2016-2017

Cardinal Cushing Award

For the best fiction published in a Boston College undergraduate publication:

  • First Place: Catherine MalcynskyÌý˜17, "The Anatomy of Todd Melkin,"
    The Medical Humanities Journal of Boston College, Fall 2016
  • Second Place: Nicholas Bloechl ˜17, "Patchwork the Worm," Stylus,
    Spring 2017
  • Third Place: Katerina IvanovÌý˜17, "Blood Pact," Stylus, Fall 2016

Dever Fellowship

A substantial grant presented in honor of novelist and 51¶¯Âþ alumnus Joseph Dever, to a graduating senior who proposes to pursue a career in writing:

  • Naphisa Senanarong ˜17

Dever Award for Freshman Writing

For the best essay written by a freshman in any English course:

Best Narrative Essay:

  • Julia Nascimben ˜19, "A Dash of Salt" (nominated by Stephen Shane)

Best Journalistic/Argumentative Essay:

  • Hannah Petry ˜20, "A Dose of Reality" (nominated by Brian Zimmerman)

Best Textual Analysis Essay:

  • Emma Riemer ˜20, "Waste to Potatoes" (nominated by Beth Kowaleski Wallace)

English Language Learner Essay Award

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

  • Bella Jiawei Peng ˜20, "Wearing My Mao Ku" (nominated by Hannah Griggs)

Kean Memorial Award

To the graduating senior judged to be the outstanding English major:

  • Ross TetzloffÌý˜17

Kelleher Award

For the best poetry published in a 51¶¯Âþ undergraduate publication:

  • First Place: Gabriel McClary ˜18, Untitled ("Dad, the bus rolls by without stopping for me"), Stylus, Fall 2016
  • Second Place: Catherine MalcynskyÌý˜17, "Note to Self,"Ìý³§³Ù²â±ô³Ü²õ, Spring 2017 & Laughing Medusa, 2017
  • Third Place: Robert Grote ˜17, "Meditation for Modernity," Stylus, Fall 2016

McCarthy Award

For the best collection of pieces of creative writing by a junior or senior:

  • First Place: Naphisa Senanarong ˜17
  • Second Place: Andrea Fitzgerald ˜17
  • Third Place: Katerina IvanovÌý˜17

John Randall Award

A cash award presented in honor and memory of author and 51¶¯Âþ Professor John Randall to the undergraduate writer of the best essay on American literature and culture:

  • Hannah OppermannÌý˜17, "UT Tower: Triggering Memories of Victory and Violence"
  • Honorable Mention: Carly Barnhardt ˜17, œLock and Key: History and the Melancholic in Tillie Olsen ˜I Stand Here Ironing™
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