The English Department 2013-2014 Prizes Winners

Poetry

 Academy of American Poets:

                Felicity Sheehy ‘15

Albert Stanborough Cook Prize:

                Felicity Sheehy ‘15

Gordon Barber Memorial Prize:

                Caroline Kanner ’ 17

Fiction

Elmore A. Willetts Prize for Fiction:

                Eric Boodman ‘15

                Abigail Carney ‘15

                Shawnna Thomas ‘15

J. Edward Meeker Freshman English Prize:

                Hope vanBronkhorst ‘17

Nonfiction

Henry P. Wright Prize:

                Diana Saverin ‘14

John Hersey Prize in Journalism for a “body of work”:

                Sarah Maslin ‘14

                Benjamin Mueller ‘14

 John Hersey Prize in Journalism for a Longer Work of Nonfiction:

                Eli Mandel ‘14

Essay Prizes for Freshman

Bloch Prize:
                Eve Houghton ‘17

Winston T. Townsend Prize “for excellence in English composition”:

                Tessa Adler ‘17

                Nathaniel Haslett ‘17

                Skyler Inman ‘17

                Dalia Wolfson ‘17

McLaughlin Memorial Prize for Excellence in English composition:

                Carmen Baskauf ‘17

                Sophie Haigney ‘17

                Emma Hathaway ‘17

J. Edward Meeker Freshman English Prize:

                Malina Gandhi ‘17

                Lily Hahn ‘17

                Jacob Neis ‘17

                Ava Tomasula y Garcia ‘17

                Dalia Wolfson ‘17

Sophomore Prizes

John Hubbard Curtis Prize for “love of the English language and facility in writing”:

                Daniel Pollack ‘16

                Margaret Schulz ‘16

C. Wyllis Betts Prize:

                Oliver Preston ‘16

Junior Prizes

John Hubbard Curtis Prize for “love of the English language and facility in writing”:

                Austin Carder ‘15

                Joy Shan ‘15

American Literature Prizes for Juniors and Seniors

Richard Schoenberg Prize for the “best critical essay upon an American poet”:

                Kyra Morris ‘15

Henry H. Strong Prize in American Literature:

                Eli Mandel ‘14

Senior Prizes

Chauncey Brewster Tinker Prize for the Outstanding Senior in English:

                Eli Mandel ‘14

Sholom & Marcia Herson Scholarship Prize “for students in the Senior Class … who shall have done outstanding work in English Language and Literature and who intend to do graduate work in English literature”:

                Alec Joyner ‘14

                Jacob Romanow ‘14

Ralph Paine Memorial Prize for the Best Senior Essay in English:

                Eli Mandel ‘14

                Julia Mattison ‘14

Lloyd Mifflin Prize for an Outstanding Senior Essay in English:

                Alec Joyner ‘14

John Hubbard Curtis Prize for Excellence in English Courses and in a Senior Essay: 

                Pichaya Damrongpiwat ‘14

                Sally Helm ‘14

                Sophia Nyugen ‘14

                Jacob Romanow ‘14

                Felicity Sheehy ‘14

                E-Lynn Yap ‘14

Edward Thompkins McLaughlin Scholarship for Outstanding Work in the Major:

                Ava Kofman ‘14

                Alec Joyner ‘14

The Marina Keegan Award for Excellence

                Alexandra Viterbi ‘14