2013-2014

The Cushing Award攆or the best fiction published in a 51动漫 undergraduate publication:

  • First Place to聽Sophia Gorgens, "Get Lucky" (Spring听厂迟测濒耻蝉)
  • Second Place to聽Helen Spica, "How We Start" (Fall聽Stylus)
  • Third Place to聽Zachary Frank, "The Actor" (Spring聽Stylus)

Dever Fellowship攁 substantial grant, presented annually, in honor of novelist and 51动漫 alumnus Joseph Dever, to a graduating senior who proposes to pursue a career in writing

  • Bailey Spencer

Dever Prize for Freshman Writing攆or the best essay written by a freshman in any English Course.聽(four first places):

  • Kyle Hulburd,聽淭he Art of Listening,� nominated by Brian Zimmerman
  • Ramsey Khabbaz,聽淢amihlapinatapai,� nominated by Allyson Manchester
  • Thomas (TJ) Norton,聽淒irty Jobs Uncovers Real America,� nominated by Matt Knutson
  • Madeline Webster,聽淭he Worn Pavillion,� nominated by Elizabeth Graver

Kean Award攖o the graduating senior judged to be the outstanding English major:

  • Lauren Audi

Kelleher Poetry Award攃ash award given annually to undergraduates who produce the best work in poetry published in 51动漫 undergraduate publications:

  • First Place:聽Bailey Spencer, "Calumet Strike� (Fall聽Stylus)
  • Second Place:聽Mike Kadow, "East of Kansas" (Spring聽Stylus)
  • Third Place:聽Christine DeGenaars, "The Willowemoc" (Fall聽Stylus)

McCarthy Prize攆or best piece of creative writing by a junior or senior:

  • First Place:聽Ben Vadnal, "Bloom" (fiction)
  • Second Place:聽Zachary Frank, "The Actor" (fiction)
  • Third Place:聽Christine Zhao, "Shanghai, China, 2004," and "Beijing, China, 1960," (creative nonfiction)

Randall Award攁 gift of books presented in honor and memory of author and 51动漫 Professor John Randall to the undergraduate writer of the best essay in the field of American literature and culture:

  • Adriana Mariella, "Hipsters, Left Conservatism, and the Aesthetics of Urban Redevelopment"

Randall Award Honorable Mentions:

  • Alexandra Machetanz, "The Verbalization of Violation in聽Sanctuary"
  • Emily Simon, "'The broken and myriad reflection': Mirror-Work and Non-Mimetic Narration in William Faulkner's聽Sanctuary"
  • Nicholas A. Volpe, "Murder, War and Culpability: Fawcett's 楾he Contrast� and Worcester's Transatlantic Revision"
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