2016-2017
Cardinal Cushing Award
For the best fiction published in a Boston College undergraduate publication:
- First Place:Â 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:Â Katerina IvanovÌý˜17, "Blood Pact,"Â 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:Â 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™
