The Berlfein Prize is an annual writing award of $500 given to three undergraduate students who have produced an outstanding piece of nonfiction writing.

The Berlfein Prize was established by Baruch alumnus Harold “Hal” Mattes Berlfein and Jean Reiss Berlfein. Hal, who was inspired by a $100 scholarship he was awarded for an essay he wrote, established the prize to express his wish to promote good writing among Baruch’s undergraduates. In memory of their father, who passed in 2014, Hal’s four daughters continue to reward the Berlfein Prize every year.

In addition to the cash prize, the authors of the winning pieces will be gifted the opportunity to read their writing in an annual event held every spring by the Baruch College Department of English.

All winners of the Berlfein Prize will have their writing published on our website. 

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