A special thank you to the faculty who adjudicated this year’s awards:
Awards Committee Chair
Associate Professor John Mac Kilgore
Committee Members
Professor Terri Bourus
Associate Professor Elías Dominguez Barajas
Professor Christopher Okonkwo
Professor Elizabeth Stuckey-French
Department administrators
Chair of English
Professor Andrew Epstein
Associate Chair for Curriculum
Associate Professor Rhea Lathan
Associate Chair for Graduate Studies
Professor Mark Winegardner
Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies
Associate Professor Meegan Kennedy
Director, College Composition Program
Associate Professor Elias Dominguez Barajas
Undergraduate Awards
Cody Harris Allen Award
Anna Bullock (Honorable Mention)
Megan Caton (Honorable Mention)
Luciana Callegari
Sassaman Writing Award
Noah Lambert
Steven D. Schloff Creative Writing Award for Short Fiction
Lydia Woods
Steven D. Schloff Creative Writing Award for Nonfiction
Amelie Galbraith
Steven D. Schloff Creative Writing Award for Poetry
Savannah Burke
George and Ruth Yost Award for Best Personal Essay Award
Hal Presley
John Mackay Shaw Academy of American Poets Award
Savannah Burke
Robert Adler Endowed Memorial Fellowship
Eriam Shepherd
Gerald Ensley Emerging Journalist Award
Hayden Milanovich
Waters Fund for Excellence in Literature
Grace Toole Duncan
Edward H. and Marie C. Kingsbury Achievership Award
Riane Zháne
James McCrimmon Award for Outstanding Writing in College Composition
Katie Williams
The John and Susan Ausley Endowment Fund Undergraduate Award
Zoe Rue
Fred L. Standley Award for Undergraduate Excellence
Megan Caton
Anna Cheng
Mart P. Hill Award for Outstanding English Honors Thesis
Hope Fell
Madelyn Luther
Kylee Thomas
Graduate Awards
Marian Bashinski Award for Excellence in Teaching First-Year Composition
Kate DeLay
Robert O. Lawton Award for Excellence in Teaching First-Year Composition
Marcie Alexander
Bryan Hall Award for Excellence in Teaching First-Year Composition
Joseph Cress
Fred L. Standley Graduate Assistant Teaching Award
Li Zhuang
Sassaman Writing Award
Li Zhuang
Robert Adler Endowed Memorial Fellowship Award
Jenna Albergo
Waters Fund for Excellence in Literature Award
Sarah Bliss
John Mackay Shaw Academy of American Poets Award
Olga Mexina
Adam M. Johnson Endowed Fund for Excellence
Marcia Bronstein
Bertram and Ruth Davis Award for Outstanding Dissertation in English Literature, Criticism, Linguistics or Rhetoric
Aaron Rodriguez
Bertram and Ruth Davis Award for Outstanding Career as a Graduate Student
Ashley Pendleton
Edward H. and Marie C. Kingsbury Fellowship
Megharaj Adhikari (co-winner)
Olga Mexina (co-winner)