2011-2012

The Cushing Award鈥攆or the best fiction published in a BC undergraduate publication:

  • First Place to聽David Kunkel

  • Second Place to聽Tracy Rizk

  • Third Place to聽Katrin Tschirgi

Dever Prize for Freshman Writing鈥攆or the best essay written by a freshman in any English Course.

  • First Place:聽Patrick McBee聽for his essay "Patty Creek"
    Nominated By Randy Bustamante, who writes: "Patrick deftly demonstrates the interplay of memory and imagination (cf. Patricia Hampl) in this personal narrative. The artful structure conveys the grand but not overblown theme very well, resulting in a meditation that feels precociously insightful and yet genuine and well-earned."
  • Second Place:聽Emma McGowan聽"All in the Essence of Time"
    Nominated by Elizabeth Graver, who writes: 鈥淎ll in the Essence of Time,鈥� on Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" strikes me as a noteworthy example of a close reading essay. Emma's prose is at once lucid and elegant. She constructs an argument that allows the tensions and contradictions in the story to emerge beautifully, and she shines light on its central concerns, both formally and in terms of its subject matter. Several of her observations opened up this story (which I have read numerous times) in new and revelatory ways for me."
  • Third Place:聽Yeram Choi聽"An Activist In Search of a Voice"
    Nominated by Instructor Jessa Kirk, who writes: "This paper was born of an interview assignment. The act of profiling another student was by far the most challenging paper for my class to write, but Yeram embraced the challenge and created this affecting portrait of another BC freshman. Yeram's other writing鈥攃reative and academic鈥攊s all of a high quality. She will go far."

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

  • Katrin Tschirgi

Kean Award鈥攖o the graduating senior judged to be the outstanding English major:

  • Daniel Accardi

Kelleher Award鈥攃ash award given annually to undergraduates who produce the best work in poetry published in BC undergraduate publications:

  • First Place: "Elephant Man" by聽Katrin Tschirgi聽(Spring Stylus)
  • Second Place: "My Father's Dogs" by聽Helen Spica聽(Fall Stylus)
  • Third Place: "Travel Blind" by聽Michael Wolf聽(Spring Stylus)

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

  • First Place:聽Katrin Tschirgi聽- poetry
  • Second Place:聽Elizabeth Martin聽- nonfiction
  • Third Place:聽Amy Stephenson聽- nonfiction

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:

  • Kristin Canfield聽- First Place
  • Jordan Mendoza聽- Honorable mention
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