Announcing the 2025 English Department Scholarship and Award Recipients
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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