Honors & Awards Each year English majors and minors have the opportunity to earn membership in two honor societies and win awards based on their research and writing abilities.
	ACI Humanities Fellowship recipients meet Margaret Atwood

HONORS

Sigma Tau Delta international English honor society

Gamma Upsilon national media honorary society

Research Honors

 

2013 IWU Creative Writing Awards From left to right: THE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS PRIZE recipient Rob Diehl, BABBITT’S PRIZE FOR SHORT FICTION recipient Janna Strain, and THE KAY NELSON MEMORIAL ESSAY PRIZE recipient Sydney White.

CREATIVE & CRITICAL WRITING AWARDS

Academy of American Poets Prize

Babbitt's Prize for Short Fiction

President's Club Senior Writing Award

The Kay Nelson Memorial Essay Prize 

JOURNALISM AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS

W. E. Schultz Award for Excellence in Media Management

Harvey Beutner Award for Journalistic Excellence

Harvey Beutner Memorial Scholarship

Ashley Wilson Award for Argus Staffer of the Year

Illinois College Press Association Awards