Criteria
for Application to LIT
(Lambda Iota Tau,
international Honor Society
for students of literature)
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Applicants must be majors or minors in literature (any language).
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Applicants must be enrolled in at least their fifth college
semester and have completed at least 12 semester credit hours of
literature.
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Applicants must be in the upper 35% of their class in cumulative
GPA.
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Applicants must have at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA and at least a
3.5 in their literature classes.
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Applicants must submit to the faculty advisor for LIT an initiation
paper, either creative writing or on a literary topic (a “very good”
to “excellent” paper previously written for a literature/writing
class would be a good choice).
Qualified applicants become members by paying a $20 membership fee
to the national LIT
office.
Benefits of LIT Membership
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Members receive a membership card, an
LIT decal, and a formal certificate of membership (signed by the
executive secretary and the national honorary president and suitable
for framing).
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Members may purchase pins, badges, or
honor cords for an additional charge.
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Members will receive a periodic
newsletter and the annual LIT Journal.
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Members may submit manuscripts for
publication in LIT and try for one of the four monetary
publication prizes.
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Members may apply for one of the several
$1,000 annual scholarships awarded by the national office.
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Membership in LIT may be listed on one’s
resume, indicating outstanding accomplishment in a literature major
or minor to potential employers or graduate schools.
If you are interested in applying for
membership to LIT, please contact Prof. Florence
Newman (LI 201H,
fnewman@towson.edu, 704-5199).
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