first-year writers
First-Year Writers: Submit your work for the 2024 Henrietta Morgan Memorial Award! (Deadline: Friday, May 3, 2024)
Apr. 10, 2024—Each year the Writing Studio conducts the competition for the Henrietta Morgan Memorial Award for First-Year Writers. Established by William Morgan in memory of his wife, the award goes to the first-year student who submits the best sample of original writing. In Spring 2024, the deadline for submissions is Friday, May 3, at 11:59 p.m....
2024 Undergraduate Writing Symposium Program
Mar. 5, 2024—The 2024 Undergraduate Writing Symposium is one of two annual symposium events being organized by the Writing Studio this spring, alongside the 2024 Undergraduate Creative Writing Symposium and Arts Showcase, both of which give student authors selected for the event the opportunity to present and reflect on their written work alongside their fellow students. Undergraduate Writing Symposium 2024 Web-based Program...
2023 Undergraduate Writing Symposium Program
Mar. 17, 2023—Undergraduate Writing Symposium 2023 Web-based Program When: Friday, March 31, 3:00-6:00 PM CDT | Where: Commons Center MPR UWS 2023 Schedule-at-a-Glance Follow the links in the schedule below or scroll down for the full program of presenters, which includes their bios and abstracts. 3:00-3:15: Panelist Check-In 3:15-3:30: Opening Remarks from Tiffiny Tung, Vice Provost for Undergraduate...
2023 Undergraduate Writing Symposium
Nov. 17, 2022—Welcome to the 2023 Undergraduate Writing Symposium’s central hub for information about this spring’s two symposium events. For an overview of this annual celebration of undergraduate writing, visit About the Symposium. Undergraduate Creative Writing Symposium (follow link for web-based program) When: Thursday, April 13, 3:00-6:00 PM | Where: Alumni Hall, Second Floor The Undergraduate Creative...
2022 Morgan Award Winners Announced
Jul. 7, 2022—The Writing Studio celebrates undergraduate writing and all that undergraduate writers are capable of, and we congratulate the winners of the 2022 Henrietta Hickman Morgan Memorial Award for First-Year Writers! Winners of the 2022 Henrietta Hickman Morgan Memorial Award for First-Year Writers 1st Prize Ainsley Gill “The Pen is in Her Hands” 2nd Prize Alexis...
First-Year Writers: Submit your work for the Henrietta Morgan Memorial Award! (Deadline: Friday, May 6)
May. 4, 2022—Each year the Writing Studio conducts the competition for the Henrietta Morgan Memorial Award for First-Year Writers. Established by William Morgan in memory of his wife, the award goes to the first-year student who submits the best sample of original writing. In Spring 2022, the deadline for submissions is Friday, May 6. Submissions need not...
2021 Morgan Award Winners Announced!
Aug. 1, 2021—The Writing Studio celebrates undergraduate writing and all that undergraduate writers are capable of, and we congratulate the winners of the 2021 Henrietta Hickman Morgan Memorial Award for First-Year Writers! Winners of the 2021 Henrietta Hickman Morgan Memorial Award for First-Year Writers 1st Prize Cameron Deal “Defining an ‘American’ Classical Music: Intersections Between Argentina and...
2019 MORGAN AWARD WINNERS!
May. 9, 2019—Congratulations to the winners of the 2019 Henrietta Hickman Morgan Memorial Award for First-Year Writers! Thanks, too, to all who submitted their work for consideration. As always, the Morgan Award committee reviewed an impressive array of submissions from Vanderbilt’s first-year students and was honored by the chance to see the fruits of our students academic...
Scaffold: A Showcase of Vanderbilt First-Year Writing
Mar. 31, 2019—Scaffold is a digital collection of first-year writing curated by the Writing Studio. As an extension of the annual Undergraduate Writing Symposium, this collection honors and celebrates undergraduates’ accomplishments as writers, scholars, and artists specifically in their formative first year of college. To that end, Scaffold highlights the developing writing processes and learning experiences so central to the growth...
Gallery of Morgan Award Winners
Mar. 13, 2018—Morgan Award Winners 2014-2023 (Click an image to view the full-sized poster.) Will you be added to the gallery this year?