The Student Stowe Prize recognizes outstanding writing by United States high school and college students that is making a tangible impact on a social justice issue critical to contemporary society. Issues may include, but are not limited to: race, class and gender. Entries must have been published or publicly presented.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, appalled by the injustice of slavery, wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) as a call to action. Using print media and the familiar literary form of telling a story, she shone a harsh light on the American institution of slavery. The book became an international best seller and galvanized the abolition movement before the Civil War.
Complementing the Harriet Beecher Stowe Prize,
presented in 2011 to Sheryl WuDunn and Nicholas D. Kristof for Half the Sky:
Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide and in 2013 to
Michelle Alexander for The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of
Colorblindness, the Student Stowe Prize is presented in alternating years
with the Harriet Beecher Stowe Prize.
Student Stowe Prize for High School Students
The winning student will be featured at a program and award ceremony in Hartford, Connecticut, receive $1,000, and have their work published on the Stowe Center website.
Student Stowe Prize for College Students
The winning student will be featured at a program and award ceremony in Hartford, Connecticut, receive $2,500, and have their work published on the Stowe Center website.
Visit our 2014 Student Stowe page for official guidelines and rules. Entries are due January 10, 2014.
2012 Student Stowe Prize winner Hannah Morgan with Annette Gordon Reed and Katherine Kane.
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