Spring Celebration of the Arts - Student Reading and Reception

3:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Literature Building, Room 155 (deCerteau)

The winners of the Stewart Prize in Poetry and the Milton Saier Award for Fiction will be announced at this annual celebration recognizing the talents of Department of Literature undergraduates. All are welcome to join for refreshments while enjoying student readings.

The Stewart Prize was established in recognition of John L. Stewart, Founding Provost of John Muir College. Each year, students in the Arts are awarded a monetary prize administered by the Council of Provosts and the Department of Literature. Stewart was a Literature professor, as well as provost of the second college, and his move to UCSD from Dartmouth opened the way for the UCSD/Dartmouth Exchange Program.

The Dr. Milton H. Saier, Sr. Memorial Awards Fund was established at UCSD to support an annual awards program for the Departments of Music, Theatre and Dance, Literature, and Biology. Each year, the Department of Literature is given funds for an award to acknowledge outstanding creative writing by an undergraduate student.
 

Stewart Prize in Poetry. The Stewart Prize was established in recognition of John L. Stewart, Founding Provost of John Muir College. The prize administered and funded by the Council of Provosts and the Department of Literature is $300. John Stewart was a Literature professor, as well as provost of the second college, and his move to UCSD from Dartmouth opened the way for the UCSD/Dartmouth Exchange Program. Among his accomplishments were: overseeing the development of the departments Music and Visual Arts, overseeing the building of Mandeville Auditorium, and performing in The Moldy Figs – an impromptu group of UCSD jazz lovers. The Stewart Prize was originally established in this department for entries in all forms of creative writing, except playwriting. Good writing, whatever the form, was the basis of the award. Early in Spring, quarter undergraduate students are alerted to the contest via email, in class announcements and flyers. The competition is now limited to poetry (5 poems maximum) and open to all undergraduate students. The Department Executive Committee appoints faculty members to serve as judges, and after the submissions deadline, the winner is determined and announced at the annual Spring Celebration of the Arts Student Reading and Reception.

Dr. Milton H. Saier, Sr. Memorial Award in Fiction. The Dr. Milton H. Saier, Sr. Memorial Awards Fund was established at UCSD in 1998 to support an annual awards program for the Department of Music, Theatre and Dance, Literature, and Biology. Each year, the Department of Literature is given funds by the Saier family for an award to acknowledge “outstanding creative writing by an undergraduate student to be selected by the Chair of the Department of Literature in consultation with faculty.” The Saier Prize is $1,000 (there is no splitting of this prize) and open to all undergraduate students at UCSD. Early in Spring quarter undergraduate students are alerted to the contest via email, in class announcements and flyers. Undergraduates can submit one piece of fiction at a maximum of 25 pages. The Department Executive Committee appoints faculty members to serve as judges, and after the submissions deadline, the winner is determined and announced at the annual Spring Celebration of the Arts Student Reading and Reception.