The Leonard J. Leff Film or Media Studies Award

The Leonard J. Leff Film or Media Studies Award  for the best unpublished scholarly or critical essay dealing with film, television, media culture, computer media, or other aspects of visual culture.

This award does not have a monetary prize are this time. As with other departmental awards students must follow these rules:

Essay should range in length form 10-40 pages of double-spaced typescript. Each submission should be accompanied by a cover page including title of essay, the name of the scholarship, for which the essay is being submitted, and the name, address, phone number and CWID of essayist. The contestant’s name should not appear in the essay itself.

Students should submit no more than one essay for each scholarship, though they may submit for multiple scholarships.   Students who choose to submit essays for multiple scholarships must submit different entries.

All submissions should include the scholarship name, applicant's name, address, phone number and CWID typed on a separate sheet of paper.

Application materials should be placed in JuDean Scott's mailbox in 205 Morrill Hall. See the main English Department Scholarship page for application deadlines.

The essays will be judged for originality, tenability, significance, and cogency of organization and prose style. Essays submitted for these prizes will be judged by a committee of graduate faculty.

Announcement of the winner will be made in January.

English Department
College of Arts & Sciences
Oklahoma State University
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Stillwater, OK 74078
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