Graduate Steinbeck Fellowships are offered to exceptional incoming students in the
two graduate programs of the Department of English & Comparative Literature, the MFA
in Creative Writing and the MA in English.
The "In the Souls of the People" Steinbeck Award is given annually to honor an artist,
thinker, activist who has made a significant contribution to causes that matter to
the common person.
The Louis Owens Essay Prize is given annually to recognize the best undergraduate
or graduate student essay on Steinbeck's works. Carries a prize of $250 and the possibility
of publication in Steinbeck Review.
The John Steinbeck Award for the Short Story is co-sponsored with Reed, San José State's
literary journal. Writers submit original, unpublished stories up to 6,000 words.
The first place winner receives a $1,000 cash prize and publication of his or her
work in Reed.
The Steinbeck Fellowship is a monetary award given annually to two or three emerging
writers to help them complete a book project. Fellows are required to spend their
fellowship year in the San José area and to give regular public readings from their
work in progress.
