Welcome to Prized Writing

Prized Writing is an annual writing contest and an anthology of papers written by undergraduate students at UC Davis.

Every year, students from across campus are invited to submit papers they’ve written for UCD undergraduate courses to the Prized Writing contest. In June, a group of volunteer faculty judges the submissions and the winners are published in a two-part anthology: Essays and Scientific & Technical Writing. The finalists are awarded Honorable Mention. Prize winners receive a cash prize, a certificate, a copy of the published book, and public recognition at the fall awards reception. The book is then sold at the UCD Bookstore and is used as a text in composition courses.

In 2008-09, we are embarking on our 20th Prized Writing contest.

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Purchase the current issue of Prized Writing in the UCD Bookstore