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The English Department is excited to announce the 2025 recipients of the Department’s various scholarships and awards. You can view descriptions and qualifications on the Awards and Scholarships page.

Department Scholarships and Awards

The Frank G. and Nicole McGuire Scholarship: James Diamond

The Bessie Saslaw Solomon Memorial Scholarship: Victony Garcia

The Shari Kandell Scholarship: Jordan Newbury

The W. Leonard Newman Award: Julia Abata

The Bernard Fleischmann Memorial Award: Faith Monesteri

The Elizabeth Dean Eler Memorial Award: Miranda Kawiecki

The English Department Teacher Education Award: Menen Gowdie

The Anthony Lovasco Shakespeare Award: Jenny Both

The Murray Prosky Prize in Irish Literature: Cailin Carragher

The Janet Holt scholarship: Miranda Kawiecki

The Vivien L. Kwiatek Scholarship: Jacob Kaczorowski, Andres Lopez, Annette Torres Moya, Ptissem Assou, Natalie Mignanelli, Samantha Granados, Debbie Martinez

Graduate Scholarships and Awards

The Mary Bondon Graduate Scholarship: Faith Monesteri

The Lawrence H. Conrad Memorial Scholarship: Briana Tolbert-Fitzgerald

Creative Writing Awards

Johnny Muller Memorial Scholarship in Fiction

• First place: Kate McKeever – “Wax Fruit”
• Second Place: Kaitlyn McCarthy – “Palm to Palm”

Tom Benediktsson Award for Poetry

• Winner: Josephine Estes – “Eponym Driving,” “Laps,” and “Diary,”
• Runner-up: Sophie LeManquais – “Predispositional,” “Road Thoughts,” and “What I Have Now”

English Department Award for Flash Fiction

• Winner: Abigail Makovoz – “Grisha’s Dream”
• Runner-up: Katelyn McKeever – “BlackDog, Running”

Minnie Max Award for Creative Nonfiction

• Winner: Oluwaferanmi Fadayomi – “Call Me by My Name”
• Runner-up: Josephine Estes – “In a Field”

View past winners here