Prize Winners 2010

The English Department congratulates the 2009-2010 prize winners:

POETRY

Academy of American Poets Prize: 2010

Carina del Valle Schorske, ES ‘10

James A. Veech Prize for Imaginative Writing: 

Alice Hodgkins, JE ‘11

Albert Stanburrough Cook Prize:

Carina del Valle Schorske, ES ‘10 
Justin Sider, Grade 2

Gordon Barber Memorial Prize:

Erica Levy McAlpine, Grade 6
Marissa Grunes, SY ’10
Hannah Loeb, BK ’12
Sarah Mattes, JE ’13 (freshman poetry)

FICTION

The Elmore A. Willets Prize for Fiction:

Raphael Magarik, MC ’10
Margaret Cooper, SY ’12 
William Alden, PC ’10 
Alice Baumgartner, BK ’10
Benjamin Lasman, BK ’10
Christopher Normandin, PC ‘10

The Elmore A. Willets Prize for Freshman Fiction:

Tantum Collins, TD ‘13
Samuel Huber, MC ’13
Sibjeet Mahapatra, SM ‘13

JOURNALISM AND NON-FICTION

The Henry P. Wright Prize for a Descriptive Article:

Emily Appelbaum, ES ‘10
Robert Finley, CC ‘11
Laura Gottesdiener, CC ‘10
Victor Zapana, TC ‘11
Cooper Lewis, SY ‘11

The John Hersey Prize in Journalism:

Isaac Arnsdorf, DC ‘11
Anthony Lydgate, DC ‘10
Laura Gottesdiener, CC ’10

ESSAY PRIZES FOR FRESHMEN

The Competition in English 114,116

Alex Hawke, BK ’13
William Zhang, ES ’13
Chelsea Wells, TC ’13
Rohit Thummalapalli, ES ’13

The Competition in English 115,117

Zoe Greenberg, BK ’13

The Competition in English 120

Eliana Dockterman, BR ‘13
Adele Jackson-Gibsen, CC ‘13
Linda Wang, JE ‘13
Zoe Mercer-Golden, DC ‘13

The Competition in English 125,126

Grant Phelps, JE ‘13
Clare Sestanovich, PC ’13
Nora Stewart, JE ’13

The Competition in English 127

Zoe Mercer-Golden, DC ‘13
Matthew Claudel, BK ’13
David Suwondo, BK ’13

The Competition in English 129, 130, & DS

Maria Alexandra van Nievelt, TD ’13
Alon Harris, BR ’13
Jacob Paul, SM ’13
Michelle Taylor, DC ’13

PRIZES FOR SOPHOMORES

John Hubbard Curtis Prize for Excellence in English:

Tomas Unger, SM ‘12
Christian Mott, PC ‘12
Bianca Yun, ES ‘12
Vivian Yee, BR ’12

Charles Wyllys Betts Prize in Composition:

Jacqueline Feldman, DC ‘12

PRIZES FOR JUNIORS

John Hubbard Curtis Prize for Excellence in English:

Elizabeth Deutsch, MC ’11
Olena Tsykynovska, ES ‘11
Emmy Waldman, PC ’11
Robert Finley, CC ’11
William Stephen, DC ’11

AMERICANA

Richard Schoenberg Prize in American Poetry:

Elizabeth Deutsch, MC ’11
Emmy Waldman, PC ‘11
Gabriel Ellsworth, SM ’11

Henry H. Strong Prize in American Literature :

Joseph Satran, BK ’11

SENIORS

Chauncey Brewster Tinker Prize for the Outstanding Senior in English:

Andrew Rejan, BR ‘10

Sholom and Marcia Herson Scholarship, for Outstanding Work in English by  Students Intending to Do Graduate Work: 

Andrew Rejan, BR ’10
Timothy Ellison, SY ’10

Ralph Paine Memorial Prize for the Senior Essay:

Andrew Rejan, BR ’10
Raphael Magarik, MC ’10
Marissa Grunes, SY ’10
Presca Ahn, BR ’10
Emily Hoffman, BR ’10
Brian Sweeney, PC ’10

Lloyd Mifflin Prize for Outstanding Work in English:

James Jiang, JE ‘10
Mai Wang, TD ’10
Elizabeth Star, BK ’10
Jeffrey Sherwood, ES ’10
Sophie Quinton, TC ’10
Carina Schorske, ES ‘10
Andrea Clair Bouchard, SM ‘10
Anthony Lydgate, DC ‘10
Thomas Bell, BK ‘10
Katy Waldman, CC ‘10

The Curtis Prize for short essays by seniors:

Raphael Magarik, MC 10
Andrew Rejan, BR ‘10
Marissa Grunes, SY ’10