Each year submissions are invited for the David L. Kubal Essay Contest, an annual competition sponsored by the English Department to celebrate the exemplary scholarly writing of undergraduate English majors and graduate students in English. Essays submitted for this contest should be on literary or cultural topics, and can be original projects or papers previously submitted as part of a course. Please note that award winners must be English majors or minors or graduate students in English and must be currently registered.
$250 Prize for best graduate essay
$250 Prize for best undergraduate essay
Papers should be submitted electronically to Professor Jim Garrett ([email protected]).
The deadline for submissions is January 30, 2015
Winners are strongly encouraged to attend the David L. Kubal Memorial Lecture, at which they will be honored.
David L. Kubal Memorial Lecture
James Paul Gee, Guest Speaker
Thursday, February 26, 2015, 5:30pm, Golden Eagle Ballroom
The David L. Kubal Memorial Lecture and Essay Contest were established in 1983 to honor and memorialize David Kubal, who, in his teaching, scholarship, friendships with students and colleagues, and in the daily responsibilities of professional life, embodied the highest academic ideal.
Kubal Essay Prize Winners
2014 Abraham Encinas and Monica Carrillo
2013 Efren Lopez and Tatiana Sanchez
2012 Jazmin Delgado
2008 Kevin McCabe
2006 Jessica Magallanes
2005 Christine Maksimowicz
2004 David Anthopoulos and Jerry Sider
2003 Niklas Watanabe
2002 Deanna Stansbury
2001 Lorraine Sfeir
2000 Jennifer Zeuli
1999 Starr Goode
1998 Jennifer O'Brien, Jennifer Zeuli, and Kathleen Klompien
1997 Jamie Sue Reed
1996 Don Enomoto
1995 Deborah Davis
1994 Jane Phillips
1993 James Towner
1992 David Beaulieu
1991 Piero Carlini
1990 Dahlia Schwartz and Nancy Hutcheon
1989 Mara Fein
1988 Emily Schiller and Jamshid Minwalla
1987 Carol King
1986 Amado Toribio and Sharlene Zagami
1985 Kristen Salontay
1984 Michael Duffey and Peter Bodiford