Cale Young Rice Award

This award is given annually in honor of Cale Young Rice (A.B., Cumberland University, 1893, and A.M., Harvard University, 1896) to the student who submits a lyric or other short poem that is rated highest in originality, form, and use of figurative language. Mr. Rice was Professor of English Language and Literature from 1896 to 1898 and was a noted Southern writer and poet.