2016-2017
Cardinal Cushing Award
For the best fiction published in a Boston College undergraduate publication:
- First Place: Catherine Malcynsky ‘17, "The Anatomy of Todd Melkin,"
The Medical Humanities Journal of Boston College, Fall 2016 - Second Place: Nicholas Bloechl ‘17, "Patchwork the Worm," Stylus,
Spring 2017 - Third Place: Katerina Ivanov ‘17, "Blood Pact," Stylus, Fall 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:
- Naphisa Senanarong ‘17
Dever Award for Freshman Writing
For the best essay written by a freshman in any English course:
Best Narrative Essay:
- Julia Nascimben ‘19, "A Dash of Salt" (nominated by Stephen Shane)
Best Journalistic/Argumentative Essay:
- Hannah Petry ‘20, "A Dose of Reality" (nominated by Brian Zimmerman)
Best Textual Analysis Essay:
- Emma Riemer ‘20, "Waste to Potatoes" (nominated by Beth Kowaleski Wallace)
English Language Learner Essay Award
For the best essay by a freshman English Language Learner written for an ELL section of First Year Writing Seminar or Literature Core
- Bella Jiawei Peng ‘20, "Wearing My Mao Ku" (nominated by Hannah Griggs)
Kean Memorial Award
To the graduating senior judged to be the outstanding English major:
- Ross Tetzloff ‘17
Kelleher Award
For the best poetry published in a BC undergraduate publication:
- First Place: Gabriel McClary ‘18, Untitled ("Dad, the bus rolls by without stopping for me"), Stylus, Fall 2016
- Second Place: Catherine Malcynsky ‘17, "Note to Self," Stylus, Spring 2017 & Laughing Medusa, 2017
- Third Place: Robert Grote ‘17, "Meditation for Modernity," Stylus, Fall 2016
McCarthy Award
For the best collection of pieces of creative writing by a junior or senior:
- First Place: Naphisa Senanarong ‘17
- Second Place: Andrea Fitzgerald ‘17
- Third Place: Katerina Ivanov ‘17
John Randall Award
A cash award 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:
- Hannah Oppermann ‘17, "UT Tower: Triggering Memories of Victory and Violence"
- Honorable Mention: Carly Barnhardt ‘17, “Lock and Key: History and the Melancholic in Tillie Olsen’s ‘I Stand Here Ironing’”