery Hopwood Painting by Florine Stettheimer This portrait, painted in 1915 by Florine Stettheimer, features Avery Hopwood standing with his arms crossed against a sign for his play, "Fair and Warmer." You can view this historic painting by visiting the Hopwood Room, which the painting has presided over since 1945. (Photo by Hopwood Program Assistant Emma Richter.)

Join us on Tuesday 3/19 Detroit Poet Laureate Naomi Long Madgett + Performance Artist/Poet Gabrielle Civil in the Hopwood Room — free and open to the public!

Graduate & Undergraduate Hopwood Awards Ceremony On April 18, join us at the Rackham Auditorium to celebrate the 2019 Hopwood Awards! Featuring an original lecture from Pulitzer Prize winning essayist and critic Hilton Als.

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The Hopwood Room is closed until further notice.

The Hopwood contest judging is continuing on schedule. Staff is working remotely and will answer your emails within 24 hours during regular business hours.

Please send inquiries to: hopwoodprogram@umich.edu.

Updates will be posted on this website.

2020 First- and Second-Year Hopwood Award Ceremony

Welcome to the Hopwood Program at the University of Michigan. The Hopwood Program hosts a variety of contests and prizes for students at the University of Michigan. We also host a number of public events each year, including two awards ceremonies with readings and lectures, as well as weekly Hopwood Teas.

Throughout the following pages you will find explanations of the awards, contests and resources the Hopwood Program has to offer.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Hopwood Program Manager Rebecca Manery at hopwoodprogram@umich.edu.

FALL AND WINTER CONTESTS

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Contests with
Dec 4 Deadline

Contests with
Jan 29 Deadline

Upcoming Events

About the
Hopwood Program

Hopwood Program in the College of Literature, Science and Arts

We strive to support our students and faculty on the front lines of learning and research and to steward our planet, our community, our campus. To do this, the Hopwood Awards Program needs your support.