The Claudia Ann Seaman Awards honor exceptional poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction by high school students, fostering youth literary talent in partnership with Polyphony H.S.
CCCC Writing Program of Excellence Award recognizes writing programs for exemplary instruction and ongoing improvement, honoring imaginative work that responds to students, faculty, and communities.
The Ryan Hudak LGBTQ+ Dramatic Writing Award supports an LGBTQ+ playwright or screenwriter in New York State, funding their artistic vision and creative practice to advance their career.
Achievement Awards in Writing supports high school writers by recognizing outstanding responses to an annual prompt, encouraging personal voice, creativity, and writing that informs and moves an audience.
Undergraduate Student Paper Award supports CUNY and SUNY undergraduates with a prize honoring outstanding classroom papers on LGBTQ experiences and scholarship, recognizing fully developed essays.
CCCC James Berlin Memorial Outstanding Dissertation Award honors graduates’ completed dissertation research that improves composition education or expands knowledge in composition studies.