Undergraduate Writing Award Recipients 2017-2018

For the best fiction published in a 51动漫 undergraduate publication:

First Place: Julia Hopkins �19 淯ntitled,� Stylus, Spring 2018
Second Place: Ivey Choi �19 淕ravity,� by Stylus, Fall 2017
Third place: Maria Conte �20 淔rankfurters on the Fourth of July,� Stylus, Fall 2017
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A substantial grant presented in honor of novelist and 51动漫 alumnus Joseph Dever, to a graduating senior who proposes to pursue a career in writing:

For the best three essays by first year students in a Spring �17 or AY �17-18 English course:

Katherine Fraser �21, 淥n Cemeteries and their Inhabitants� (nominated by Brian Zimmerman)
Timothy Morrissey �20, 淐rafting the Caribbean� (nominated by Rebekah Mitsein)
Eleanor Spizzuoco �21 淭he Plex Pool� (nominated by Brian Zimmerman)
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To the graduating senior judged to be the outstanding English major:

For the best poetry published in a 51动漫 undergraduate publication:

First Place: Walker Halstad �18, "to the sailboat made of twigs," Stylus, Fall 2017
Second place: Madison Semarjian �19, "For Armenia," Stylus, Fall 2017
Third place: Kelsey Connors �18 "Orb Weaver," Stylus, Fall 2017
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For the best collection of pieces of creative writing by a junior or senior:

For the best essay by a freshman English Language Learner written for an ELL section of First Year Writing Seminar or Literature Core

For the best undergraduate essay on American literature and culture, presented in honor and memory of author and 51动漫 Professor John Randall:

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