English department scholarships and awards for 2020-2021
Congratulations to this year's awardees, listed below!
For more information about scholarships and awards in English, see our scholarships and financial aid.
Albert Feigenson Endowed Scholarship Fund
- Suzette Bristol
- Erika Carbonara
- Jeremy Garrett
Burke Sheill Endowed Scholarship in English
- Seseana Franzen
- Mallory Lectk
- Julianne Meiu
- Isaac Pickell
- Amber Schultz
Composition Program Excellence in Teaching of Writing Award
Tony DeGenaro
Christopher T. Leland Endowed Scholarship in Creative Writing
Amy Loji
Daniel Keyes Family Endowed Scholarship
Gledis Bitraj
Daniel Keyes Family Graduate Scholarships in Creative Writing
Melinda Baker Megan Jones Alexandra Smereka
Department of English Diversity and Social Justice Scholarship
Kelly Polasek
Dustin Rose Memorial Scholarship
Kaitlyn Ziehm
English Department Award
Sophia Brown Bailey Meyerhoff
English Department Undergraduate Service and Leadership Award
Nakia-Renne Wallace
Frank X. Williams Memorial Annual Scholarship
Bailey Meyerhoff Grace Powers
Joseph J. and Mary E. Yelda Endowed Merit Scholarship for English
- Ray Arquero
- Gledis Bitraj
- Christopher Crumley
- Claire Dingwall
- Noor Jomaa
- Rilee Meyers
- Vera Shaw
- Mohamad Soueidan
Karen Louise Haslanger Vaneman Endowed Memorial Scholarship
Julianne Meiu
Loughead-Eldredge Endowed Fund in Creative Writing
Justin Hitchcock
Marion K. Ringe Endowed Scholarship
Marianne Samano
Paul and Barbara Couture Award for Scholarship in Rhetoric and Composition
Mariel Krupansky
Pearl Applebaum Warn Endowed Scholarship in English
Letrell Henley
Professor Arnold L. and Gladys Goldsmith Endowed Scholarship in English
Jeremy Garrett Amanda Romaya
Stephen H. Tudor Memorial Scholarship in Creative Writing
Chance Timm
The Gilbert R. and Patricia K. Davis Merit Scholarship for English
- Louie Alkasmikha
- Letrell Henley
Thomas R. Jasina Endowed Scholarship in English:
- Suzette Bristol
- Erika Carbonara
Writing awards
Phillip Lawson Hatch, Jr. Endowed Memorial Writing Competition
Final Judge: Laval Duncan
- First place: Laura Kraftowitz, "Tal's Camel and Other Casualties"
- Second place: Sarah Williams, "The Things I Never Say" Honorable Mention: Arianna Smith, "Swirl Girl"
The John Clare Prise in Poetry
Final Judge: Camille Guthrie, Poet
- First place: Robert Laidler, "Epistle"
- Second place: Shanmin Sultana, "No Comment" Honorable Mention: Isaac Pickell, "on things you ought to take sitting down"
Tompkins Award in Fiction
Final Judge: Jess Row, Novelist
- First place: Julia Hodgson, "Soft Eyes"
- Second place: Amy Loji, "The Front Side" Honorable Mention: Melinda Baker, "Pilgrim Highway"
Tompkins Award in Nonfiction
Final Judge: Anna Clark, Author
- First place: Emily Podwoiski, "Two Essays: On Beauty, Valentine Girls"
- Second place: Renée McKendrick, "The Photographers" Honorable Mention: Laura Kraftowitz, "Tal's Camel and Other Casualties"
Tompkins Award in Poetry
Final Judge: Camille Guthrie, Poet
- First place: Tony DeGenaro, "Four Winds, A Fifth Song"
- Second place: Robert Laidler, "Epistle" Honorable Mentions: Isaac Pickell, "from the archives"; Alexandra Smereka, "Meditation in Blue"; Renée McKendrick, Two Poems