2014-2015

Cardinal Cushing Award—for the best fiction published in a Boston College undergraduate publication:

  • First Place toĀ Patricia Owens,Ā "The Royal City Theological Society"Ā (Spring '15Ā Stylus)
  • Second Place toĀ Sophia Valesca Gƶrgens, "The Prime Time of Your Life" (Spring '15Ā Stylus)
  • Third Place toĀ Michelle Tomassi, "The Ones" Ā fromĀ The Medical Humanities Journal of Boston CollegeĀ (Vol. 1, 2015)

Dever Fellowship—a substantial grant in honor of Margaret and Joseph Dever, to a graduating senior who proposes to pursue a career in writing:

  • Sameet Dhillon

Dever Award for Freshman Writing—for the best essay written by a freshman in any English course:

  • First Place:Ā John Hogan, "Don Draper: Dying from the Moment He was Born,ā€ nominated by Caroline Barta
  • Second Place:Ā Michael Sullivan, "Not Your Grandpa's Baseball," nominated by
    Brian Zimmerman
  • Third Place:Ā John Knowles, "'Haply I think on thee': Transcendence Realized in Shakespeare's ā€˜Sonnet 29’," nominated by Laura Tanner

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

  • Emily Simon

Bishop Kelleher Award—for the best poetry published in a BC undergraduate publication:

  • First place:Ā Christine Degenaars, "Have a Drink of Water,ā€Ā The Medical Humanities Journal of Boston CollegeĀ (Vol. 1, 2015)
  • Second place:Ā Sophia Valesca Görgens, "Dry Fire" (Laughing MedusaĀ 2015)
  • Third place:Ā Kwesi Aaron, "More Than Blonde" (Spring ā€˜15Ģż³§³Ł²ā±ō³Ü²õ)
  • Honorable Mention:Ā Jennifer Heine, "Boston." (Fall '14Ā Stylus)

Denis A. McCarthy Prize—for best piece of creative writing by a junior or senior:

  • First Place:Ā Sameet DhillonĢż(“ھ±³¦³Ł¾±“DzŌ)
  • Second Place:Ā Eleanor HildenbrandtĀ (poetry)
  • Third Place:Ā Michelle TomassiĀ (fiction)

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

  • Emily Simon, for ā€œTechnology is lust removed from natureā€: Ā The Shifting Sensorium of Mortality in Don DeLillo’sĀ White Noise"

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