UG Prize Winners 2018-2019

Congratulations to the English Department Undergraduate prize winners for 2018-2019!

Drama Prize

Alexis (AK) Payne Marina Keegan Prize for Excellence in Playwriting

Rachel Calnek-Sugin - Marina Keegan Prize for Excellence in Playwriting

Fiction Prizes

Nathan Brown - Elmore A. Willetts Prize for Fiction

Mariah Kreutter - Elmore A. Willetts Prize for Fiction

Elliot Lewis - J. Edward Meeker Freshman English Prize

Helena Lyng-OlsenJ. Edward Meeker Freshman English Prize

Henry Reichard - Elmore A. Willetts Prize for Fiction

Nonfiction Prizes

Mariah Kreutter - Henry P. Wright Prize

Ananya Kumar-Banerjee - John Hubbard Curtis for “love of the English language and facility in writing

Molly Montgomery - Henry P. Wright Prize

Jared Newman - Henry P. Wright Prize

Eren Orbey - John Hersey Prize in Journalism and John Hersey Prize in Journalism for a longer work of nonfiction

Poetry Prizes

Kinsale HuestonJ. Edward Meeker Freshman English Prize

Rachel Kaufman - Academy of American Poets and Gordon Barber Memorial Prize

Esther Ritchin - Albert Stanburrough Cook Prize

First Year Prizes

Cathy Duong - Winston T. Townsend Prize “for excellence in English composition”

Jesse Godine - McLaughlin Memorial for excellence in English composition

Aurora Gutman - McLaughlin Memorial for excellence in English composition

Barbara Mola - J. Edward Meeker Freshman English Prize

Macrina Wang - J. Edward Meeker Freshman English Prize and Bloch Prize “for the best essay in English”

Pinyi Zhou - McLaughlin Memorial for excellence in English composition

Sophomore Prizes

Naima Gupta - John Hubbard Curtis for “love of the English language and facility in writing”

Alejandra Larriva-Latt - John Hubbard Curtis for “love of the English language and facility in writing”

Sara Luzuriaga - John Hubbard Curtis for “love of the English language and facility in writing” and C. Wyllys Betts

American Literature Prizes for Juniors and Seniors

Jordan Cutler-Tietjen - Richard Schoenberg Prize “best critical essay upon an American poet”

Eve Sneider - Henry H. Strong Prize in American literature

Junior Prizes

Gillian Fu - John Hubbard Curtis for “love of the English language and facility in writing”

Seth Herschkowitz - John Hubbard Curtis for “love of the English language and facility in writing”

Mariah Kreutter - John Hubbard Curtis for “love of the English language and facility in writing”

Senior Prizes

Luke Ciancarelli - 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”

Olivia Facini - John Hubbard Curtis Prize for excellence in English courses and in a senior essay

Daniel Flesch - 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

Veena McCoole - John Hubbard Curtis Prize for excellence in English courses and in a senior essay

Gillian Monsky - John Hubbard Curtis Prize for excellence in English courses and in a senior essay

Henry Robinson - Ralph Paine Memorial Prize for the best senior essay in English

May Sawyer - John Hubbard Curtis Prize for excellence in English courses and in a senior essay

Katie Shy - Lloyd Mifflin Prize for an outstanding senior essay in English

Oriana Tang - John Hubbard Curtis Prize for excellence in English courses and in a senior essay

David Yaffe-Bellany - John Hubbard Curtis Prize for excellence in English courses and in a senior essay