Undergraduate Writing Award Recipients 2018-2019

For the best fiction published in a BC undergraduate publication:

First Place: Celia Smithmier '20, “motherhood, 1968,” Laughing Medusa, 2018-19
Second Place: Tim Morrissey '20, “The Concert,” Stylus, Spring ‘19
Third place: Sarah Santoro '20, “Layers,” Stylus, Spring ‘19

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:

For the best three essays by first year students in a Spring ‘18 or AY ‘18-19 English course:

Fitgee Jean-Pierre '22, "Party Culture: Cut, Copy, Paste BC" (nominated by Elieen Donovan-Kranz)
Angela Loh '22, "The Future of Mathematics: An Interview with Mina Khan" (nominated by Brianna Hynes)
Emily Sabbey '22, "How to Handle a Conspiracy Theorist" (nominated by Alex Puente)

This award honors our longtime colleague Paul Doherty. It is for the best undergraduate thesis.

Roisin Reilly, for an exemplary critical Honors Thesis, “The Lion Tamers: Literary Representations of AIDS in the United States in the 1980s and 1990s”
Sarah Mandelblatt, for an exemplary creative Honors Thesis, “Lesser Pyres”

For the best essay by a freshman English Language Learner written for an ELL section of First Year Writing Seminar or Literature Core

For the best undergraduate essay on American literature and culture, presented in honor and memory of author and BC Professor John Randall:

Elena Maestas '20, “Remembering Lynching: The Role of Politicized Monuments and Popular Movements in Reconciliation” (nominated by Lori Harrison-Kahan)

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

For the best poetry published in a BC undergraduate publication:

For the best collection of pieces of creative writing by a junior or senior: