UG Prize Winners 2017-2018

Heartiest congratulations to the English Prize winners for 2017-2018!

Drama Prize

Alexa Derman - The Marina Keegan Award for Excellence in Playwriting

Fiction Prizes

Amrutha Dorai - Elmore A. Willetts Prize for Fiction

Julia Gourary - J. Edward Meeker Prize for Freshman Fiction

Sara Luzuriaga - J. Edward Meeker Prize for Freshman Fiction

Deborah Monti - Elmore A. Willetts Prize for Fiction

Oriana Tang - Elmore A. Willetts Prize for Fiction

Nonfiction Prizes

Elena Saavedra Buckley - John Hersey Prize in Journalism for a “body of work”

Rachel Calnek-Sugin - Henry P. Wright Prize

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

Eren Orbey - Henry P. Wright Prize

Jacob Stern - John Hersey Prize in Journalism for a Longer Work of Nonfiction

Poetry Prizes

Lydia Burleson - J. Edward Meeker Prize for Freshman Poetry

Israel Kassim - Academy of American Poets and Albert Stanborough Cook Prize

Oriana Tang - Gordon Barber Memorial Prize

First Year Prizes

Julia Adams - Winston T. Townsend Prize “for excellence in English composition”

Lauren Chan - Bloch Prize “for the best essay in English”

Allison Chen - McLaughlin Memorial Prize for Excellence in English composition

Chloe Jensen -J. Edward Meeker Freshman English Prize

John Kelly - J. Edward Meeker Freshman English Prize

Zyria Rogers - Winston T. Townsend Prize “for excellence in English composition”

Kira Sze - J. Edward Meeker Freshman English Prize

Karen Tai - Winston T. Townsend Prize “for excellence in English composition”

Daniel Yadin - McLaughlin Memorial Prize for Excellence in English composition

Sophomore Prizes

Vanessa Chung - John Hubbard Curtis Prize for “love of the English language and facility in writing” and C. Wyllis Betts Prize

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

American Literature Prizes for Juniors and Seniors

Luke Ciancarelli - Richard Schoenberg Prize for “the best critical essay upon an American poet”

Thomas Parish - Henry H. Strong Prize in American Literature

Junior Prizes

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

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

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

Senior Prizes

Mert Dilek - 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” and Lloyd Mifflin Prize for an Outstanding Senior Essay in English

Isabella Giovannini - John Hubbard Curtis Prize for Excellence in English Courses and in a Senior Essay and Edward Thompkins McLaughlin Scholarship for Outstanding Work in the Major

Shalisa James - Chauncey Brewster Tinker Prize for the Outstanding Senior in English and John Hubbard Curtis Prize for Excellence in English Courses and in a Senior Essay

Noah Kim - John Hubbard Curtis Prize for Excellence in English Courses and in a Senior Essay

Jacob Potash - John Hubbard Curtis Prize for Excellence in English Courses and in a Senior Essay

Finnegan Schick - John Hubbard Curtis Prize for Excellence in English Courses and in a Senior Essay

Grace Shi - Ralph Paine Memorial Prize for the Best Senior Essay in English

William Willis - John Hubbard Curtis Prize for Excellence in English Courses and in a Senior Essay and Edward Thompkins McLaughlin Scholarship for Outstanding Work in the Major