Prizes
The English Department awards two annual prizes, both named after long-time distinguished members of the faculty. Any student may submit to the Owen Prizes in Creative Writing; a few exceptional seniors who are English majors are sent invitations by the department to apply for the new unnamed award in Academic Excellence Prize. Awardees receive recognition at the College's Honor's Day in May as well as a modest cash award.
Lawrence Owen Prizes in Creative Writing
Instructions for assembling and submitting portfolios can be found at the top of the submission form. The writer's name should be on the portfolio, but should not appear anywhere on the work itself. Judges will read the submissions "blind." Students may submit an entry in more than one genre.
| Year | Winners | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Poetry | Fiction | Nonfiction | |
| 2022 |
Carley Swanson-Garro-1st Place Christian Ash-2nd Place Bryn Swiston-3rd Place |
Lillian "Lilly" Anderson-1st Place Christian Ash-2nd Place Samuel Peters-3rd Place |
Tserling "Lhamo" Dorma-1st Place Victoria "Tori" Smith-2nd Place Madeline "Maddie" Sandish-3rd Place |
| 2021 |
Laura Stickney-1st Place Kathleen O'Brien-2nd Place Tessa Pieper-3rd Place |
Nicole Cundiff-1st Place John Kraemer-2nd Place Samuel Peters & Aidan Seyala-3rd Place |
Jordan Johnson-1st Place Gabriella Garry-2nd Place Laura Stickney-3rd Place |
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2020 |
Laura Stickney - 1st Place Frances Wetherall - 2nd Place Christian Ash - 3rd Place |
Anh Tran - 1st Place Christian Ash - 2nd Place Grace Worwa & Lillian Anderson - 3rd Place |
Eli Dotson - 1st Place Frances Wetherall - 2nd Place Marie Osuna - 3rd Place |
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2019 |
Miranda Shaffer | Nicole Cundiff | Emma Myhre |
| 2018 | Frances Wetherall | Nicole Cundiff | Nicole Cundiff |
| 2017 | Frances Wetherall | Elli Moran | Gretchen Seewald |
| 2016 | John Poblocki and Katie Allen | Nels Foslien | Nels Foslien |
| 2015 | Luke O'Connor | Molly Butler | John Poblocki |
| 2014 | Rebecca Hare | Earl Stoll | Kong Meng Xiong |
| 2013 | Aaron Lawrence | Trevor Oestenstad | Aaron Albani |
| 2012 | Patrick Perish | Ethan Marxhausen | Wade Underwood |
| 2011 | Olivia Karns | Ethan Marxhausen | Lindsay Lelivelt |
| 2010 | Ryan McGinty | Song Yang | Abby Travis |
| 2009 | Ingrid Greenlee | Ingrid Greenlee | Abby Travis |
| 2008 | Megan Bren | Molly Kolpin | Rebecca Andert |
| 2007 | Ellen Bergman | Adam Nemmers | Kate Ellingsen |
| 2006 | Hallie Wunsch | Matthew McLaughlin | |
| 2005 | Tyler Dorholt | Adam Nemmers | |
| 2004 | Joe Lencioni | ||
| 2003 | Karin Leonard | ||
| 2002 | Matthew Jaksik | ||
| 2001 | Caroline Hildreth | ||
| 2000 | Genevieve Dahmen | ||
Florence Amamoto Prize for Academic Excellence in English Studies
The top English majors are selected by GPA and faculty nomination and sent invitations by the department to submit a portfolio of their work from English classes. Portfolios range from 15–20 pages, and at least some of the work must be scholarly or analytical.
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2022 |
Lenora Combs and Samuel Peters - 1st Place |
Gerhart Alexis Prize for Academic Excellence in English Studies
Five exceptional students who are English majors are sent invitations by the department to submit a portfolio of their work from English classes. Portfolios range from 15–20 pages, and at least some of the work must be scholarly or analytical.
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2021 |
Nicole Cundiff-1st Place Miranda Johnsen-2nd Place Marie Osuna-3rd Place |
| 2020 |
Laura Stickney - 1st Place Grace Kranz - 2nd Place Rachel Andreini - 3rd Place |
| 2019 | Taylor Claeys |
| 2018 | Thomas Sullivan |
| 2017 | Thomas Sullivan |
| 2016 | Andra Gulenchyn |
| 2015 | Ryan Liebl |
| 2014 | Andrea Blom |
| 2013 | Abby Huff |
| 2012 | Julia Tindell |
| 2011 | Brooke Beskau |
| 2010 | Lynn Olson |
| 2009 | Deborah Lasswell |
| 2008 | Kelsey Savre |
| 2007 | Jonathan Peasley |
| 2006 | Jonathan Peasley |
| 2005 | Andy Brown |
| 2004 | Anna Stenson |
| 2003 | Sandra Valdes |
| 2002 | Amelia Greiner |
| 2001 | Jessica Fredrickson |
| 2000 | Jessica Bergeman |