2009-2010

The Cushing Award鈥攇iven annually to undergraduates who produce the best work in fiction published in BC undergraduate publications

  • 1st Place to聽Stephanie Lee聽for "Ironical," in聽Naked Singularity
  • 2nd Place to聽Caitlin Moran聽for "Lacock Abbey," in the Spring聽Stylus
  • 3rd Place to聽Trey Brewer聽for "The Burial Clause," in the Fall聽Stylus

Dever Prize for Freshman Writing鈥攁 cash award for the best essay written by a freshman for any English course:
Three 1st Place Winners:

  • Joseph Allen Fort聽"Life According to Kurtz" - a talented, unified close reading of聽Heart of Darkness, with a clear, engaging argument. Nominated by Alison Vanvort
  • Alessandra Frissora, for "Gendered Brains: Applying Our Knowledge of the Biological Forces Behind Gender Divergence," - an outstanding example of research writing incorporating quantitative biological research to revise traditional feminist notions of gender equality. Nominated by Paul Lewis
  • Naomi Parikh聽for "Naam" - a vivid descriptive essay evoking the complexities of language and her half-Indian identity, while growing up in New England. Nominated by Paula Mathieu

Dever Fellowship鈥攁 substantial cash grant, presented annually, in honor of novelist and BC alumnus Joseph Dever, to a graduating senior who proposes to pursue a career in writing:

  • Skye Shirley

Kean Award鈥攁 cash award to the graduating senior judged by the Kean Award Committee to be the outstanding English major:

  • Andrew Donnelly

The Kelleher Award鈥攃ash award given annually to undergraduates who produce the best work in poetry published in BC undergraduate publications (comments by the prize committee):

  • First Place: "For Lucy, A Homecoming" by聽Skye Shirley;聽to appear in the new Asian-American student journal聽As I Am.
  • Second Place: "Metanoia" by聽Amanda Leahy; Fall 2009聽Stylus.
  • Third Place: "Dialogue with a Covered Woman" by聽Ann Elizabeth Kulze; to appear in聽Naked Singularity, Spring 2010

McCarthy Prize鈥攆or best piece of creative writing by a junior or senior:

  • First Place:聽Skye Shirley
  • 2nd Place:聽Myles Gerraty
  • 3rd Place:聽Stephanie Lee

Randall Award鈥攁 gift of books presented in honor and memory of author and BC Professor John Randall to the undergraduate writer of the best essay in the field of American literature and culture:

  • Catherine A. Gellene, "Mr. Sand-Man, Bring Me a Dream: BODIES...The Exhibition, A Misrecognition of the聽Uncanny"
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