2013 English Department Prize Winners

Congratulations to the 2013 English Department Prize Winners!

The Academy of American Poets

Winner: Jaya Stenquist, ‘13, Long Night: Poems

Florence Annette Wing Prize in English

1^st Place:  Jaya Stenquist, ‘13, “Auroras at Skagafjör∂ur”

2^nd Place:  Emily Frisella, ‘16, “Album, August 1938-1944”

3^rd Place (tie): Phoebe Marks, ‘13  “Sogni d’Oro (Sweet Dreams)”

3^rd Place (tie): Laura Mayron, ‘16, “Little Viennese Waltz” (translation)

Virginia Wainwright Sonnet Prize

Winner: Kelsey Ridge, ‘13, “As Much as Shakespeare” 

Jacqueline Award in English Composition

1^st Place:  Arielle Concilio, ‘13, “A Collection of Poems from Octavio Paz’s Freedom Under the Word” (translation)

2^nd Place:  Victoria Donnelly, ‘13, “Irish American in 2013”

Johanna Mankiewicz Davis Prize for Prose Fiction

Winner: Alexandra Kyle, ‘13, “Spin”

Agnes F. Perkins Prize for Prose

1^st Place: Alison Lanier, ‘15, “A Little Paris Storm”

2^nd Place: Lucie Lozinski, ‘14, “Groundhog Day”

3^rd Place: Mona Elminyawi, ‘14, “Talking to Boys”

Mary Ann Youngren Memorial Award in Critical Reading

1^st Place:  Maya Brownstein, ‘15,  “‘Take a Beatin’ an’ Earn Your Dough’:  Jack London’s ‘The Mexican’ and the American West’s Dual-Wage System” 

2^nd Place (tie): Bridget Begg, ‘13,“Shortened Verse in The Castle of Perserverance” 

2^nd Place (tie):  Natasha Geiling, ‘13, “Middlemarch and the Art of Personal Experience”

3^rd Place:  Soomi Kim, ‘14, “A Woman Combing: The Power of Penelope’s Meditation” 

Charlotte Paul Reese ‘38 Memorial Prize for Creativity in Writing

1st Place: Jaya Stenquist, ’12, Long Night: Poems

2nd Place: Lucy Anderle, ‘16, HYPATÍA: A Play about Getting Over It”

Mary C. Lyons Prize for Writing

1st Prize:  Natasha Geiling, ‘13, “Concrete Gardens: Boston’s Growing Urban Farm Culture”  

2^nd Prize: Lucy Cleland, ‘13, “A Valuable Reversal”