Submissions for Freshman Scholarship Essay Contest Sought

The Program in Rhetoric and Composition would like to invite students to submit essays to the Jessie O'Kelly Freshman Essay Award, which recognizes U of A undergraduate students for writing exemplary essays in composition courses.

The award's monetary prize is $500.

The criteria for essay submission are as follows:

• Students who submit essays must be currently enrolled as a full-time undergraduate Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences majors and must have been freshmen or sophomores at the time they took the composition course.
• Students must have taken the Composition course in spring 2022 or fall 2022.
• Essays must have been written for Composition 1 or 2 or Honors Composition 1 or 2.
• Essays must be at least three pages, be in Modern Language Association (MLA) format, incorporate outside sources and demonstrate skills in originality, organization, argumentation and language.
• Students should include their university ID number with each submission.

Students should submit essays to LewEllyn Hallett, teaching specialist for the Program in Rhetoric and Composition, via email at rhetcomp@uark.edu by April 15. Essays will be judged by Program in Rhetoric and Composition teaching staff members, who will select winners.

The Program in Rhetoric and Composition is proud to recognize outstanding student writers. Please contact LewEllyn Hallett at 479-575-2248 if you have any questions.