Undergraduate Award Recipients 2023-2024

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

  • First Place:聽Kate Kemp聽�24, for 淭he Cicadas� (Laughing Medusa, Spring 2024)
  • Second Place:聽Beatriz Isabel Pugeda聽�24, for 淎 snapshot of Rosario, Cavite taken from my western myopic window seat view� (Stylus,聽Fall 2023 &聽Laughing Medusa,聽Spring 2024)
  • Third Place:聽Morgan Stumm聽�25, for 淔raudulent� (Stylus,聽Fall 2023)

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:

  • Kathryn Gilmore �24聽

Dever Award for Freshman Writing 斅燜or the best three essays by first year students in a Spring 2023 or AY �23-24 English course (three first prizes):聽

  • Toni Martin �27, for 淭he Past as a Spirit Guide: Claiming a Hopeful Rebirth in聽Let Us Descend� (nominated by: Lori Harrison-Kahan)
  • Kevin McIlvain �27, for 淕amechanger� (nominated by: Sabina Sullivan)
  • Peyton Zarate �27, for 淢issing: Public Recognition of Important Historical Female Figures on 51动漫 Campus� (nominated by: Vincent Portillo)

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

  • Kathryn Gilmore,听沦耻谤谤别苍诲别谤�

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

  • Nina Khaghany,聽淭he Death and Ghost of 楽weeney�: An Analysis of Limitations of Modernist Verse Drama through T. S. Eliot Sweeney Motif�

Multilingual Learners Essay Award聽斅燜or the best essay by a Multilingual Learner written for an ELL section of First Year Writing Seminar or Literature Core

  • 奥颈苍苍别谤:听Weiya Wang �27,聽for 淧ride and Prejudice: A Close Analysis of聽Cost of Living聽Scene One� (nominated by Lynne Anderson)
  • Honorable Mention:聽Jiu Chang �27,聽for 淪pirit in Virtual World� (nominated by Lauren Wilwerding)

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

  • 奥颈苍苍别谤:听Callie Walsh �27, for 湗Rememory� in Rebecca Hall聽Wake: Every Superhero Needs an Origin Story�
  • Honorable Mention:聽Ethan Ott �24, for 淗ippies, Drugs, Homelessness, and Crime � San Francisco Public Image Crisis澛�
  • Honorable Mention:聽Kendall Tierney �27, for 淐loudy Judgment: Gwendolyn Brooks Use of Rhyme in 榯he mother櫇 (nominated by: Allison Adair)

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

  • Kathryn Gilmore �24

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

  • First Place:聽Kathryn Gilmore �24, 淎ddressing the Earthly Ability to Rise� (Stylus,聽Spring 2024)
  • Second Place:聽Jenny Zeng �24, 淐hinook Salmon� (Laughing Medusa, Spring 2024)
  • Third Place Tie:聽Charlotte Caine �26, 淓lemental� (Stylus,聽Fall 2023)
  • Third Place Tie:聽Holly Branco �25, 淐old War� (Stylus, Fall 2023)

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

  • First Place:聽Morgan Santaguida �25
  • Second Place:聽Beatriz Isabel Pugeda �24
  • Third Place:聽Jenny Zeng �24
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