Undergraduate Award Recipients 2021鈥�2022

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

  • First Place: 聽Megan Cresitello 鈥�23,聽 for "Sacr茅-Coeur鈥� (Stylus, Spring 2022)

  • Second Place:聽 Sydney Fosnick-Davis 鈥�23,聽 for "House鈥� (Stylus, Fall 2021)

  • Third Place:聽 Julia Evers 鈥�22,聽 for "First Blood鈥� (Stylus, Spring 2022)

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:

  • Julia Evers 鈥�22

  • Ryan Fitzgerald 鈥�22

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):聽

  • Ava Cahill 鈥�25, for 鈥淧erceptions of Blackness in Fred Wilson鈥檚 Iago鈥檚 Mirror鈥� (nominated by Nell Wasserstrom)

  • Corbin Buchwald 鈥�25, for 鈥淭he Role of the Boston Accent in Local Politics鈥� (nominated by Vincent Portillo)

  • Ananya Kuttikkad 鈥�25, for 鈥淪he鈥檒l Be Coming 鈥楻ound the Mountain鈥� (nominated by Mali Barker)

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

  • Ian McPheters, 鈥淭oward What: A Meandering Narrative About Commercial Fishing, a $200MM Suicide Factory, Walking in a Straight Line for Many Consecutive Days, and Class in a Precarious America鈥�

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

  • Hannah Murphy, 鈥淏uried Under Interpretation: George Eliot鈥檚 Early Heroines鈥�

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: Yuan Shi 鈥�25, for 鈥淔eng Lan鈥� (nominated by Amanda Labriola)

  • Honorable Mention: Geqi (鈥淎llie鈥�) Li 鈥�24, for 鈥淢ore Than Just an Extra Stitch鈥� (nominated by Alex Puente)

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:

  • Caitlyn Neville, 鈥�22, "A Short Cultural History of the Thoreau Society, Chapter 2: The Fight for Walden Pond" 聽(nominated by Min Song)

  • Honorable Mention:聽聽Madeleine Sopel, 鈥�24, "(Un)Minimalist: An Exploration of Philip Glass' Rejection of Musical Stereotypes in His Score to the Film Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters" (nominated by Jason McCool)

  • Honorable Mention:聽聽Emma Fleet, 鈥�22 "An Angel in the House: The Beautiful Suffering of Beth March" (nominated by Susan Roberts)

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

  • Alicia Kang 鈥�22

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

  • First Place:聽聽Lily Mesterhazy 鈥�22 , 鈥淎becedarian on Dahmer Street" (Stylus, Spring 2022)

  • Second place:聽 Cecilia Durcan 鈥�23 , 鈥�22 years of pacing back and forth is enough pacing to lose yourself in your own kitchen" (Stylus, Fall 2021)

  • Third Place:聽聽Max White 鈥�24, 鈥淟ost to Crater Lake" (Stylus, Fall 2021)

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

  • First Place:聽聽Jacob Atwood 鈥�22

  • Second Place:聽 Julianna Markus 鈥�23

  • Third Place:聽聽Alexis Slotterback 鈥�22


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