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Class of 2026 invited to submit senior essays for library prizes by April 13 and April 29

March 23, 2026

Yale College seniors can win cash and publication of their senior essays through the library’s three award opportunities: the Kaplan, Map, and Applebaum prizes.

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For these 12 seniors, graduation day celebrations included awards for best essays

May 20, 2025

Graduates awarded 3 library prizes and 3 Department of History prizes for best senior essays.

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Class of 2025 invited to submit senior essays for library prizes April 14, April 30, and May 7

April 3, 2025

Submissions for three Yale Library prizes for senior essays—the Applebaum Award, Kaplan Prize, and Map Prize—are due in mid-to-late April and early May.

Eight international writers receive the 2025 Windham Campbell Prizes

March 25, 2025

The Windham-Campbell Prizes Festival, held on campus from Sept. 16 to Sept. 19, will celebrate the eight 2025 recipients and their prizewinning work.

Yale Library awards 2 prizes honoring the highest achievement in American poetry

February 11, 2025

Yale Library awards literary prizes—including the newly established Patricia Cannon Willis Prize—to poets Arthur Sze and Major Jackson.

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Yale Library announces new literary prize for American poetry

December 17, 2024

The new $25,000 Willis Prize will recognize an outstanding volume of poetry published in the prior two years.

12 graduates awarded library prizes for best senior essays

May 28, 2024

The library recognizes the 2024 best student essays with the Kaplan Prize, Applebaum Award, Map Prize, and Department of History Prizes.

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