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Talent Awards
High school seniors who have been accepted to Ohio Northern University as
English majors in the College of Arts & Sciences are invited to compete
for Talent Awards of up to $6,000, renewable annually as long as a grade point
average of 3.0 (B) is maintained. The minimum award is $1,500 for winning students.
Following admission to the University, students must submit a portfolio of
original writing by February 1. The portfolio should contain a minimum of
six writing samples (maximum 10) which will be judged by a panel of English
professors.
The English department will then make recommendations to the Financial Aid
Office where all decisions regarding student awards will be made.
Send portfolios
to: Talent Awards, c/o Dr. Eva McManus, Chair; Department of English, Ohio
Northern University, Ada, OH 45810. Materials will not be returned. Sample
portfolio items may include essays and research papers written for English
classes, articles written for the school newspaper, original creative writing
(poetry, fiction, nonfiction, drama or screenplay), selections from a personal
journal, etc. We encourage students to submit a variety of material. A note
from a sponsoring English teacher must accompany the portfolio, attesting
that the writing is the student's own work. The Talent Awards will be
available
to students regardless of what English Department track they intend to pursue: literature, professional writing, journalism, language arts education, or creative writing.
The Talent Awards are also offered through the annual ONU
English Department
high school poetry contest for Ohio high schools. Only finalists and winners
in the competition (approximately 12 to 15 annually) are eligible. They,
too, must be admitted to the University as an English major in the College
of Arts & Sciences before submitting a portfolio. Poetry contest finalists and
winners are guaranteed a minimum award of $1,500 but must maintain a
3.0 (B) grade
point average for the award to be renewable.
