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The Alexandra L. Rowan Memorial Foundation Excellence in Letters Fund

About the Foundation

The Alexandra L. Rowan Memorial Foundation is a Houston based non-profit that has a two-fold mission: to fund medical research investigating Massive Pulmonary Embolism (MPE) and to provide Creative Writing support to undergraduates at the University of Houston.

The Foundation supports undergraduate internship opportunities, a summer writing competition, and the annual Boldface Conference. Additional gifts to the Alexandra L. Rowan Memorial Foundation Excellence in Letters Fund will support undergraduate writers at the University of Houston.

Read more about how we are Inspiring a New Generation of Writers at UH.

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  • Internship Program

    The Rowan Foundation has made possible 5 Houston-based internships and 2 U.S./International internships for University of Houston Creative Writing Undergraduate students. These internships fund five students $2,500 for Houston-based internships and two students $5,000 for U.S./International internships.

  • Writing Competition

    The Alexandra L. Rowan Memorial Foundation Writing Competition is a writing competition held during the summer in acknowledgment of the best fiction, non-fiction and poetry submissions from an undergraduate UH English student.

  • Boldface Conference Support

    The Rowan Foundation generously supports the Boldface Conference by increasing the number of scholarships available to non-Houston students, inviting two additional visiting writers/editors through honorariums and travel/lodging stipends and increasing conference visibility through advertising within the Houston community.

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Creative Writing Program
Department of English
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
University of Houston
3687 Cullen Boulevard Room 229
Houston, TX 77004-3000