Department of History Undergraduate Writing Prize Application

One application in the WiSH system, the Department of History Undergraduate Writing Prize Application, allows students to apply for up to thirteen History writing prizes at once. By completing this application, you will be considered (if you are eligible) for the following writing prizes from the Department of History:

  • William F. Allen Prize ($200)
  • American Indian History Prize ($500)
  • Baensch Prize ($500)
  • Andrew Bergman Prize ($1,250 and $750)
  • William A. Brown Writing Prize for Black History ($500)
  • Civil Resistance Writing Prize ($500)
  • Curti Prize ($200)
  • Digital & Public History Prize ($500)
  • Paul Glad Prize ($500)
  • Fred Harvey Harrington Prize ($500)
  • LGBTQ+ History Prize ($500)
  • Paul J. Schrag Prize ($200)
  • Alfred Erich Senn Prize ($1,000)

Awards range in the amount of $200 to $1,250. Your application will be considered for specific prizes based on your answers to the questions in this application, eligibility factors, and the materials provided. For an overview of each writing prize, see the Department of History Undergraduate Scholarships, Awards, and Prizes webpage. Please note that one other History writing prize, the $1,000 Farha Tahir Award in African History, requires a separate WiSH application for consideration. We are only able to consider papers written within the previous year (spring 2022, summer 2022, fall 2022, and spring 2023).

Award
Varies ($200 to $1,250)
Organizations
Department of History
Deadline
03/20/2023
Supplemental Questions
  1. Are you a declared History major?
  2. Are you a declared History certificate?
  3. What is the title of your submission?
  4. Which UW-Madison course was this submission created for? (course subject, number, title, instructor)
  5. Does your submission utilize film or video as primary source material?
  6. Does your submission focus on Black history?
  7. Does your submission focus on Wisconsin history?
  8. Does your submission focus on LGBTQ+ history?
  9. Does your submission focus on American Indian history?
  10. Does your submission focus on German-Jewish history?
  11. Does your submission focus on Russian or Baltic history?
  12. Does your submission focus on civil resistance or nonviolence?
  13. Is your submission a digital history or public history project, other than a scholarly paper?
  14. Is the paper that you are submitting a senior thesis? If so, you are eligible to be considered for the $500 Harrington Prize. Please request a letter of recommendation from your thesis advisor to support your application. Enter their name and email here, and they will receive instructions on how to submit the letter at the email you provide. Please have your thesis advisor submit their letter through Wisconsin Scholarship Hub by the application deadline.
  15. If your submission is a paper or essay, please upload the file that you would like to receive consideration here. If your submission is a digital history or public history project, please upload a Word or PDF document with a URL link to the project that you would like to receive consideration (if your project does not have a URL or web address of its own, please upload it to Box or Google Drive and create a link).
  16. If your submission is a digital history or public history project, please include a link here to the project that you would like to receive consideration. (please note: if your project does not have a URL or web address of its own, please upload it to Box or Google Drive and include a link here)
  17. Were you nominated for a writing prize? If so, please enter the name of the instructor (TA or faculty) who nominated you here.
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