Award Recipients 2019-2020

Cardinal Cushing Award

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

  • First Place: Timothy Morrissey 鈥20, "The Nazi Museum," Stylus, Spring 鈥20

  • Second Place: Gerard Menna 鈥20, "Sticker," Stylus, Fall 鈥19

  • Third place: Rachel Ruggera 鈥23, "The Empty Chair," Stylus, Spring 鈥20

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:

  • Dylan Cooper 鈥20

    Claire Madden 鈥20

Dever Award for Freshman Writing

For the best three essays by first year students in a Spring 鈥18 or AY 鈥18-19 English course:

  • Grace Chandra 鈥23, 鈥淏uilding and Rebuilding鈥 (nominated by Deanna Danforth)

  • Jill Keegan 鈥23, 鈥淢y Papa鈥檚 Waltz鈥 (nominated by Laura Tanner)

  • Maleka McBarnett 鈥23, 鈥淐ompassion: A Hidden Message from an Upside-Down Interview鈥 (nominated by Paula Mathieu)

Doherty Honors Project Award

This award honors our longtime colleague Paul Doherty. It is for the best undergraduate thesis.
  • Claire Madden for an Exemplary Honors Project (Creative) 鈥淢easurements鈥

  • Sarah Santoro for an Exemplary Honors Project (Critical) 鈥淟aid Bare: Uncovering the Destabilizing Bodies of Southern Gothic Literature and Photography鈥

English Language Learner Essay Award

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

  • Guanting Xia 鈥21, "In and Out of Tyranny" (nominated by Alex Puente)

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:

  • Justin Janesko 鈥20, "'That Voice Guiding Me Was Mine All Along': A Buddhist Critique of 鈥榃estworld.鈥" (nominated by Paul Lewi

Honorable Mentions:

  • Madeleine Hughes 鈥20, "Seeking Visibility in the Face of Erasure: Confronting the Absence of Women in Government Narratives on Homelessness."

  • Joan Kennedy 鈥20, "The Second Battle of the Alamo."

  • Julia Nagle 鈥20 ,"Rockabye 1970: James Taylor鈥檚 Cradle for the Nostalgic Cowboy." (nominated by Scott Reznick)

Kean Memorial Award

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

  • Maggie McQuade鈥20

  • Jiawei (Bella) Peng 鈥20

Kelleher Award

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

  • First Place:聽Adriana Watkins '20, 鈥淪targazing in Persia,鈥 Stylus, Fall 鈥19

  • Second place:聽Sarah Santoro 鈥20, 鈥渢his train will be standing by,鈥 Stylus, Fall 鈥19

  • Third place: Julia Nagle '20, 鈥渢o the uncle made of soft steel wool,鈥 Stylus, Spring 鈥20

McCarthy Award

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

  • First Place:聽Margherita Bassi 鈥20

  • Second Place:聽Gina Case 鈥21

  • Third Place:聽Kathryn (Jenessa) Bryson 鈥21