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Each year, the African and African American Studies program at Washington University honors the best student writings and book collections focusing on African or African-American life, culture, or history.   Awards are given to the best essays in humanities, politics, or social sciences.   There is also a journalism award.  Book collection awards honor the best of most interesting personal libraries amassed and owned by individual students.  All of the awards include *cash prizes*.  The competitions were established to encourage and recognize Washington University student excellence in writing and in the study and interpretation of African and African-American concerns.





  1. Film and Media Archive Undergraduate Essay Contest

  2. Film and Media Archive Graduate Essay Contest