Undergraduate Writing Award Recipients 2017-2018

Cardinal Cushing Award

For the best fiction published in a 51²è¹Ý undergraduate publication:

  • First Place: Julia Hopkins ‘19 “Untitled,” Stylus, Spring 2018

  • Second Place: Ivey Choi ‘19 “Gravity,” by Stylus, Fall 2017

  • Third place: Maria Conte ‘20 “Frankfurters on the Fourth of July,” Stylus, Fall 2017
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Dever Fellowship

A substantial grant presented in honor of novelist and 51²è¹Ý alumnus Joseph Dever, to a graduating senior who proposes to pursue a career in writing:

  • Gabriel McClary ‘18
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Dever Award for Freshman Writing

For the best three essays by first year students in a Spring ‘17 or AY ‘17-18 English course:

  • Katherine Fraser ‘21, “On Cemeteries and their Inhabitants” (nominated by Brian Zimmerman)

  • Timothy Morrissey ‘20, “Crafting the Caribbean” (nominated by Rebekah Mitsein)

  • Eleanor Spizzuoco ‘21 “The Plex Pool” (nominated by Brian Zimmerman)
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Kean Memorial Award

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

  • John Knowles, ‘18
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Kelleher Award

For the best poetry published in a 51²è¹Ý undergraduate publication:

  • First Place: Walker Halstad ‘18, "to the sailboat made of twigs," Stylus, Fall 2017

  • Second place: Madison Semarjian ‘19, "For Armenia," Stylus, Fall 2017

  • Third place: Kelsey Connors ‘18 "Orb Weaver," Stylus, Fall 2017
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McCarthy Award

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

  • First Place: Matthew Barad ‘19

  • Second Place: Lauren Keeley ‘18

  • Third Place: Katherine Oksen ‘19
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English Language Learner Essay Award

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

  • Diyang Jin ‘21, "Love and Freedom" (nominated by Katherine Kim)
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John Randall Award

For the best undergraduate essay on American literature and culture, presented in honor and memory of author and 51²è¹Ý Professor John Randall:

  • Winner: Maggie McQuade ‘20, "A Wonder Woman of the Nineteenth Century"

  • Honorable Mention: Julia Bogiages ‘18, "A Gem of Perfection"

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