Undergraduate Award Recipients

2024鈥�2025


Cardinal Cushing Award 鈥斅爁or the best fiction published in a AV研究所 undergraduate publication:

  • First Place:聽Pamela Zhou 鈥�25, for 鈥淎 look back at the 2010 Girl Scout鈥檚 Valentine鈥檚 Day Dance鈥� (Laughing Medusa, Spring 2025)
  • Second Place:聽Eva Nahas 鈥�25, for 鈥淩ealizing the Doctors Were Right When They Said You Have Major Depressive Disorder鈥� (Laughing Medusa, Fall 2024)
  • Third Place:聽Rachel Herschbein聽鈥�26, for 鈥淭hree Grapefruits鈥� (Stylus, Fall 2024)

Dever Fellowship 鈥� a substantial grant presented in honor of novelist and AV研究所 alumnus Joseph Dever, to a graduating senior who proposes to pursue a career in writing:

  • Morgan Santaguida 鈥�25

Dever Award for Freshman Writing 鈥斅燜or the best three essays by first year students in a Spring 2024 or AY 鈥�24-25 English course (three first prizes):聽

  • Olivia Luyando 鈥�28, for 鈥淭he Instability of Literary Absences鈥� [Best Essay: Critical] (nominated by: James Smith)
  • Quynh Anh Le 鈥�28, for 鈥淣o Cuntry For Wo-Men鈥� [Best Essay: Journalism/Cultural Studies] (nominated by: Lauren Wilwerding)
  • Kendra Preval 鈥�27, for 鈥淪hedding鈥� [Best Essay: Personal Narrative] (nominated by: Shelley Linso)

Doherty Prize for an Exemplary Honors Project (Creative):聽

  • Eva Nahas 鈥�25,聽鈥淪he Dances Anyway鈥� (poetry)

Doherty Prize for an Exemplary Honors Project (Critical):聽

  • Annie Li 鈥�25, 鈥淐aptive Life: Thematics of Action, Law, and Guilt鈥�

Multilingual Learners Essay Award聽鈥斅燜or the best essay by a Multilingual Learner written for an ELL section of First Year Writing Seminar or Literature Core

  • Winner:聽Ziqi (Kiana) Liu 鈥�28, for 鈥淚nland Coastal Kids鈥� (nominated by: Alex Puente)
  • Honorable Mention:聽Tairine Baptista Lima 鈥�28, for 鈥淏orn To Be in the Waters鈥� (Amanda Labriola)

John Randall Award 鈥斅燜or the best undergraduate essay on American literature and culture, presented in honor and memory of author and AV研究所 Professor John Randall

  • 奥颈苍苍别谤:听Morgan Santaguida 鈥�25, 鈥淓xcerpt from Senior Honors Thesis, 鈥榃ith Waves, We Fall鈥欌��
  • Honorable Mention:聽Ella Champagne 鈥�27, 鈥溾�楾he Hill We Climb鈥�: Gorman鈥檚 Call to Confront America鈥檚 Past for a Better Future鈥�
  • Honorable Mention:聽Olivia Crocker聽鈥�26,聽鈥淲omen in College Sports: The Lasting Outcomes of Title IX and the Barriers that Still Persist鈥� (nominated by: Vincent Portillo)

William A. Kean Memorial Award 鈥� to the graduating senior judged to be the outstanding English major:

  • Anastasia Prussakova聽鈥�25

Bishop Kelleher Award 鈥� for the best poetry published in a AV研究所 undergraduate publication:

  • First Place:聽Grace Hepburn 鈥�27, 鈥淓lephants Never Forget鈥� (Laughing Medusa,聽Spring 2025)
  • Second place:聽Jessica Hwang 鈥�28, 鈥淚nheritance鈥� (Medical Humanities Journal,聽Spring 2025,聽Stylus, Spring 2025)
  • Third Place:聽Olivia Emerick 鈥�25, 鈥淧ersephone鈥檚 Hairbrush鈥� (Stylus聽Fall 2024,聽Laughing Medusa, Spring 2025)

Dennis A. McCarthy Award 鈥� for the best collection of creative writing by a junior or senior:

  • First Place:聽Wyatt Seder-Burnaford聽鈥�25
  • Second Place:聽Eva Nahas聽鈥�25
  • Third Place:聽Olivia Emerick聽鈥�25
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