The Ruth Vande Kieft Prize, sponsored by the Eudora Welty Society, is awarded annually for the best essay on Eudora Welty by a beginning scholar. The prize carries with it an award of $300, and the prize-winning essay will be published in Eudora Welty Review.
The competition is open to applicants who have not held a full-time academic appointment for more than four years. Independent scholars and graduate students are encouraged to apply.
Essays should be 20-30 pages (including notes), original, and not under submission elsewhere or previously published. Send submissions via email in a word document to pmchaney@gsu.edu and include a brief curriculum vitae. Author’s name should not appear on the typescripts. Please identify essays as submissions for the Ruth Vande Kieft Prize