Prizes & Honors

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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.

Category

Estimated Amount Application Process
Film/Video    
Roselyn Schneider Eisner Prizes in Film and Video $2,000 minimum Create a film or video
Folklore    

Steager 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

Owen D. Young Prize in International Relations

$1,200 maximum

Write an essay

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