Prizes and Honors
Please note: The Prizes Office will be closed from May 22 through September 3, 2013. We will reopen on September 4, 2013.
The Prizes Program at UC Berkeley is an important forum for rewarding creative expression and scholarly achievement by Cal's finest students. Winners receive both recognition 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 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 UC Berkeley are conferred upon qualified students for academic achievement or outstanding service. The Kraft Award for Freshmen, the University Medal, and Departmental Citations carry this distinction.
For the 2013-14 academic year, the general deadline for all contests (except the Eisner Film/Video, Eisner Photo-Imaging, Greek/Latin Translation contests, and the Lipson Essay Prize) is Monday, December 2, 2013 at 4 p.m. Please check the web pages below for specific details about each prize.
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Category |
Estimated Amount | Requirements |
| 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 | ||
| George Morey Richardson Latin Translation Prize | $1,500 - $500 | Translate a classical English passage into Ciceronian Latin |
| Thomas G. Rosenmeyer Greek Translation Prize | $500 | Translate an English passage into classical Greek style |
| Integrity | ||
| Prize in Personal Integrity | $5,000 - $1,000 | Write an essay |
| Jewish Studies | ||
| Anne and Benjamin Goor Prize in Jewish Studies | $1,000 | Write an essay |
| Music | ||
| Nicola De Lorenzo Prize in Music Composition | $1,000 | Create a musical composition |
| Leslie Lipson Program | 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. The program consists of the Lipson Essay Prize, the Lipson Scholarship, and the Lipson Research Grant. | |
| 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 | up to $3,500 | Must be a Lipson Scholar |
| Philosophy | ||
| Ferdinand Canning Scott 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 | ||
| Academy of American Poets Prize | $100 | Write a poem |
| Emily Chamberlain Cook Prizes in Poetry | $500 - $300 | Write a poem |
| Ina Coolbrith Memorial Poetry Prize | $250- $100 | Write a poem |
| Elizabeth Mills Crothers Prizes in Literary Composition |
$600 - $250 |
Write a story or play |
| Roselyn Schneider Eisner Prizes in Poetry and Prose |
$2.000 |
Create a collection of poetry |
| Samuel C. Irving Prize for American Wit and Humor | $750 | Write an anecdote, story, poem, drawing, or play illustrative of American wit and humor |
| Dorothy Rosenberg Memorial Prize in Lyric Poetry | $2,000 - $1,000 | Create a lyric poem |
| Joan Lee Yang Memorial Poetry Prizes | $500 - $250 | Write a poem |
| Political Science | ||
| Philo Sherman Bennett Prize in Political Science | $1,000 | Write an essay |
| Florence Mason Palmer Memorial Prize | $1,500- $1,000 | Write an essay |
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$1,200 maximum |
Write an essay |
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| Prose | ||
| Elizabeth Mills Crothers Prizes in Literary Composition | $600 - $250 | Write a story or play |
| Roselyn Schneider Eisner Prizes in Poetry and Prose | $2,000 | Create a prose submission consisting of a substantial volume of work |
| Lili Fabilli and Eric Hoffer Essay Prize | $1,000 - $750 | Write an essay |
| Samuel C. Irving Prize for American Wit and Humor | $750 | Write an anecdote, story, poem, drawing, or play illustrative of American wit and humor |
| Julia Keith Shrout Short Story Prize | $400 in prizes | Write a short story |