Award Recipients 2019-2020

For the best fiction published in a 香蕉秀 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

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:

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)

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�

For the best essay by an 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:

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

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)

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

For the best poetry published in a 香蕉秀 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

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

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