Undergraduate Writing Award Recipients 2017-2018

For the best fiction published in a BC undergraduate publication:

First Place: Julia Hopkins ‘19 “Untitled,” Stylus, Spring 2018
Second Place: Ivey Choi ‘19 “Gravity,” by Stylus, Fall 2017
Third place: Maria Conte ‘20 “Frankfurters on the Fourth of July,” Stylus, Fall 2017

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 ‘17 or AY ‘17-18 English course:

Katherine Fraser ‘21, “On Cemeteries and their Inhabitants” (nominated by Brian Zimmerman)
Timothy Morrissey ‘20, “Crafting the Caribbean” (nominated by Rebekah Mitsein)
Eleanor Spizzuoco ‘21 “The Plex Pool” (nominated by Brian Zimmerman)

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

For the best poetry published in a BC undergraduate publication:

First Place: Walker Halstad ‘18, "to the sailboat made of twigs," Stylus, Fall 2017
Second place: Madison Semarjian ‘19, "For Armenia," Stylus, Fall 2017
Third place: Kelsey Connors ‘18 "Orb Weaver," Stylus, Fall 2017

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

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: