The Writing Excellence Awards are given annually to encourage and reward good writing in all disciplines. Winners recieve a cash prize of $250. The contest opens in January for papers written in 2024 in courses taken at the University of Puget Sound. Winners are announced in April. The Writing Excellence Awards are funded by the Hearst Endowment for Writing, established through grants from the Hearst Foundation. The submission deadline for this year’s competition is Friday, February 7, 2025. For more details about the paper categories and submission instructions refer to the competition website here: https://www.pugetsound.edu/center-writing-learning/writing-excellence-awards