2014-2015

Cardinal Cushing Award鈥攆or the best fiction published in a Boston College undergraduate publication:

  • First Place to聽Patricia Owens,聽"The Royal City Theological Society"聽(Spring '15聽Stylus)
  • Second Place to聽Sophia Valesca G枚rgens, "The Prime Time of Your Life" (Spring '15聽Stylus)
  • Third Place to聽Michelle Tomassi, "The Ones" 聽from聽The Medical Humanities Journal of Boston College聽(Vol. 1, 2015)

Dever Fellowship鈥攁 substantial grant in honor of Margaret and Joseph Dever, to a graduating senior who proposes to pursue a career in writing:

  • Sameet Dhillon

Dever Award for Freshman Writing鈥攆or the best essay written by a freshman in any English course:

  • First Place:聽John Hogan, "Don Draper: Dying from the Moment He was Born,鈥� nominated by Caroline Barta
  • Second Place:聽Michael Sullivan, "Not Your Grandpa's Baseball," nominated by
    Brian Zimmerman
  • Third Place:聽John Knowles, "'Haply I think on thee': Transcendence Realized in Shakespeare's 鈥楽onnet 29鈥�," nominated by Laura Tanner

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

  • Emily Simon

Bishop Kelleher Award鈥攆or the best poetry published in a 51茶馆 undergraduate publication:

  • First place:聽Christine Degenaars, "Have a Drink of Water,鈥澛�The Medical Humanities Journal of Boston College聽(Vol. 1, 2015)
  • Second place:聽Sophia Valesca Go虉rgens, "Dry Fire" (Laughing Medusa聽2015)
  • Third place:聽Kwesi Aaron, "More Than Blonde" (Spring 鈥�15听厂迟测濒耻蝉)
  • Honorable Mention:聽Jennifer Heine, "Boston." (Fall '14聽Stylus)

Denis A. McCarthy Prize鈥攆or best piece of creative writing by a junior or senior:

  • First Place:聽Sameet Dhillon听(蹿颈肠迟颈辞苍)
  • Second Place:聽Eleanor Hildenbrandt聽(poetry)
  • Third Place:聽Michelle Tomassi聽(fiction)

John Randall Award鈥攁 gift of books 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:

  • Emily Simon, for 鈥淭echnology is lust removed from nature鈥�: 聽The Shifting Sensorium of Mortality in Don DeLillo鈥檚聽White Noise"

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