Sigma Kappa Delta offers awards and grants for qualified student members and Chapter Advisors. These awards are given annually in the areas of writing, performance, and service.
Writing Awards
First, second, and third place winners receive a monetary award (First: $500, Second: $300, Third: $200) and the honor of being published in the national literary journal, Hedera helix. The award categories are:
- Poetry Writing Award
- Literary Analysis Writing Award
- Short Fiction Writing Award
- Personal Essay Writing Award
- Common Reader Writing Award
View: Writing Awards
Photography Award
First, second, and third place winners receive a monetary award (First: $500, Second: $300, Third: $200) and the honor of being published in the national literary journal, Hedera helix.
View: Photography Award
Hispanic Heritage Month Writing Challenge
Sigma Kappa Delta honors Hispanic Heritage Month with a dynamic Writing Challenge.
View: Hispanic Heritage Month Writing Challenge
Chapter Awards
Outstanding Literary Magazine/Journal Award ($500)
Literary Arts Journals coordinated and supervised by Sigma Kappa Delta chapters (even if they receive funding from other sources) are eligible for the Outstanding Literary Magazine/Journal Award.
Chapter Activity Award $500)
The outstanding Chapter Activity Award is presented to the chapter whose chapter activity best promotes the aims of SKD locally or nationally.
Dr. Leigh Ann Rhea Outstanding Advisor Award ($500 and a plaque)
An Outstanding Chapter Advisor is recognized for giving generously of their time, talents, and creativity to a local chapter.
Book Club Service Award (up to $200)
Designed to support chapters that complete a service project based on a Book Club Kit, Book Club Service Awards can help chapters fund one project within the award period after their activity has been completed.
Internship Stipend (Up to $1,500)
Sigma Kappa Delta offers funding for current members accepting internships for which their expenses exceed what they will be paid. Sigma Kappa Delta will not cover expenses related to tuition and/or student fees. The internship must involve working for an “organization” that has a positive impact on the community while being directed by a supervisor/mentor within that organization, and the intern’s duties must be consistent with the applicant’s level of education, area of study, and career goals.
View: Internship Stipend
Classroom Library Grant (Up to $400)
The Classroom Library Grants are intended to support our members who have entered the field of teaching and need material support to help achieve goals through their work in the classroom by providing their students with a library in their own classrooms, especially where access to school or public libraries or to books in the home may be limited.
The Society will award up to five grants of $400 each per cycle to help student and alumni members of Sigma Kappa Delta who are teachers of record in pre-school through twelfth-grade classrooms build a classroom library for their students. Applicants need not be recent college graduates or new teachers.
View: Classroom Library Grant
How to Apply
Applications for Awards and Grants are accepted through AwardSpring. The link to access the Sigma Kappa Delta AwardSpring platform will be posted on the AwardSpring Application page of our website during each active Awards Cycle.
If you are using AwardSpring for the first time, you must create an account by clicking “Register.” If you have used AwardSpring previously, you should login using your email address and existing password.
Deadlines
View the Opportunities Overview page for the Awards and Grants application windows.
Questions
Address questions to skd@niu.edu.
