We want the educational opportunities for English students at the University of Kentucky to be as good as those for students at any other institution in the country. In helping us recognize our outstanding undergraduate and graduate students and provide opportunities for them, your support makes the English Department a better place to study and teach. All contributions are tax deductible. Thank you for your support.

English Department Development Fund
Provides discretionary funds for awards, scholarships, recruitment, travel, and other needs as determined by the department chair.

Barbara Sutton Cowles Scholarship
Tuition scholarship for outstanding academic achievement by a senior majoring in English.

John Spalding Gatton Provost Scholarship in Arts and Sciences
Tuition scholarship for a junior/senior majoring in English.

Dantzler-Dantzler Award
Award for outstanding academic achievement by a senior majoring in English.

O.J. & Ruby Wilson Award
Award for outstanding academic achievement by a senior majoring in English.

Bill Bridges Scholarship
Tuition scholarship for an undergraduate student who is a first-generation college student.

Michael Adelstein Award
Award for a senior who is a prospective high school English teacher.

Dantzler-Farquhar Awards
Awards for undergraduate students for outstanding academic performance in poetry and fiction.

Writing Program Awards
Award for undergraduate students for academic excellence in writing program courses; Award for graduate teaching assistants for outstanding academic performance; Award for part-time instructors for outstanding teaching performance.

Writing Center Awards
Awards for instructors and students for outstanding service in the Writing Center.

Undergraduate Essay in at Literature/Film Course Award
Award to undergraduate students for academic excellence in literature and film courses.

Poetry Broadside Awards
Awards for undergraduate and graduate students for excellence in poetry.

Ben Wathen Black Memorial Graduate Scholarship
Tuition scholarship for a graduate student majoring in English literature.

Ellershaw Award
Award for an outstanding Ph.D. candidate.

William J. Sowder Award
Award for a graduate student for best critical paper.

Bryan Chair Graduate Conference Paper Awards
Awards for graduate students for best conference paper.

William S. Ward Award for Distinguished Achievement
Award for outstanding tenured faculty members.