In July 2011, the family of Harry and Marjorie MacLauchlan of Stanhope, PEI made another leadership gift to UPEI to create a substantial program of awards to encourage and recognize student writing achievement. The gift is to honour H. Wade MacLauchlan’s twelve years of service as UPEI president and vice-chancellor, and to recognize the importance of effective writing as a foundational skill for academic success and lifelong learning. 

The MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing is the largest such student-oriented program in Canada. There are up to 57 prizes available for returning undergraduate students who produced outstanding written work in the previous academic year (September 1 – August 31), as a substantive role in their academic course work or for the broader community audience, and who showed most improvement through a writing support program coordinated through the Webster Centre. 

There are also up to 3 prizes available for faculty or staff members, who have shown exceptional leadership in the development of writing among students at UPEI.

For application information, please check out the following links:

MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing (Academic) – up to 35 prizes

MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing (Community) – up to 11 prizes

MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing (Webster Centre) – up to 11 prizes

MacLauchlan Prizes for Effective Writing (Staff/Faculty) - up to 3 prizes

For more details regarding this awards program, please feel free to contact Keith Lawlor in the Scholarships, Awards and Financial Aid office at kjlawlor@upei.ca or (902) 620-5187.