The Clark-Gross Award in the Novel is open to Creative writing students who have submitted a manuscript of their work of short fiction to the Creative Writing Department. Applicants must be enrolled in the semester in which the award is disbursed (Spring semester). This scholarship is a yearly contest, with a monetary prize given for the best original written work of a novel or novel-in-progress, written by a Creative Writing student, either B.A. or M.A. or M.F.A. Student may contact the Creative Writing Department for more information.