Charles A. Peters Prize (Graduate)

The Charles A. Peters Prize is a graduate-level award established in memory of Dr. Charles A. Peters, Class of 1897, by the College Shakespearean Club. This prize encourages and aids graduate students with high academic standing at the Amherst Campus of the University of Massachusetts who are specializing in Shakespeare or his contemporaries in the Elizabethan Period (1558-1603). The prize is awarded to the best essay on English literature written between 1558 and 1625. To qualify, the essay must be at least 2,500 words long and must have originated from courses taken in the English department from the current or prior two semesters. This award supports scholarly excellence in English Renaissance literature studies.