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Churchill College & Faculty of English prizes

The John Kinsella and Tracy Ryan poetry prize

The prize is open to those in statu pupillari in the University of Cambridge. The prize will be awarded for an original verse composition in any form, of not more than 500 lines in length. The winning poem will be published on each occasion in the journal Salt, with the donor's agreement. The prize will be a single award of £500, though a shared prize may be awarded in the event of two equally appropriate candidates. The prize will not be awarded if no entries are of adequate quality; it will not be awarded twice to the same person. The judges may, if they wish, make honourable mention of another entry or entries, with possible publication in Salt. The prize will be administered jointly by the Faculty of English and Churchill College. There will be three judges, one from the College, one from the Faculty, and one external judge who will normally be a practising poet. Candidates must send four copies of their entry which should be in typescript and in loose-leaf form, and must not bear the author's name. They should be sent, with a covering note of the author's name, College and home address to the Senior Tutor, Churchill College, Cambridge. CB3 0DS. They should arrive by the end of the Lent Full Term 2013. The award of the prize will be announced by the end of the Easter Term 2013.

The Poetry prize awarded jointly in 2012 to Kathryn Crowcroft (JE) & Sophie Seita (Q)

The Other Prize

The Other Prize is open to those in statu pupillari in the University of Cambridge. It will be awarded for an original, unperformed play of any length. Candidates may enter more than one play. The Prize will be a single award of £500, though a shared prize may be awarded in the event of two equally appropriate candidates; the Prize will not be awarded if no entries are of adequate quality. The Prize may not be awarded twice to the same person. Adjudication will be in two stages. A short list will be selected by a panel consisting of one appointed by Churchill College, one by Homerton College Theatre Department, one by the Marlowe Society. Final adjudication will be by the Literary Manager of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). The Literary Manager of the RSC will run a one-day workshop on the winning entry with RSC actors. This will be with a view to production by the Marlowe Society during the following Michaelmas Term. Candidates must send four copies of their entry which should be in typescript and in loose-leaf form, and must not bear the author's name. They should be sent, with a covering note of the author's name, College and home address to the Senior Tutor, Churchill College, Cambridge CB3 0DS. They should arrive by the end of the Lent Full Term 2013. The award of the prize will be announced by the end of the Easter Term 2013.

The Other Prize was awarded in 2012 to Isobel Cohen (LC)