Hopwood Program

Join us for Pass the Mic 2022! All UM undergraduates can sign up for a 5-minute spot by emailing The Hopwood Program at hopwoodprogram@umich.edu by October 17th.

Deadline: January 12, 2023 Significant cash prizes for University of Michigan students.

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.)

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Hopwood Program Writing Contests Eligibility Guidelines

Undergraduate and graduate students at the Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint campuses are eligible to enter the writing contests managed by The Hopwood Program. Individual contests have different eligibility requirements.

Read the guide below as a starting point to see which contests for which you may be eligible. Use the clickable buttons below to navigate to each individual contest where you can read details about the eligibility criteria.

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

General requirement: Must be enrolled in at least 6 credits

Undergraduates must be currently enrolled, or have been enrolled in the past two academic years, in a University of Michigan course. Qualifying courses are listed on the Hopwood website under each contest's discription.

GRADUATE STUDENTS

General requirement: Must be enrolled in at least 3 credits

There is no requirement for graduate students to have a specific qualifying course.

All Graduate Students: Hopwood Awards

Hopwood Drama

Hopwood Novel

Hopwood Screenplay

Graduate Fiction

Graduate Nonfiction

Graduate Poetry

Theodore Roethke Prize

All Graduate Students: Other Awards Administered by The Hopwood Program

Academy of American Poets Prize*

Bain Swiggett Poetry Prize*

David Porter Award for Journalism

Kasdan Scholarship

Text/Composition Prize

Gutterman Award in Poetry*

* Single Poem Contest

Results from the Most Recent Hopwood Awards and Contests

Program for the 2022 Hopwood Virtual Awards Ceremony

Winners of the 2022 Hopwood Awards and Contests

Hopwood Program

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 the Hopwood Award Ceremony in April and other in-person and virtual events including Pass the Mic and contest-focused workshops to prepare for submission.

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.

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