Undergraduate Award Recipients 2023-2024

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

  • First Place:聽Kate Kemp聽鈥�24, for 鈥淭he Cicadas鈥� (Laughing Medusa, Spring 2024)
  • Second Place:聽Beatriz Isabel Pugeda聽鈥�24, for 鈥淎 snapshot of Rosario, Cavite taken from my western myopic window seat view鈥� (Stylus,聽Fall 2023 &聽Laughing Medusa,聽Spring 2024)
  • Third Place:聽Morgan Stumm聽鈥�25, for 鈥淔raudulent鈥� (Stylus,聽Fall 2023)

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:

  • Kathryn Gilmore 鈥�24聽

Dever Award for Freshman Writing 鈥斅燜or the best three essays by first year students in a Spring 2023 or AY 鈥�23-24 English course (three first prizes):聽

  • Toni Martin 鈥�27, for 鈥淭he Past as a Spirit Guide: Claiming a Hopeful Rebirth in聽Let Us Descend鈥� (nominated by: Lori Harrison-Kahan)
  • Kevin McIlvain 鈥�27, for 鈥淕amechanger鈥� (nominated by: Sabina Sullivan)
  • Peyton Zarate 鈥�27, for 鈥淢issing: Public Recognition of Important Historical Female Figures on AV研究所鈥檚 Campus鈥� (nominated by: Vincent Portillo)

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

  • Kathryn Gilmore,听鈥沦耻谤谤别苍诲别谤鈥�

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

  • Nina Khaghany,聽鈥淭he Death and Ghost of 鈥楽weeney鈥�: An Analysis of Limitations of Modernist Verse Drama through T. S. Eliot鈥檚 Sweeney Motif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

  • 奥颈苍苍别谤:听Weiya Wang 鈥�27,聽for 鈥淧ride and Prejudice: A Close Analysis of聽Cost of Living聽Scene One鈥� (nominated by Lynne Anderson)
  • Honorable Mention:聽Jiu Chang 鈥�27,聽for 鈥淪pirit in Virtual World鈥� (nominated by Lauren Wilwerding)

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Callie Walsh 鈥�27, for 鈥溾�楻ememory鈥� in Rebecca Hall鈥檚聽Wake: Every Superhero Needs an Origin Story鈥�
  • Honorable Mention:聽Ethan Ott 鈥�24, for 鈥淗ippies, Drugs, Homelessness, and Crime 鈥� San Francisco鈥檚 Public Image Crisis鈥澛�
  • Honorable Mention:聽Kendall Tierney 鈥�27, for 鈥淐loudy Judgment: Gwendolyn Brooks鈥檚 Use of Rhyme in 鈥榯he mother鈥欌�� (nominated by: Allison Adair)

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

  • Kathryn Gilmore 鈥�24

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

  • First Place:聽Kathryn Gilmore 鈥�24, 鈥淎ddressing the Earthly Ability to Rise鈥� (Stylus,聽Spring 2024)
  • Second Place:聽Jenny Zeng 鈥�24, 鈥淐hinook Salmon鈥� (Laughing Medusa, Spring 2024)
  • Third Place Tie:聽Charlotte Caine 鈥�26, 鈥淓lemental鈥� (Stylus,聽Fall 2023)
  • Third Place Tie:聽Holly Branco 鈥�25, 鈥淐old War鈥� (Stylus, Fall 2023)

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

  • First Place:聽Morgan Santaguida 鈥�25
  • Second Place:聽Beatriz Isabel Pugeda 鈥�24
  • Third Place:聽Jenny Zeng 鈥�24
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