Allan and Gina Carter Scholarship

for editors

The Allan and Gina Carter Scholarship awards $500 to a PLR editor. Allan Carter, COD professor emeritus, is one of the founders of Prairie Light Review—which started over 40 years ago. Allan and Gina met at College of DuPage. To be considered for the award, the selected editor must make selections in a fair and equitable manner, celebrate the union of both written and artistic works, and work well with editorial colleagues. Visit the COD scholarship portal to apply.

Photo: Spring 2025 Launch Party where Allan Carter talks about PLR’s early days.

Budilovsky Scholarship

for writers

The Budilovsky Literary Scholarship provides one $500 award per semester in conjunction with the best writing published in Prairie Light Review. To be considered for this award, the entrant must remain a for-credit student at COD the following semester and have written a quality piece of any type (i.e., essay, poem, short story, etc.). Preference will be made to pieces that are autobiographical in nature.