Scholarships & Awards

Awarded annually to a student in any year registered in an English program in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities who has demonstrated financial need and has maintained a minimum 80% average. Online financial assistance applications are available through Student Center and must be submitted by September 30th. This scholarship is offered through the Ontario Student Opportunity Trust Fund (OSOTF) program, and recipients must meet Ontario residency requirements. The Office of the Registrar will assess for financial need and then the Scholarship Committee in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities will select the recipient. This scholarship was established by Marguerite Ruth Dow, Professor Emerita, The University of Western Ontario, in memory of her uncle killed on active service during World War I, Alan Gladstone Dow. Effective: 2015-2016 academic year. Value: 1 at $750

Awarded to a full-time undergraduate student entering his or her second year, who is enrolled in a four-year degree program and pursuing an Honours Specialization, Specialization or Major in English Language and Literature, based on financial need and a minimum of 75% in one of English 1020, English 1022 or English 1024. Applications can be accessed through Student Center and must be submitted by September 30. The Faculty of Arts and Humanities will select the recipient once financial need is determined by the Office of the Registrar. This award was established through Foundation Western by Mrs. Shirleyan English (BA Journalism `62) in memory of her parents, Amy and Elliott Grieve. Effective: 2015-2016 academic year. Value: 1 at $1,100

Awarded annually to a full-time undergraduate student in Year 2 or higher who is pursuing a three- or four-year Bachelor degree with an Honours Specialization, Specialization or Major in English Language and Literature, based on financial need and academic achievement (minimum 70% average). Preference will be given to female candidates from Southwestern Ontario, and Chatham-Kent in particular. Applications can be accessed online through Student Center and must be submitted by September 30. The Office of the Registrar will determine financial need and the Faculty of Arts and Humanities will select the recipient. This award was established by a gift and bequest through Foundation Western from Ross E. Pritchard and the Late Audrey Brown Pritchard (BA'54, English.) This award has benefitted from proceeds from the Ontario Trust for Student Support (OTSS) programs and recipients must meet Ontario residency requirements. Effective: 2016-2017 academic year. Value: 2 at $2,000

Awarded in even years to a full-time undergraduate student in a four-year degree program pursuing an Honours Specialization, Specialization or Major in English Language and Literature, based on financial need and academic performance. Preference will be given to students who are Ontario residents. Applications can be accessed through Student Center and must be submitted by September 30. The Faculty of Arts and Humanities will select the recipient once financial need has been determined by the Office of the Registrar. This award was established with Foundation Western by Dr. Robert Bandeen in memory of his sister, Betty Bandeen, who was a faculty member with the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. Effective: 2016-2017 academic year. Value: 1 at $1,900

Awarded to a full-time student in Year 3 of an Honours Specialization or double Major in English Language and Literature based on academic achievement (minimum 70% average) and financial need. Applications can be accessed online through Student Center and must be submitted by September 30. The Office of the Registrar will determine financial need and the Faculty of Arts and Humanities Scholarships and Awards Committee will select the recipient. This award was established by Dr. J. Douglas Kneale (BA '78, MA '79, English) with Foundation Western. This award is offered through the Ontario Student Opportunity Trust Fund (OSOTF) program, and recipients must meet Ontario residency requirements. Effective: 2015-2016 academic year. Value: 1 at $700

Awarded to a full-time student in Year 2 or higher of a four-year degree program in English based on academic achievement (minimum 70% average) and financial need. Preference will be given to students in Year 2. Applications can be obtained through Student Center and must be submitted by September 30. The Office of the Registrar will determine financial need and the recipient will be selected by the Scholarship and Awards Committee in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. This award was established by Ms. Helen Izrael through Foundation Western in memory of her son Edward J. Izrael (BA'69, BEd'69). Effective 2015-16 academic year. Value: 1 at $900

Awarded to a full-time student in English based on academic achievement (minimum 80%) and financial need. Preference will be given to students who attended high school in a rural area. Applications are available through Student Center and must be completed by September 30. The recipient will be selected by the Scholarship and Awards Committee in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. This scholarship was established by Marjorie Stevenson Miller (BA Arts '57) through Foundation Western to honour her parents Gordon and Myrtle Stevenson. Effective: 2015-2016 academic year. Value: 1 at $3,200

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Awarded annually to a full-time student in third or fourth year English, based on academic achievement (minimum 80%) and financial need. Preference will be given to students who attended high school in a rural area. Applications are available through Student Center and must be completed by September 30. The recipient will be selected by the Scholarship and Awards Committee in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. This scholarship was established by Marjorie Stevenson Miller (BA Arts '57) to honour her parents Gordon and Myrtle Stevenson. Effective: 2015-2016 academic year. Value: 1 at $2,200

Awarded to a student in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities who has demonstrated financial need and has achieved a high 'B' average. Preference will be given to students majoring in English. Application forms can be obtained from Student Center, and must be completed and returned by September 30. This fund was established through Foundation Western. Value: 1 at $2,500

Awarded to full-time undergraduate students in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities based on financial need. Online financial assistance applications are available through Student Center and must be submitted by October 31. The Office of the Registrar will select the recipients. This bursary was established by a generous gift from William Hodgins (BA 1954). Effective Date: 2022-2023 academic year. Value: Number and value will vary as funds permit (initially 1 at $2,000)

Awarded to full-time students in any undergraduate degree program based on a submission of poetry that is original, titled, and previously unpublished. Poems must be in English and may use any style of poetry. Poems will be judged for their originality, and for their use of form and technique, traditional or contemporary, in a skillful and creative way to create or intensify themes or effects. The total entry is not to exceed 4 pages for a maximum 150 lines and must be submitted to the Department of English by March 31. Further details regarding the format of submissions can be obtained from the Department of English. Recipients will be selected by a committee in the Department of English that will include at least one published writer from London and/or the University community. This award was made possible by a generous gift from Mr. Alfred Poynt. Effective: 2024-2025 academic year. See contest rules. Value: 1 at $500

Awarded competitively to an undergraduate student (including students at the affiliated colleges) who exhibits a developing talent for creative writing on the basis of a portfolio of submitted writings (prose, fiction, poetry or drama) that has not so far been published or won an award in any other competition. Tenable once. Application should be directed to the Department of English by February 1. This award was made available by Mr. B. Franklin Shostack and Dr. Zane Cohen in memory of the late Lillian Kroll. See contest rules. Effective: 2024-2025 academic year. Value: 1 at $500

Awarded annually to a student enrolled in Year 2, 3 or 4 in the Honours Specialization in Creative Writing and English Language and Literature or Major in Theatre Studies program in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, who demonstrates excellence and potential in either Creative Writing or Theatre Studies. Students must have a minimum 70% average, with plans to work in the creative writing or theatre arts field after graduation.

A one-page statement outlining the candidate’s creative accomplishments and plans for their future career in creative writing or theatre studies must be submitted to the Departmental Office, English & Writing Studies at uenglish@uwo.ca by September 30th.

The Scholarship Committee of the Department of English & Writing Studies will select the recipient. Students are eligible to apply in Year 2, 3 and 4 and may receive the award in each year should they be selected. If there are no students who meet the criteria, the award will not be given out.

This award was established by a generous gift from the Hazel Cryderman-Wees Foundation in honour of Hazel’s sister-in-law, Mackie. Mackie Cryderman studied at the Winnipeg School of Art and at the Ontario College of Art, with a number of members from the Group of Seven. She created the vocational art department at the H.B. Beal Technical School in London, Ontario (currently known as H.B. Beal Secondary School). She also taught at Western University and Fanshawe College. Mackie Cryderman was an accomplished artist in a variety of media, working in watercolour, oil, metal and leather as well as pursuits in jewelry making, graphic design and carving. Mackie died in 1969 at the age of 73. Effective: 2018-2019 academic year. Value: 1 at $2,000

Awarded to a Canadian citizen or permanent resident registered in any undergraduate or graduate program on Main campus at Western who submits, in English or French, any personal and recent work of creative writing, in any genre or length, on a theme of Canadian Heritage, that has not so far been published or entered in any other competition. Entries should be directed to the Department of English & Writing Studies by February 1. Established through the generosity of Marguerite R. Dow, Professor Emerita, The University of Western Ontario, who taught English and Drama in the Faculty of Education from 1965 to 1985. See contest rules. Value: The number and value will vary at the discretion of the selection committee based on funds available.

Awarded annually to undergraduate students, in any Faculty, in the following five categories of Writing Studies: 1. Introductory Essay 2. Writing Advanced Essay Writing 3. Non-Fiction Manuscripts 4. Technical and Professional Writing 5. Oral Communication. For categories 1-4, students must submit their entries from Writing Studies courses taken during the Summer, Fall and Winter terms to the Writing Studies office for evaluation by April 30. For category 5, a public speaking competition will be held at the end of March each academic year. A committee within the Department of English and Writing Studies will select the recipients. These prizes were established through a generous endowment established by H. Marie Smibert (HBA '40). Effective: 2015-2016 academic year. See contest rules. Value: 1 at $350 and up to 2 at $250 for each of the five divisions ($4,250 total available annually)

Awarded to a full-time undergraduate student in his or her third year of the Honours Specialization in English Language and Literature or English Literature and Creative Writing, or a Double Major including English Language and Literature, in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (minimum 80% average). The recipient will be eligible to continue receiving the scholarship in fourth year provided he/she remains in the Honours Specialization in English Language and Literature or English Literature and Creative Writing, or a Double Major including English Language and Literature, and maintains an academic average of 70% and a full time course load. Preference will be given to a student with a demonstrated interest in journalism.

Students should submit a letter of application to the Chair of Undergraduate Studies, Department of English and Writing Studies by September 30.

The scholarship committee in the Department of English and Writing Studies will select the recipient. Only one student can hold this award at any one time. This scholarship was established by Mr. Mark McQueen (BA'88) to honour his father, Dr. Roderick Moir McQueen (BA'67). Effective: 2019-2020 academic year. Value: 1 at $2,700

Awarded to full-time students in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities who exhibit a developed talent for creative writing based on a submission of young adult fiction that has not so far been published or won an award in any other competition. Submissions must be made to the Faculty of Arts & Humanities by March 31. The Faculty of Arts & Humanities will select the recipient. This award was established by Kelly Rowan. Effective: 2024-2025 to 2028-2029 academic years inclusive. See contest rules. Value: 1 at $1,500 or 2 at $750, awarded annually

Awarded annually for the best essay written by an undergraduate student registered in a Canadian Literature course at the Constituent University. Every year instructors of Canadian literature courses will be invited to recommend the best essay submitted for credit within the current academic year. The essays must be submitted for adjudication by April 30. The Chair of the Department of English will name a panel of three Canadian literature specialists to review the submissions and, within three weeks of the submission deadline, select the recipient. Effective: 2018-2019 academic year. Value: 1 at $650 plus a selection of books from The New Canadian Library

Awarded to students entering the second year of an Honours Bachelor degree with either an Honours Specialization in English Language and Literature or a double Major including English Language and Literature, who have achieved an average of at least 80% in their first year, and who will not be the recipients of any other scholarship of $3,000 or above. These scholarships were established with Foundation Western by the late Bentley (HBA '35) and Lorna (BA '36) Baldwin, and William (LLD '78) and Lucile (BA '31) Baldwin. Effective: 2018-2019 academic year. Value: 2 at $900

Awarded annually to undergraduate students enrolled in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities with an Honours Specialization or Major in English Language and Literature or English Literature and Creative Writing, who has received the highest overall average in English 1022E. The Scholarship Committee in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities will select the recipient each fall. This award was established with a generous gift from Dr. David M.R. Bentley, FRSC, FRSA, Distinguished University Professor, Carl F. Klinck Professor in Canadian Literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities. Effective: 2021-2022 academic year. Value 3 at $2,000

Awarded annually to an undergraduate student in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities with the highest academic achievement in a course in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century British Literature (period 1660-1780). Students taking an online course in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century British Literature will not be eligible for the award. The recipient will be selected by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities Scholarships and Awards Committee. In the event of a tie, the recipient will be determined by the 18th-centuryists of the department who can review the course work collectively and recommend the winner. This award was established by Professor Lisa Zeitz, a faculty member in the Department of English, who dedicated her life to the understanding and teaching of a witty, complex and rewarding age in literature. The award is named in honour of Alexander Pope's large and beloved dog, "Bounce"; celebrated in portraits, verse and letters, Bounce was the subject of the last couplet the poet wrote: "Then Bounce ('tis all that Bounce can crave)/ Shall wag her Tail within the Grave." Effective: 2015-2016 academic year. Value: 1 at $1,700

Awarded to a student in an Honours Bachelor degree where preference is given to a student who meets the requirements for a double Major in English and History, however, consideration will be given to a student with an Honours Specialization in either English or History and a Major in the other subject. Established as a gift of Mr. Samuel E. Weir, Q. C., through the Weir Foundation, in memory of his sister Miss Frances Martha Weir who died in 1959 and, who was, at the time of her graduation in 1916, the winner of the Governor General's Medal, which was awarded to the best student in the Honours English and History program. Effective: 2011-2012 to 2025-2026 academic year. Value: Gold Medal and $400

Awarded to the student in an Honours Bachelor degree with the highest standing in third year of a double Major in English Language and Literature and History, tenable in fourth year. Established in memory of Dr. Thomas E. Carr, BA '35. Effective: 2016-2017 academic year. Value: 1 at $1,000

Awarded to a student with an average of at least 80% who is entering second year of an Honours Bachelor degree with a double Major in English Language and Literature and French, English Language and Literature and German, or English Language and Literature and History. Value: $300

Awarded to the student proceeding to the third year of an Honours Specialization in English Language and Literature with the highest standing in English courses at the 2200-level or above in second year. Established through Foundation Western by a generous endowment by William M. Pearce in memory of his wife Kathleen, (MA '65 English). Effective: 2022-2023 academic year Value: 1 at $450

Awarded to a top graduating student in an Honours Specialization English Language and Literature or an Honours Double Major including English, usually the student with highest standing in fourth-year English Honours courses. Adjudicated with reference to academic achievement and also financial need. Selection will be made by the Chair of the Department of English (or designate) in consultation with Financial Aid Services. This prize was made possible by the generosity of many individuals in memory of Professor Kristin M. Brady, an admired teacher and scholar in the Department of English until her death in 1998. Effective: 2015-2016 academic year. Value: $900

Awarded to a full-time student entering Year 3 of an Honours Bachelor degree with either an Honours Specialization in English Language and Literature or a double Major including English Language and Literature who achieved the highest overall average in Year 2. The recipient will be selected by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities Scholarships and Awards Committee. This scholarship was established by a generous bequest from Marguerite Stoner Torney (BA '81) through Foundation Western. Effective: 2018-2019 Academic Year Value: 1 at $600

Awarded annually to the full-time student with the highest academic achievement in Writing 2202F/G – Winning Your Argument: Rhetorical Strategy in a Visual Age. The recipient will be identified by the Undergraduate Program Director, Writing Studies and the scholarship will be awarded each spring. This scholarship was established with Foundation Western by H. Marie Smibert (HBA ’40). Value: 1 at $700

Awarded annually to the full-time student with the highest academic achievement in an introductory expository writing course (1031F/G , 2101F/G, 2111F/G, 2130F/G, and 2131F/G). The recipient will be identified by the Undergraduate Program Director, Writing Studies. This scholarship was established with Foundation Western by H. Marie Smibert (HBA’40). Value: 1 at $2000

Awarded to a student entering third year of an Honours Bachelor degree with a double Major in English Language and Literature and French, who achieved the highest academic average in second year. In the case of a tie, preference will be given to a female student. The Faculty of Arts and Humanities Scholarships and Awards Committee will select the recipient. This scholarship was established by a generous bequest from Mary R. Stewart (HBA '39) through Foundation Western. Effective: 2020-2021 academic year. Value: 1 at $2500

Awarded annually to a full-time undergraduate student in Year 3 or 4, who is pursuing an Honours Specialization in either English Language and Literature or Creative Writing and English Language and Literature, or a Specialization or Major in English Language and Literature, with academic achievement (minimum 80% average). Preference will be given to a student from Northern Ontario. The scholarship committee in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities will select the recipient. This scholarship was established with a generous gift from Professor Christopher Armitage (MA ’64, English) in honour of his late wife Pauline Brooks Armitage (BA '52). Effective: 2018-2019 academic year. Value: 1 at $1,000

Christopher Armitage was born in England and studied at Oxford University where he met Pauline Brooks from Copper Cliff, Ontario, who was working in London, England at the time. They married and settled in London, Ontario and Christopher completed his Master’s Degree in English at Western University. After teaching at Huron College and Guelph University, Christopher completed his PhD at Duke University in 1967. Professor Armitage taught Shakespeare for more than 50 years at the University of North Carolina and received the Board of Governor’s Medal for his achievements. Pauline died in 1979.

Awarded on the basis of academic standing in first-year Arts or Social Sciences to a student who enrols in the second year of an Honours Specialization in English Language and Literature. The winner will be selected by the Scholarship Committee, on recommendation of the Department of English. The student selected must maintain at least an 80% average and remain in the Honours Specialization in English Language and Literature. If a student does not retain the award, another student in the same year will be selected to replace him/her. This scholarship was established as a memorial to his mother by the late Lionel Harris Rinn, Honours English graduate of this University. Tenable in the Constituent University only. Effective: 2010-2011 academic year Value: 1 at $1,500 for 3 years

Awarded to a student in third year of an Honours Specialization in English Language and Literature based on academic achievement (minimum 80% average). The recipient will be selected by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities Scholarships and Awards Committee. This scholarship was established by the Rev. Stanley Jay (BA '56) and the Myrtle Rowntree estates. Effective: 2015-2016 academic year. Value: 1 at $1,300

Awarded annually to a full-time undergraduate student beyond year 1 who is registered in a program in English Language and Literature based on academic achievement (minimum 80% overall average). The recipient will be selected by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities in consultation with the Department of English. This scholarship was established by a generous bequest from the estate of Rena Thomson. Effective: 2016-2017 academic year. Value: 1 at $3,000

Awarded annually to a full-time undergraduate student entering fourth year who has excelled in Eighteenth Century Studies in an Honours Specialization in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. Preference will be given to a student specializing in the study of Voltaire (either in French or English). The recipient will be selected by the Scholarship and Awards Committee in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. This scholarship is given in honour of the distinguished Princeton Voltaire scholar, Ira O. Wade, who early in his career spent two years teaching in the Department of Romance Languages at The University of Western Ontario, and is offered in appreciation by his student Dr. Robert L. Walters, Professor Emeritus, who taught at Western in the Department of French from 1963 to 1987. Effective: 2015-2016 academic year. Value: 1 at $1,500

Awarded to the highest ranking student entering second year of an Honours Bachelor degree with either an Honours Specialization in English Language and Literature or a double Major including English Language and Literature. Established through a generous bequest by the late William Wyatt of London. Effective: 2017-2018 academic year. Value: 1 at $1,200