UG Prize Winners 2021-2022

Heartiest congratulations to the English Department Prize winners for 2021-2022!

Drama Prize

Charlotte Foote - The Marina Keegan Award for Excellence in Playwriting

Gabrielle Poisson - The Marina Keegan Award for Excellence in Playwriting

Fiction Prizes

Cal Barton - J. Edward Meeker Prize for First Year Fiction

Xavier Blackwell-Lipkind - Elmore A. Willetts Prize for Fiction

Jun Ray Hoong - J. Edward Meeker Prize for First Year Fiction

George Nighswander - Elmore A. Willetts Prize for Fiction

Alexandra Rocha-Alvarez - Elmore A. Willetts Prize for Fiction

Arinjay Singhai - Elmore A. Willetts Prize for Fiction

Nonfiction Prizes

Samara Angel - Henry P. Wright Prize

Gabrielle Colangelo - Henry P. Wright Prize

Zachary Groz - John Hubbard Curtis Prize and John Hersey Prize in Journalism for a longer work of nonfiction

Mackenzie Hawkins - John Hersey Prize in Journalism for a “body of work”

Eric Krebs - John Hersey Prize in Journalism for a “body of work”

Elliot Lewis - Henry P. Wright Prize

Jack McCordick - John Hubbard Curtis Prize for a longer work of nonfiction

Evita Thadhani - Henry P. Wright Prize

Poetry Prizes

Vaughn Goehrig - Albert Stanburrough Cook Prize

Kinsale Hueston - Academy of American Poets Prize

Audrey Kim - J. Edward Meeker Prize for Frirst Year Poetry

Logan Klutse - Gordon Barber Memorial Prize

Isabel Prioleau - J. Edward Meeker Prize for First Year Poetry

Honorable Mentions: Adin Feder and Luke Stringer

First Year Prizes

Bluebell Carroll - J. Edward Meeker First Year English Prize

Yuen Ning Chang - J. Edward Meeker First Year English Prize

Alessia Degraeve - Bloch Prize “for the best essay in English”

Elishevlyne Eliason - J. Edward Meeker First Year English Prize

Audrey Kolker - J. Edward Meeker First Year English Prize

Kyra McCreery - McLaughlin Memorial Prize for Excellence in English composition

Magdalena Moore - Winston T. Townsend Prize “for excellence in English composition”

River Sell - Winston T. Townsend Prize “for excellence in English composition”

Sarah Sun - McLaughlin Memorial Prize for Excellence in English composition

Luc Ta - Winston T. Townsend Prize “for excellence in English composition”

Michael Tu - Bloch Prize “for the best essay in English”

Sophomore Prizes

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

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

American Literature Prizes for Juniors and Seniors

Mauricio Gonzalez Sanchez - Richard Schoenberg Prize for “the best critical essay upon an American poet”

Elliot Lewis - Henry H. Strong Prize in American Literature

Junior Prizes

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

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

Senior Prizes

Gabrielle Colangelo - John Hubbard Curtis Prize for Excellence in English Courses and in a Senior Essay; Chauncey Brewster Tinker Prize for the Outstanding Senior in English; and 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”

Sarah Gannett - John Hubbard Curtis Prize for Excellence in English Courses and in a Senior Essay

Danny Germino-Watnick - Chauncey Brewster Tinker Prize for the Outstanding Senior in English

Mauricio Gonzalez-Sanchez - John Hubbard Curtis Prize for Excellence in English Courses and in a Senior Essay

Naima Gupta - John Hubbard Curtis Prize for Excellence in English Courses and in a Senior Essay

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

Kyung Mi Lee - Ralph Paine Memorial Prize for the Best Senior Essay in English

Curtis Sun - Edward Thompkins McLaughlin Scholarship for Outstanding Work in the Major

Aidan Swift - Edward Thompkins McLaughlin Scholarship for Outstanding Work in the Major and Lloyd Mifflin Prize for an Outstanding Senior Essay in English