Provost's Literary Prize
The Provost's Literary Prize is an annual writing contest for undergraduate students at Oregon State University.
Congratulations 2026 Provost's Literary Prize Winners!
Poetry Winner
Mai Sakurai for Not Halfway
Prose Winner
Cecilia Sawyer for The Loved One Replica Company
38th Annual Provost's Literary Prize
The 38th Annual Provost’s Literary Prize for undergraduate students at OSU is open for submissions. The winner will be awarded $750 and on-campus publication.
Nicholas Dybek in the School of Writing, Literature and Film is chairing the screening committee. Professor Dybek and the committee are seeking help from faculty to identify candidates for the prize. The literary work can be fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction written for a general audience.
Submission Requirements
- Must be an undergraduate student currently enrolled at OSU Corvallis campus, OSU-Cascades, or Ecampus
- Categories:
- Fiction
- Poetry
- Creative Nonfiction
- Submissions must:
- Be in a word document or PDF format
- File name must be titled "Surname, Genre"
- Begin with a title page (not included in total page count): name, genre, and title of piece (or, if more than one poem, a list of all poem titles)
- Be typed, no longer than 14 double-spaced pages of prose or 8 pages of poetry
- Be the student's original work
- A student can submit no more than one entry in each genre. For example, you could submit one piece of fiction and one 8-page submission of poetry. A separate submission form is required for each.
Submissions have closed.