2015-2016

Chair's Undergraduate Service Award

  • Kaitlin Astrella听补苍诲听Christopher Kabacinski

English Language Learner Award

  • First Place:聽Alison Chu Qiao聽- "The Reconstruction"聽
  • Honorable Mention:聽Shuyue Zhou聽- "Being Dropped in Alabama"

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:

  • Christopher Kabacinski聽- "Interacting with Trauma: The Act of Bearing Witness Contemporary American Installation Art"

Cardinal Cushing Award

For the best fiction published in a md传媒国产剧 College undergraduate publication:

  • First Place:聽Ryan Daly聽- "Fathers & Sons" and "Dream On,"聽Stylus,聽Fall 2015
  • Second Place:聽Natasza Gawlick聽- "Woman of White,"聽Laughing Medusa, 2016
  • Third Place:聽Kaitlin Astrella聽- "Ma and the Milk Bottle" [a scene from A Wrench Glows Underground],聽Laughing Medusa,聽2016

Dever Fellowship

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

  • Colleen Brady

Dever Award for Freshman Writing

For the best essay written by a freshman in any English course:

Best Cultural Studies Essay

  • Michaela Gacnik聽- "Solo Women Traveling Abroad" (nominated by Stephen Shane)
  • Benjamin Wolters聽- "Why Do We Selectively Mourn Tragedies?"
    (nominated by Stephen Shane)

Best Narrative Essay

  • Jack Sullivan聽- "Hail Alma Mater" (nominated by Brian Zimmerman)
  • Anthony Docanto聽- "Masks" (nominated by Sarah Ehrich)

Best Literary Criticism Essay

  • Rose Sandra Soivilien聽- "Present Day America and Huckleberry Finn"
    (nominated by James Smith)
  • Kelly Stone聽- "The Ambivalent Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"
    (nominated by James Smith)

Kean Memorial Award

To the graduating senior judged to be the outstanding English major:

  • Kaitlin Astrella

Kelleher Award

For the best poetry published in a BC undergraduate publication:

  • First Place:聽Jennifer Heine聽- "Before the Milkman Comes,"聽厂迟测濒耻蝉,听Spring 2016
  • Second Place:聽Kwesi Aaron聽- "Love in the End,"聽厂迟测濒耻蝉,听Fall 2015
  • Third Place:聽Colleen Brady聽- "Waounan Woman's Prayer,"聽Medical Humanities Journal, Fall 2015

McCarthy Prize

For best piece of creative writing by a junior or senior:

  • First Place:聽Kaitlin Astrella
  • Second Place:聽Katerina Ivanov
  • Third Place:聽Brysen Boyd
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