Undergraduate Writing Award Recipients 2018-2019

For the best fiction published in a 香蕉秀 undergraduate publication:

First Place: Celia Smithmier '20, 鈥渕otherhood, 1968,鈥� Laughing Medusa, 2018-19
Second Place: Tim Morrissey '20, 鈥淭he Concert,鈥澛�Stylus, Spring 鈥�19
Third place: Sarah Santoro '20, 鈥淟ayers,鈥澛�Stylus, Spring 鈥�19

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

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

Fitgee Jean-Pierre '22, "Party Culture: Cut, Copy, Paste 香蕉秀" (nominated by Elieen Donovan-Kranz)
Angela Loh '22, "The Future of Mathematics: An Interview with Mina Khan" (nominated by Brianna Hynes)
Emily Sabbey '22, "How to Handle a Conspiracy Theorist" (nominated by Alex Puente)

This award honors our longtime colleague Paul Doherty. It is for the best undergraduate thesis.

Roisin Reilly, for an exemplary critical Honors Thesis, 鈥淭he Lion Tamers: Literary Representations of AIDS in the United States in the 1980s and 1990s鈥�
Sarah Mandelblatt, for an exemplary creative Honors Thesis, 鈥淟esser Pyres鈥�

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

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

Elena Maestas '20, 鈥淩emembering Lynching: The Role of Politicized Monuments and Popular Movements in Reconciliation鈥� (nominated by Lori Harrison-Kahan)

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

For the best poetry published in a 香蕉秀 undergraduate publication:

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

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