Prizes

• *The Sidney Cox Memorial Prize:

The Sidney Cox Memorial Prize is offered annually for that piece of undergraduate writing which most nearly meets those high standards of originality and integrity which Sidney Cox set for himself and for his students in his teaching and in his book, Indirections for Those Who Want to Write.  Any kind of undergraduate writing in English may be submitted; there is no limit to the amount or variety of the material that any individual may submit; and the award is not limited to students majoring or minoring in English.

•  Academy of American Poets Prize:

 The Academy of American Poets Prize is offered for the best poem or group of poems submitted to the English/Creative Writing Department.

• Jacobson-Laing Award in Poetry:

The Alexander Laing Memorial Writing Award will be given to an undergraduate for the "best manuscript of original poems."

• Lockwood Prize:

Competition for the Lockwood Prize is open to undergraduates classified as Junior. Any form of writing except plays may be submitted. A group of short poems may be considered as one manuscript.

• Ralston Prize:

The Thomas Henry Ralston VI Creative Writing Prize is for the most outstanding student in an introductory creative writing class, ENGL 80, 81, 82, in any genre (fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry).

• Grimes Prize:

Competition for the Grimes Prize is open to undergraduates classified as Senior. Any form of writing except plays may be submitted. A group of short poems may be considered as one manuscript.

• The William C. Spengemann Award in Writing:

The William C. Spengemann Award in Writing is given for a work of prose or poetry distinguished by its formal precision, as well as its original, innovative, or iconoclastic approach to its subject matter.

• The Mecklin Prize:

 The Mecklin Prize is for the best student writing in creative nonfiction or journalism. 

• The Erskine Caldwell Prize:

The Erskine Caldwell prize is awarded to students whose written work in the short story is most outstanding.        

Critical Prize Awards

B. William Hochman 1955 Memorial Prize in American Literature:
Patrick Gregory '18
Patrick Kang '17

Edwin R. Perkins Literature Prize:
Hannah Matheson '18

The Stanley Prize in English:
Isabelle Blank '19 (most innovative paper)
Clara Chin '19 (service to the department)
May Mansour '18 (student attending graduate school in English)
 

Creative Writing Prize Awards

Sidney Cox Memorial Prize for Best Creative Writing Honors Thesis:
Stephen Banks '18, High Honors Thesis in Fiction
Liza Wemakor '18, High Honors Thesis in Fiction and Poetry

Sidney Cox Memorial Prize in Creative Writing:
Hannah Matheson '18

Academy of American Poets Prize:
Courtney Niamh McKee '21

Jacobson-Laing Award in Poetry:
Sarah Lehan '20

Lockwood English Prize:
Emma Hobday '19

Grimes English Prize:
Hannah Matheson '18

The William C. Spengemann Award in Writing:
Celeste Jennings '18

The Mecklin Prize in Creative Nonfiction:
Ben Szuhaj '19

The Erskine Caldwell Memorial Prize:
Emma Sklarin '18

The Thomas Henry Ralston IV English 80 Prize:
Kaijing Janice Chen '19
Hye Young Kim
Sofia Carbonell Realme '20
Neelufar Raja '21

Critical Prize Awards

Arthur Feinstein 1955 Memorial English Honors Award:
Margaret Lacey Jones '16

B. William Hochman 1955 Memorial Prize in American Literature:
Ellen Baker '16
Katherine R. McKay '16

Edwin R. Perkins Literature Prize:
Sarah Waltcher '16
Margaret Lacey Jones '16

The Stanley Prize in English:
Alice Wang '16
Sarah A. Waltcher '16
Margaret Lacey Jones '16
Sara J. Holston '17
Brownwyn A. Lloyd '17
Margaret Lacey Jones '16

Creative Writing Prize Awards

Sidney Cox Memorial Prize:

Queenie Sukhadia '16
Gabrielle Pacia '16
Georgianna Anderson '16

Academy of American Poets Prize:
Kelsey Sipple '16

Jacobson-Laing Award in Poetry:
Margaret Lacey Jones '16

Lockwood English Prize:
Treeman Baker '17

Grimes English Prize:
Charlotte Gross '16
Robbie Herbst '16

The William C. Spengemann Award in Writing:
William Peters '16

The Mecklin Prize in Creative Nonfiction:
Max Gibson '16

The Erskine Caldwell Memorial Prize:
Cherrie Kandie '18
James Sachar '16

The Thomas Henry Ralston IV English 80 Prize:
Ho Chun Herbert Chang '18