2016-2017

Cardinal Cushing Award

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

  • First Place:聽Catherine Malcynsky听鈥�17, "The Anatomy of Todd Melkin,"
    The Medical Humanities Journal of Boston College, Fall 2016
  • Second Place:聽Nicholas Bloechl聽鈥�17, "Patchwork the Worm,"聽Stylus,
    Spring 2017
  • Third Place:聽Katerina Ivanov听鈥�17, "Blood Pact,"聽Stylus, Fall 2016

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:

  • Naphisa Senanarong聽鈥�17

Dever Award for Freshman Writing

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

Best Narrative Essay:

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

Best Journalistic/Argumentative Essay:

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

Best Textual Analysis Essay:

  • Emma Riemer聽鈥�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聽鈥�20, "Wearing My Mao Ku" (nominated by Hannah Griggs)

Kean Memorial Award

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

  • Ross Tetzloff听鈥�17

Kelleher Award

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

  • First Place:聽Gabriel McClary聽鈥�18, Untitled ("Dad, the bus rolls by without stopping for me"),聽Stylus, Fall 2016
  • Second Place:聽Catherine Malcynsky听鈥�17, "Note to Self,"听厂迟测濒耻蝉, Spring 2017 & Laughing Medusa, 2017
  • Third Place:聽Robert Grote聽鈥�17, "Meditation for Modernity,"聽Stylus, Fall 2016

McCarthy Award

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

  • First Place:聽Naphisa Senanarong聽鈥�17
  • Second Place:聽Andrea Fitzgerald聽鈥�17
  • Third Place:聽Katerina Ivanov听鈥�17

John Randall Award

A cash award presented in honor and memory of author and 情色空间 Professor John Randall to the undergraduate writer of the best essay on American literature and culture:

  • Hannah Oppermann听鈥�17, "UT Tower: Triggering Memories of Victory and Violence"
  • Honorable Mention:聽Carly Barnhardt聽鈥�17, 鈥淟ock and Key: History and the Melancholic in Tillie Olsen鈥檚 鈥業 Stand Here Ironing鈥欌��
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