Award Recipients 2019-2020
Cardinal Cushing Award
For the best fiction published in a 涩里番下载 undergraduate publication:
First Place: Timothy Morrissey 鈥20, "The Nazi Museum," Stylus, Spring 鈥20
Second Place: Gerard Menna 鈥20, "Sticker," Stylus, Fall 鈥19
Third place: Rachel Ruggera 鈥23, "The Empty Chair," Stylus, Spring 鈥20
Dever Fellowship
A substantial grant presented in honor of novelist and 涩里番下载 alumnus Joseph Dever, to a graduating senior who proposes to pursue a career in writing:
Dylan Cooper 鈥20
Claire Madden 鈥20
Dever Award for Freshman Writing
For the best three essays by first year students in a Spring 鈥18 or AY 鈥18-19 English course:
Grace Chandra 鈥23, 鈥淏uilding and Rebuilding鈥 (nominated by Deanna Danforth)
Jill Keegan 鈥23, 鈥淢y Papa鈥檚 Waltz鈥 (nominated by Laura Tanner)
Maleka McBarnett 鈥23, 鈥淐ompassion: A Hidden Message from an Upside-Down Interview鈥 (nominated by Paula Mathieu)
Doherty Honors Project Award
Claire Madden for an Exemplary Honors Project (Creative) 鈥淢easurements鈥
Sarah Santoro for an Exemplary Honors Project (Critical) 鈥淟aid Bare: Uncovering the Destabilizing Bodies of Southern Gothic Literature and Photography鈥
English Language Learner Essay Award
For the best essay by an English Language Learner written for an ELL section of First Year Writing Seminar or Literature Core:
Guanting Xia 鈥21, "In and Out of Tyranny" (nominated by Alex Puente)
John Randall Award
For the best undergraduate essay on American literature and culture, presented in honor and memory of author and 涩里番下载 Professor John Randall:
- Justin Janesko 鈥20, "'That Voice Guiding Me Was Mine All Along': A Buddhist Critique of 鈥榃estworld.鈥" (nominated by Paul Lewi
Honorable Mentions:
Madeleine Hughes 鈥20, "Seeking Visibility in the Face of Erasure: Confronting the Absence of Women in Government Narratives on Homelessness."
Joan Kennedy 鈥20, "The Second Battle of the Alamo."
Julia Nagle 鈥20 ,"Rockabye 1970: James Taylor鈥檚 Cradle for the Nostalgic Cowboy." (nominated by Scott Reznick)
Kean Memorial Award
To the graduating senior judged to be the outstanding English major:
Maggie McQuade鈥20
Jiawei (Bella) Peng 鈥20
Kelleher Award
For the best poetry published in a 涩里番下载 undergraduate publication:
First Place:聽Adriana Watkins '20, 鈥淪targazing in Persia,鈥 Stylus, Fall 鈥19
Second place:聽Sarah Santoro 鈥20, 鈥渢his train will be standing by,鈥 Stylus, Fall 鈥19
Third place: Julia Nagle '20, 鈥渢o the uncle made of soft steel wool,鈥 Stylus, Spring 鈥20
McCarthy Award
For the best collection of pieces of creative writing by a junior or senior:
First Place:聽Margherita Bassi 鈥20
Second Place:聽Gina Case 鈥21
Third Place:聽Kathryn (Jenessa) Bryson 鈥21