2021-22 Winners

By Sergio Diaz-Silverio

The English department’s annual award ceremony recognizes the achievements and excellence of both graduate and undergraduate students. The awards committee, along with other department faculty members, judge the nominations, and Committee Chair English Professor Aaron Jaffe presented the awards to this year’s winners in an April 22, 2022, ceremony held on Zoom. Here are the winners and the awards for the 2021-22 academic year.

UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS

Olivia Schwartz

Cody Harris Allen Award Outstanding Undergraduate Writing

Kiersten Kiara Wright

Cody Harris Allen Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Writing/ 2nd runner-up

Andre Heizer

Cody Harris Allen Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Writing/ 1st runner-up

Jacquelyn Mateosky

Sassaman Undergraduate Creative Writing Award

Olivia Schwartz

Sassaman Undergraduate Critical Writing Award

Kiersten Kiara Wright

Steven D. Schloff Undergraduate Creative Writing Award for Poetry

Jarrett Paine-Woltz

Steven D. Schloff Undergraduate Creative Writing Award for Fiction

Madeline Paskow

Steven D. Schloff UG Creative Writing Award for Creative Non-Fiction

Malcolm A. Robinson

John Mackay Shaw Academy of American Poets Undergraduate Award

Abigail Sikes

Gerald Ensley Emerging Journalist Award

Lilliana Solovay

Gerald Ensley Emerging Journalist Award

Victoria Cardoso

Gerald Ensley Emerging Journalist Award

Elliot Weber

John and Susan Ausley Scholarship

Finn Halpern

John and Susan Ausley Scholarship

Sabrina Trinidad

John and Susan Ausley Scholarship

Eliana Gallagher

James M. McCrimmon Award for Outstanding Essay in First-Year Composition-Runner up

Isabella Limbo

James M. McCrimmon Award for Outstanding Essay in First-Year Composition

Catherine Bouington

Edward H. and Marie C. Kingsbury Achievership Award

GRADUATE AWARDS

Ashleah Wimberly

Marian Bashinski Award for Excellence in Teaching First-Year Composition

Laura Biagi

Robert O. Lawton Award for Excellence in Teaching First-Year Composition

Gwen Niekamp

Bryan Hall Award for Excellence in Teaching First-Year Composition

Daniel Raschke

Sassaman Graduate Critical Writing Award

Sarah Destin

Sassaman Graduate Creative Writing Award

Tanner Barnes

John Mackay Shaw Academy of American Poets Award

Rebecca Orchard

Adam M. Johnson Endowed Fund for Excellence

Holly Propper

Bertram and Ruth Davis Award for Outstanding Dissertation in English Literature, Criticism, Linguistics or Rhetoric

Erin Slaughter

Edward H. and Marie C. Kingsbury Fellowship Award

Jessi Thomsen

Bertram and Ruth Davis Award for Outstanding Career as a Graduate Student