The Ginsberg Prize is awarded annually to a meritorious graduating senior whose work in language and literature is judged to have been the most creative.
Eligibility: A enrolled student who is a graduating senior in the current academic year
Judges: A faculty member or members from Humanistic Studies
The Ginsberg Prize winner receives:
$500 award from an anonymous donor
Recognition in the commencement booklet
Winning poem shared on social media
Timeline: Generally, the department requests submissions by end of March and a winner is announced by mid April.
Submissions: Entries are judged blind.
Ginsberg Prize 2023
The application for the Ginsberg Prize for Poetry 2023 is now OPEN.
Our judges this year are Amy Eisner, faculty in HMST, and Theresa-Xuan Bui '22, a former Ginsberg Prize winner! Thank you to our judges.
If you have any questions please email zalomari@mica.edu.