Application Essay Prompts for 2024-2025

The 2025 Convention Theme is "One of Ours," borrowing from the title of Spotlight Author Willa Cather's Pulitzer Prize-Winning novel. The convention organizers remind us that this phrase "evokes belonging and community and membership, all of which reflect the values and mission of Sigma Tau Delta."

Question One

Identify a work, author, or literary movement that has inspired or been meaningful to you. Make a case for why it should be "one of ours," one that other Sigma Tau Delta members and chapters might want to read, discuss, and recommend.

Question Two

The Sigma Tau Delta Vision statement is "Transforming the World with Words," and the 2025 Convention theme is "One of Ours." Describe a time when you (on your own or with your Sigma Tau Delta chapter) have used the transformative power of words to engage with someone or some group as "one of ours." Or conversely, you might describe a time when you were invited to become "one of ours" through the transformative power of words.