The Hopwood Awards are a major scholarship program at the University of Michigan, founded by Avery Hopwood.
Under the terms of the will of Avery Hopwood, a prominent American dramatist and member of the class of 1905 of the University of Michigan, one-fifth of Mr. Hopwood's estate was given to the regents for the encouragement of creative work in writing. The first awards were made in 1931, and today, the Hopwood Program offers around 120,000inprizeseveryyeartoaspiringwritersattheUniversityofMichigan.AccordingtoNicholasDelbanco,UMEnglishprofessorandformerdirectoroftheHopwoodAwardsProgram,"Thisistheoldestandbest−knownseriesofwritingprizesinthecountry,anditisaverygoodindicatoroffuturesuccess."Awardsareofferedinthesegenres:drama/screenplay,essay,thenovel,shortfiction,nonfiction,andpoetry.Theseawardsareclassifiedundertwocategories,graduateorundergraduate,exceptthenovelanddrama/screenplay,whicharecombinedcategories.Awardamountsforthiscontestvary,butusuallyfallintherangeof1000 to $6000.
The Summer Hopwood Contest was discontinued in 2017, but archives of winning Summer Hopwood manuscripts continue to be held in the Hopwood Room. When it ran, the contest was open only to students who took writing courses during spring and summer terms. Awards were given in the categories of drama or screenplay, nonfiction, short fiction, and poetry. Novels were not eligible for the Summer Hopwood Contest.
This contest is open only to freshmen and sophomores who are enrolled in writing courses. Awards are given in the categories of nonfiction, fiction, and poetry.
The Hopwood Program administers the Hopwood Award, and several other awards in writing. It is located in the Hopwood Room at the University of Michigan and serves the needs and interests of Hopwood contestants. The room was established by Professor Roy W. Cowden, director of the Hopwood Awards from 1933 to 1952, who generously contributed a part of his library, which has grown through the addition of many volumes of contemporary literature.
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