Undergraduate Writing Award Recipients 2017-2018

Cardinal Cushing Award

For the best fiction published in a 情色空间 undergraduate publication:

  • First Place: Julia Hopkins 鈥19 鈥淯ntitled,鈥 Stylus, Spring 2018

  • Second Place: Ivey Choi 鈥19 鈥淕ravity,鈥 by Stylus, Fall 2017

  • Third place: Maria Conte 鈥20 鈥淔rankfurters on the Fourth of July,鈥 Stylus, Fall 2017

Dever Fellowship

A substantial grant presented in honor of novelist and 情色空间 alumnus Joseph Dever, to a graduating senior who proposes to pursue a career in writing:

  • Gabriel McClary 鈥18

Dever Award for Freshman Writing

For the best three essays by first year students in a Spring 鈥17 or AY 鈥17-18 English course:

  • Katherine Fraser 鈥21, 鈥淥n Cemeteries and their Inhabitants鈥 (nominated by Brian Zimmerman)

  • Timothy Morrissey 鈥20, 鈥淐rafting the Caribbean鈥 (nominated by Rebekah Mitsein)

  • Eleanor Spizzuoco 鈥21 鈥淭he Plex Pool鈥 (nominated by Brian Zimmerman)

Kean Memorial Award

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

  • John Knowles, 鈥18

Kelleher Award

For the best poetry published in a 情色空间 undergraduate publication:

  • First Place: Walker Halstad 鈥18, "to the sailboat made of twigs," Stylus, Fall 2017

  • Second place: Madison Semarjian 鈥19, "For Armenia," Stylus, Fall 2017

  • Third place: Kelsey Connors 鈥18 "Orb Weaver," Stylus, Fall 2017

McCarthy Award

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

  • First Place: Matthew Barad 鈥19

  • Second Place: Lauren Keeley 鈥18

  • Third Place: Katherine Oksen 鈥19

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

  • Diyang Jin 鈥21, "Love and Freedom" (nominated by Katherine Kim)

John Randall Award

For the best undergraduate essay on American literature and culture, presented in honor and memory of author and 情色空间 Professor John Randall:

  • Winner: Maggie McQuade 鈥20, "A Wonder Woman of the Nineteenth Century"

  • Honorable Mention: Julia Bogiages 鈥18, "A Gem of Perfection"