The Department of English offers numerous merit scholarships totaling more than $100,000 in an annual competition in the spring. These scholarships recognize and reward outstanding achievements by English, creative writing, or teaching of English students.
In order to be eligible for these scholarships, an applicant must:
- be an English department major planning to be enrolled for at least one semester of the coming academic year
- at the time of application have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5/4.0 overall
- at the time of application have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.75/4.0 in English and/or creative writing courses taken at Illinois
- by the end of the spring semester in which you are applying, have completed at Illinois a minimum of four English, creative writing, and/or rhetoric courses beyond Composition I
- remain in good standing with the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences throughout the application process
***Please note that the scholarship application process has moved up this year to the first half of the spring semester, with the first portion of it due on the first day of classes.
The Director of Undergraduate Studies is therefore holding an informational Zoom meeting on Wednesday, November 20th at 5:00 p.m. Please contact the director, Catharine Gray, or the Undergraduate Office for the link.
For more information on the application process, see the below:
The award amounts vary widely; for more information, or if you cannot make the above meeting, please contact our director of undergraduate studies, Catharine Gray.