Foundation Scholarships

Olsen, Tillie Creative Writing Award

Tillie Olsen, highly praised author of Tell Me a Riddle, Silences, and Yonnondio, writes about people who have been denied the opportunity to express and develop themselves because of their class, sex, or ethnicity. She is regarded as one of the earliest spokespersons for the contemporary women’s movement. The Tillie Olsen Award is offered for an outstanding fiction or creative non-fiction submission by a male or female student whose work explores progressive gender relationships. The award can be to an undergraduate or graduate student whose submissions were written for a course or on their own.

Students submit paper to the Women’s Studies Department for consideration. Contact the Women’s Studies Department for further information.

Early spring semester, exact date varies.

A Women’s Studies Faculty committee reviews all projects and selects the award winner.

Prior to the Celebration held during Women’s History month

Winners are announced at the annual Women’s Studies Celebration held during Women’s History Month. The Women’s Studies Director will complete and submit a “Scholarship Award Form” to the Financial Aid office.