Prizes & Honors
The Prizes Program at UC Berkeley is a primary forum for rewarding creative expression and scholarly achievement by Cal's finest students. Winners receive both distinction and a cash prize which is coordinated with the winner's financial aid package, if any. Prize competitions are open to students of any major. Successful, even prominent artists and poets in our society, found that winning an award at Berkeley was a pivotal experience in the direction of their artistic careers. Prizes are administered under the direction of the Academic Senate Committee on Prizes. Copies of the essays and poetry submissions chosen to receive prizes are archived at the Bancroft Library at the end of each year.
Honors at Berkeley are conferred upon qualified students for academic achievement or outstanding service. The Kraft Prize for Freshmen, the University Medal, and Departmental Citations carry this distinction.
The general deadline for all contests (except the Greek/Latin Translation contests, Eisner Film/Video, Eisner Photo-Imaging and Lipson Essay) is 4 p.m. Tuesday, December 1, 2009.
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Category |
Estimated Amount | Application Process |
| Film/Video | ||
| Roselyn Schneider Eisner Prizes in Film and Video | $2,000 minimum | Create a film or video |
| Folklore | ||
| $100 - $50 | Demonstrate originality, excellence and importance to the field of folklore | |
| Greek/ Latin Translation | ||
| Richardson Latin Translation | $1,500 - $500 | Translate a classical English passage into Ciceronian Latin |
| Rosenmeyer Greek Composition Prize | $500 | Translate an English passage into classical Greek style |
| Jewish Studies | ||
| Goor Prize in Jewish Studies | $475 | Write an essay |
| Music | ||
| De Lorenzo Prize in Music Composition | $1,000 | Create a musical composition |
| Leslie Lipson Scholarship & Prize | The Leslie Lipson Program at UC Berkeley is intended to encourage undergraduate students to study humanistic values and their practical application for individuals, societies, and states and is comprised of the three following components below. | |
| Lipson Essay Prize | $2,000 | Write an essay |
| Lipson Scholarship | $10,000 maximum for two years | Must have won the Lipson Essay Prize |
| Lipson Research Grant | $4,000 maximum | Must be a Lipson Scholar |
| Philosophy | ||
| Schiller Essay Prize in Philosophy | $200 | Write an essay |
| Photo-Imaging | ||
| Roselyn Schneider Eisner Prizes in Photo-Imaging | $2,000 minimum | Submit a photograph |
| Poetry | ||
| American Academy of Poets | $100 | Write a poem |
| Cook Prize in Poetry | $500 - $300 | Write a poem |
| Coolbrith Memorial Poetry Prize | $250- $100 | Write a poem |
| Crothers Prize in Literary Composition |
$600 - $250 |
Write a story or play |
| Eisner Poetry |
$2.000 |
Create a collection of poetry |
| Irving Prize for American Wit and Humor | $750 | Write an anecdote, story, poem, drawing, or play illustrative of American wit and humor |
| Rosenberg Lyric Poetry | $2,000 - $1,000 | Create a lyric poem |
| Yang Memorial Poetry Prize | $500 - $250 | Write a poem |
| Political Science | ||
| Bennett Prize in Political Science | $1,000 | Write an essay |
| Florence Mason Palmer Prize | $1,500- $1,000 | Write an essay |
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$1,200 maximum |
Write an essay |
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| Prose | ||
| Crothers Prize in Literary Composition | $600 - $250 | Write a story or play |
| Eisner Prose | $2,000 | Create a prose submission consisting of a substantial volume of work |
| Lili Fabilli Eric Hoffer Essay | $1,000 - $750 | Write an essay |
| Irving Prize for American Wit and Humor | $750 | Write an anecdote, story, poem, drawing, or play illustrative of American wit and humor |
| Shrout Short Story Prize | $400 in prizes | Write a short story |