Jovanovich Imaginative Writing Graduate Award

The Creative Writing Program Announces the Jovanovich Imaginative Writing Awards Competition. The Jovanovich prize is an annual award for excellence in poetry, fiction, playwriting, or nonfiction prose. Two (2) awards of up to $1,200 each will be awarded, to be applied to the recipients’ fall 2025 tuition bill. If the winner graduates before spring 2026, the award will be forfeited.

The scholarship winners will be notified once the decision has been made. The scholarship recipients will be expected to write a note of thanks to the donor, as well as a short paragraph about interests, classes and writing, one semester after receiving the award.

Qualifications:

Applicants must be Creative Writing graduate students.
Applicants must be enrolled full-time and in good academic standing.
Applicants must not be graduating earlier than spring 2026.
Complete the CU Boulder General Scholarship Application.
Complete the College of Arts & Sciences Scholarship Application.
Complete this scholarship application by the deadline.

Submission Guidelines

One (only) of the following: three poems, one short story, a piece of creative non-fiction, or a segment of a stage or screenplay.
All creative works must be titled and formatted as they would appear in publication.
No extraneous marks, grades, names or other identifying information should be included.
Insert a header with the name of the award in the upper right corner of each page.
Insert page numbers (e.g. page 1 of 5) in the lower right corner of each page.
Save your submission as a PDF titled: YourLastName_Jovanovich