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 of the University for the encouragement of creative work in writing. The first awards were made in 1931, and today the Hopwood Program offers approximately $120,000 in prizes every year to aspiring writers at the University of Michigan. According to Nicholas Delbanco, UM English Professor and Director of the Hopwood Awards Program, "This is the oldest and best known series of writing prizes in the country and it is a very good indicator of future success."^[1]

Previous Hopwood winners include Max Apple, Sven Birkerts, John Malcolm Brinnin, John Ciardi, Tom Clark, Lyn Coffin, Christopher Paul Curtis, Mary Gaitskill, Robert Hayden, Garrett Hongo, Lawrence Joseph, Jane Kenyon, Laura Kasischke, Elizabeth Kostova, Arthur Miller, Howard Moss, Frank O'Hara, Marge Piercy, Davy Rothbart, Betty Smith, Ron Sproat, Keith Waldrop, Rosmarie Waldrop, Edmund White, Nancy Willard, and Maritta Wolff.

Contents 1 Contests and prizes 1.1 The Graduate and Undergraduate Hopwood Contest 1.2 Summer Hopwood Contest 1.3 Hopwood Underclassmen Contest 2 See also 3 External links 4 Notes

[edit] Contests and prizes

[edit] The Graduate and Undergraduate Hopwood Contest

Awards are offered in the following genres: drama/screenplay, essay, the novel, short fiction and poetry. These awards are classified under two categories, Graduate or Undergraduate, except the novel and drama/screenplay, which are combined categories. Award amounts for this contest vary, but usually fall in the range of $1000 to $6000.

[edit] Summer Hopwood Contest

This contest is open only to students who take writing courses during spring and summer terms. Awards are given in the categories of Drama or Screenplay, Nonfiction, Short Fiction, and Poetry. Novels are not eligible for the Summer Hopwood Contest.

[edit] Hopwood Underclassmen 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.

[edit] See also

• University of Michigan
• Arthur Miller

[edit] External links

• Hopwood Awards
• University of Michigan

[edit] Notes

1. ^ http://www.michigandaily.com/content/30-winners-named-hopwood-awards

• Napoleon, Davi: The Rewards of the Hopwood Michigan Alumus, Spring 1999. A past winner and judge explores the values and dangers of this literary competition.