SUSAN ANTHONY POTTER PRIZES IN SPANISH LITERATURE OF THE GOLDEN AGE

April 10, 2020

These prizes were instituted in 1908 by Professor Murray Anthony Potter in memory of his mother, Susan Anthony Potter, and endowed in 1957 through a bequest of his wife, Bessie Lincoln Potter. In Romance Languages and Literatures, two prizes are offered for the best essays on a subject dealing with Spanish literature of the Golden Age, i.e. Spanish and Hispanic American literature from 1492 to 1700: a first prize and a second prize. The competition is open to undergraduates in Harvard College.

Awarded annually for the best essay on Spanish Literature of the Golden Age, two monetary awards will be given.

· Essays may be of any length.

· Each student may submit up to two essays.

· Essays must treat Spanish or Spanish-American literature from 1492 through 1700.

· Prizes: First Place $2500, Second Place $1250

Deadline: Monday, May 4, 2020

Please email essays to cdowney@fas.harvard.edu

(please include in subject line Potter Prize Essay 2020)