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The Hopwood Room
Monday - Friday
from 8:30 - 4:30
The Hopwood Room is located on the first floor of Angell Hall in room 1176.
Mailing Address:
The Hopwood Program University of Michigan
435 South State Street
1176 Angell Hall
Ann Arbor, Michigan
48109-1003
Phone: 734.764.6296
Fax: 734.763.3128
For inquiries regarding the Hopwood Program, you may e-mail the Assistant Director, Andrea Beauchamp, at abeauch@umich.edu.
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The Hopwood Program at the University of Michigan
Welcome
to the homepage for the Hopwood Program at the
University of Michigan. Throughout
the following pages you will find explanations of the many awards,
contests and resources the Hopwood Program has to offer.
The
Hopwood Room serves the needs and interests of Hopwood contestants.
The Room was established by Professor Roy W. Cowden, Director
of the Hopwood Awards from 1933 to 1952, who generously contributed
a part of his library, which has grown through the addition
of many volumes of contemporary literature. In addition to
housing the winning manuscripts from the past years of the
contests, the Hopwood Room has a lending library of twentieth–century literature, a generous supply of non-circulating current periodicals, some
reference books on how to get published, information on graduate and
summer writing programs, and a collection of screen plays donated by former
Hopwood winner Lawrence Kasdan.
A tea is held regularly during the fall and winter terms
on Thursdays,
3:00 to 5:00 p.m., for students, faculty, and staff. FREE
tea, coffee, and
cookies are available to all.
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Under
the terms of the will of Avery Hopwood, prominent American
dramatist and member of the Class of 1905 of The University
of Michigan, one-fifth of Mr. Hopwood's estate was given
to the Regents of the University for the encouragement
of creative work in writing. The first awards were made
in 1931, and today the Hopwood Program is proud to offer
approximately $150,000 in prizes every year to young
aspiring writers at the University of Michigan.
Following
is a list of the contests held by the Hopwood Program
with a brief description of eligibility and prizes offered:
The
Graduate and Undergraduate Hopwood Contest
Awards are offered in the following genres: drama, screenplay,
nonfiction, novel, short fiction and poetry. These awards
are classified under two categories, Graduate or Undergraduate,
except novel, drama, and screenplay which are combined
categories. Award amounts for this contest vary, but
usually fall in the range of $2000 to $9000.
Summer
Hopwood Contest
This contest is only open to students who take writing
courses during Spring and Summer terms.
Hopwood
Underclassmen Contest
This contest is open to freshmen and sophomores who
are enrolled in writing courses.
MORE
INFORMATION
National Judges
Contest
Award Recipients
Dates
to Remember
Lecturers
and Readers
Other
Contests
The
Hopwood Committee also administers three fellowship
competitions and five poetry contests, sponsored by
the Department of English:
The
Roy W. Cowden Memorial Fellowship
This award is based on demonstrated writing talent
and financial need. Prizes range from $1000 to $2500.
It is open to undergraduate and graduate students.
The
Kasdan Scholarship in Creative Writing
This is a tuition award of $6000 in the category of screenplays
or drama. Open to undergraduate and graduate students.
The
Arthur Miller Award of the University of Michigan
Club of New York Scholarship Fund
This award is open to sophomores and juniors who have
demonstrated writing talent in the areas of drama,
screenplay, fiction, or poetry. The prize is $2000
to be used towards educational expenses at the University
of Michigan.
The
Bain-Swiggett Prize
The best poem in traditional form by a University
of Michigan student is awarded $650. "Traditional
form" has been interpreted to mean metered, but
not necessarily rhymed verse.
The
Michael R. Gutterman Awards
This award is a memorial to the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert E. Gutterman, and their terms stipulate that
the winning poems "shall exemplify the new, the
unusual, and the radical." The first prize is
$450, the second $350.
Academy
of American Poets Award
Two awards of $100 are offered by this national organization
for poems submitted by University of Michigan students.
One prize will go to a graduate student, the other
to an undergraduate. No specific form is suggested
or required for this contest, which was endowed by
Mrs. Sharon A. Galley in memory of her late husband,
David Galley, who was a 1966 graduate of the University
of Michigan.
The
Jeffrey L. Weisberg Memorial Prize in Freshman Poetry
This award is for the best poem submitted by freshmen
or sophmores. First prize is $800 and second prize
is $600.
The
Marjorie Rapaport Award in Poetry
This award is a gift in memory to her daughter from
Mrs. Phyllis Rapaport. The terms of this gift also
stipulate that the poems "shall exemplify the
new, the unusual, and the radical." $600 for
the first prize, $400 for the second.
The
The Hopwood Award Theodore Roethke Prize
This award of $5,000 is for the best long poem or
poetic sequence written by a University of Michigan
student.
The
MFA Program in Creative Writing sponsors an extensive
series of poetry and fiction readings. For the current
schedule and further details visit the Visiting
Writers Series Calendar of Events.
The
Hopwood Newsletter is produced twice yearly, once in
the summer and again in the winter. In it you will find
a wide array of information, including the announcement
of the winners for the above contests, news pertaining
to the Program, as well as information/updates on previous
winners.
If
you have any questions, or would like to have more information
on any of the contests, please feel free to email Andrea
Beauchamp, the Assistant Director or call at (734)
764-6296, or just stop by the Hopwood Room in 1176 Angell
Hall.
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