The Lebensfeld Prizes

Each year since the Spring of 1999, the WritingCenter has sponsored the Lebensfeld Prizes for writing by Moravian College students. These cash prizes, funded through the generosity of the Lebensfeld Foundation of Jersey City, NJ, are awarded for the Best Personal Essay, Best Scholarly Essay, Best Poem, and Best Short Story. Judges for the prizes have been area poets, Moravian College alumni working in the fields of writing and editing, and College faculty and deans.

View past Lebensfeld Prize winners and their entries.

Four cash prizes for

• THE BEST ACADEMIC ESSAY (Not written for Writing 100)
• THE BEST PERSONAL ESSAY (Not written for Writing 100)
• THE BEST SHORT STORY
• THE BEST POEM

Submission Deadline: March 17, 2011

See submission guidelines for more information.