If you are admitted as a first-year student for the Fall of 2025, and plan to study English either through the literature or creative writing track, we invite you to participate in our annual Carnegie English Essay Contest. Winners will be awarded $2,500 annually.
Do you have a voracious appetite for reading and writing? Does a blank page make your heart race with the endless possibilities for filling it? Submit your essay today for a chance to earn more toward your education.
Contest Requirements:
- You must be admitted to Lake Forest College for the Fall 2025 term to be awarded the annual scholarship.
- Submit an essay, between 500 and 1,000 words answering one of the following questions:
- Why Write?
- Why Study Literature?
- You must major in either the literature or creative writing track of the English major.
- The submission deadline is March 1, 2025.
Submit your essay
If you have any questions, contact Jake Gately, Admissions Counselor and English Liaison, at 847-735-5351 or jgately@lakeforest.edu.