Undergraduate Award Recipients

2022鈥�2023

Cardinal Cushing Award 鈥斅爁or the best fiction published in a 51茶馆 undergraduate publication:

  • First Place: Beatriz Isabel (Bea) Pugeda, "Composting with My Boyfriend"(Laughing Medsua, Spring 2023)
  • Second Place: Victoria Oliviero, "Momie Marron No.6" (Stylus, Spring 2023)鈥�
  • Third Place: Harrison Walker, "Everything Happens for a Reason"(ASiAM, Spring 2023)

Dever Fellowship 鈥� a substantial grant presented in honor of novelist and 51茶馆 alumnus Joseph Dever, to a graduating senior who proposes to pursue a career in writing:

  • Joseph Pelgro

Dever Award for Freshman Writing 鈥斅燜or the best three essays by first year students in a Spring 鈥�21 or AY 鈥�21-22 English course (three first prizes):听

  • Abigail Kapoor,"Letters to Diane Nguyen: An Exploration of Authenticityin Young Asian American Writers" (nominated by Min Song)
  • Caclan LaChance, "The Newest Greek Myth" (nominated by Maren Schiffer)
  • Ernest Romero, "Outside the Bathroom Door" (nominated by Lynne Anderson)

Doherty Prize for an Exemplary Honors Project (Creative):听

  • Mary (Gracie) Meijer, "Don't Say Quiet" (poetry)聽

Doherty Prize for an Exemplary Honors Project (Critical):听

  • Jessica (Jess) Orluck, "Fear of the Unknown: Horror and Gore in Late Middle English Literature"

English Language Learner Essay Award聽鈥斅爁or the best essay by an English Language Learner written for an ELL section of First Year Writing Seminar or Literature Core:

  • Winner: Sara Zourri, "Chronic Stress" (nominated by Brian Zimmerman)
  • Honorable Mention: Lun (Tim) Tan, "The History of the ChineseEducation System and the Consequent 'Gaokao Personality' Today鈥�(nominated by Meguri DeMond)

John Randall Award 鈥� presented in honor and memory of author and 51茶馆 Professor John Randall to the undergraduate writer of the best essay on American literature and culture:

  • Harrison Walker, "Queer Poetics: Words, Walls and Bridges in Ocean Vuong"(nominated by Allison Adair)
  • Honorable Mention: Victoria Oliviero, "The use of Egyptian Mummies in 19th c.American Literature" (nominated by Paul Lewis)
  • Honorable Mention:听McKayla Yo, "Private Solutions to a Public Problem: TheWhite Slavery Crusades and Prostitution in Chicago, 1900-1918" (nominated byArissa Oh)

William A. Kean Memorial Award 鈥� to the graduating senior judged to be the outstanding English major:

  • Jessica (Jess) Orluck

Bishop Kelleher Award 鈥� for the best poetry published in a 51茶馆 undergraduate publication:

  • First Place:听Mariam Chaduneli, "A Visit to the Museum of Natural History" (Stylus, Spring 2023)
  • Second Place: Rachel Ruggera, "My Fifteenth Year" (Laughing Medusa, Fall 2022)
  • Third Place:听Kathryn (Katy) Gilmore, "Piecing Together (Winter Nights Since2019)" (Laughing Medusa, Spring 2023 and Stylus, Spring 2023)

Dennis A. McCarthy Award 鈥� for the best collection of creative writing by a junior or senior:

  • First Place:听Rachel Ruggera
  • Second Place:听Kathryn (Katy) Gilmore
  • Third Place:听Mary (Gracie) Meijer

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