Undergraduate Award Recipients 2021�2022

Cardinal Cushing Award 斅爁or the best fiction published in a 51动漫 undergraduate publication:

  • First Place: 聽Megan Cresitello �23,聽 for "Sacr茅-Coeur� (Stylus, Spring 2022)

  • Second Place:聽 Sydney Fosnick-Davis �23,聽 for "House� (Stylus, Fall 2021)

  • Third Place:聽 Julia Evers �22,聽 for "First Blood� (Stylus, Spring 2022)

Dever Fellowship � 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:

  • Julia Evers �22

  • Ryan Fitzgerald �22

Dever Award for Freshman Writing 斅燜or the best three essays by first year students in a Spring �21 or AY �21-22 English course (three first prizes):聽

  • Ava Cahill �25, for 淧erceptions of Blackness in Fred Wilson Iago Mirror� (nominated by Nell Wasserstrom)

  • Corbin Buchwald �25, for 淭he Role of the Boston Accent in Local Politics� (nominated by Vincent Portillo)

  • Ananya Kuttikkad �25, for 淪he檒l Be Coming 楻ound the Mountain� (nominated by Mali Barker)

Doherty Prize for an Exemplary Honors Project (Creative):聽

  • Ian McPheters, 淭oward What: A Meandering Narrative About Commercial Fishing, a $200MM Suicide Factory, Walking in a Straight Line for Many Consecutive Days, and Class in a Precarious America�

Doherty Prize for an Exemplary Honors Project (Critical):聽

  • Hannah Murphy, 淏uried Under Interpretation: George Eliot Early Heroines�

English Language Learner Essay Award聽斅爁or the best essay by an English Language Learner written for an ELL section of First Year Writing Seminar or Literature Core:

  • Winner: Yuan Shi �25, for 淔eng Lan� (nominated by Amanda Labriola)

  • Honorable Mention: Geqi (淎llie�) Li �24, for 淢ore Than Just an Extra Stitch� (nominated by Alex Puente)

John Randall Award � presented in honor and memory of author and 51动漫 Professor John Randall to the undergraduate writer of the best essay on American literature and culture:

  • Caitlyn Neville, �22, "A Short Cultural History of the Thoreau Society, Chapter 2: The Fight for Walden Pond" 聽(nominated by Min Song)

  • Honorable Mention:聽聽Madeleine Sopel, �24, "(Un)Minimalist: An Exploration of Philip Glass' Rejection of Musical Stereotypes in His Score to the Film Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters" (nominated by Jason McCool)

  • Honorable Mention:聽聽Emma Fleet, �22 "An Angel in the House: The Beautiful Suffering of Beth March" (nominated by Susan Roberts)

William A. Kean Memorial Award � to the graduating senior judged to be the outstanding English major:

  • Alicia Kang �22

Bishop Kelleher Award � for the best poetry published in a 51动漫 undergraduate publication:

  • First Place:聽聽Lily Mesterhazy �22 , 淎becedarian on Dahmer Street" (Stylus, Spring 2022)

  • Second place:聽 Cecilia Durcan �23 , �22 years of pacing back and forth is enough pacing to lose yourself in your own kitchen" (Stylus, Fall 2021)

  • Third Place:聽聽Max White �24, 淟ost to Crater Lake" (Stylus, Fall 2021)

Dennis A. McCarthy Award � for the best collection of creative writing by a junior or senior:

  • First Place:聽聽Jacob Atwood �22

  • Second Place:聽 Julianna Markus �23

  • Third Place:聽聽Alexis Slotterback �22


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