Lyon Award Submission Period: October 20 - November 6, 2025 -- submit via 5 p.m.
Mabelle A. Lyon published more than 1,000 poems in commercial and literary magazines and anthologies. She founded the first public library in Goodyear, Arizona and co-founded the Arizona Poetry Society, serving as the first president. After she died, friends and family of Lyon made a memorial gift to establish the Mabelle A. Lyon Poetry Award at ASU in honor of her love of poetry.
Deadline: March 1
In the spring of each year, a scholarship of approximately $770 will be awarded for the upcoming fall semester to a full-time undergraduate English major in The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the ASU Tempe campus. The applicant must:
Deadline: March 1
The John Doebler Memorial Award in Shakespeare and Renaissance Studies is given for the best undergraduate critical or scholarly paper written on Shakespeare or Renaissance studies. The amount is approximately $975 and is awarded in the spring semester each year.
The Department of English Homecoming Writing Contest celebrates the creative and scholarly writing of undergraduate students within ASU English (English; Culture, Technology and Environment; and Film and Media Studies majors or minors [non-BIS]). ASU Online students are eligible. Awards will be presented to the first place winners in the following categories (applicants may submit one entry* per category):
Note: This scholarship is paused and is not accepting applications.
Deadline: March 1
Don and Alleen Nilsen, professors of English at Arizona State University and co-founders of the International Society for Humor Studies established the Don and Alleen Nilsen Humor Scholarship Award in 2011. This scholarship is given for the best humorous online presentation that teaches any aspect of language.
Note: This scholarship is paused and is not accepting applications.
Deadline: March 1
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