1. Students complete the First Year Program Writing Showcase entery form (select project type: Library Research Prize) and submit essay and Research Statement for consideration.
2. A panel of DePaul University Librarian judges asses and select the most outstanding entires to recieve the Library Research Prize and to be honorees at the Showcase.
3. Honorees participate in a DePaul University Center for Writing-based Learning Wokshop and create a poster to accompany their selected writing project.
4. Honorees share and display their work at the Showcase, in the company of peers, family, friends, and DePaul community memebers.
5. Following a short program, including remarks made by an invited keynote speaker and DePaul community members, honorees receive their awards.