The 2025 Center for Africana Studies Student Prizes submission season will be open from Saturday, February 15 - Friday, March 7 at 5 pm.
Click here to submit.
(You can submit for Department of Africana Studies Prizes using the same link above)
Questions may be submitted to the Center for Africana Studies at africana@sas.upenn.edu.
Named in honor of University of Pennsylvania alumnus, author and the first director of the Afro-American Studies Program, this prize is awarded annually for the best undergraduate Africana Studies (African American or Diaspora) essay in literature or the arts.
Prize recipient is awarded $350. Students may submit an essay previously written for a course.
This prize awards $500 toward graduate school expenses to an exceptional student who will pursue graduate study in Africana Studies (African continent, African American or Diaspora). For consideration, students should submit a one-page statement that discusses their proposed graduate study, research plans and a letter of support from a faculty member who is familiar with the student's work and graduate school plans.
Questions may be submitted to the Center for Africana Studies at africana@sas.upenn.edu.