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