Scholarships and Awards


Sigma Kappa Delta Offers a wide variety of individual recognition as well as chapter recognition.

Although our membership is a lifetime membership, only active SKD members are eligible for individual SKD awards and scholarships. Active members are defined as members who are currently enrolled in 100/200 level classes and are actively pursuing an associate’s degree in the academic year in which the prize is awarded.  Members who have graduated from the two-year level and have gone on to pursue their bachelor’s degree are not eligible for SKD awards or scholarships, but may apply to present at the Sigma Tau Delta conference under their SKD lifetime membership.

Each entry must be submitted separately. Each member may submit up to three poems and three prose works. Two separate submissions are required if applying for both the Transfer and the Service Scholarships.

Submission links can be found under each category, or click here for all submission links. Submission links are open from August 1, 2023, through November 15, 2023.


You can view past award winners by going to the Past Winners page.

Scholarships

SKD offers 5 scholarships per year:
4 service scholarships and one transfer scholarship.
The Dr. William C. Johnson Transfer Scholarship  
Funded by our sister organization, Sigma Tau Delta, this $1,000 transfer scholarship is awarded to a Sigma Kappa Delta member who will be continuing on to a four-year university pursuing an English or English education degree. The award goes directly to the institution of the winner's choice.

The Sigma Kappa Service Scholarships

These four $750 service scholarships are awarded to active SKD members who are actively involved in their chapter during the academic year of award. Each award is a cash award of $750. 

Click here for Scholarship guidelines and submission links

Writing Awards 

First, second, and third place winners receive a monetary award (First: $200, Second: $150, Third: $100 and the privilege of being published in the national literary journal, Hedera helix.
Writing Awards
(First: $200, Second: $150, Third: $100)
Submissions are accepted in the following categories:
Poetry (each member may submit up to three poems for consideration)
Prose Entries (each member may submit up to three prose entries in any combination)
Literary Analysis
Short Fiction
Personal Essay

Black & White Photography Awards

First, second, and third place winners receive a monetary award (First: $200 Second: $150 Third: $100 and the privilege of being published in the national literary journal, Hedera helix.
Black and White Photography Awards
(First: $200, Second: $150, Third: $100
Each member may submit up to three photos for consideration.

Chapter Awards

Winning chapter receives $200 and a plaque.
Presented to the chapter whose chapter activity best promotes the aims of SKD locally or nationally. 
Presented to the chapter who publishes the best literary magazine. Entries in the journal are not limited to SKD members; however, the SKD chapter must have actively participated in creating and publishing the journal.