Scholarship and Award Winners

2024 Winners – Congratulations!

English Department Scholarships and Awards

• The Frank G. and Nicole McGuire Scholarship: Faith Monesteri
• The Bessie Saslaw Solomon Memorial Scholarship: Paloma Lupino
• The Shari Kandell Scholarship: Lauren Rivera
• The W. Leonard Newman Award: Tyler Paladino
• The English Department Teacher Education Award: Jenny Both
• The Bernard Fleischmann Memorial Award: Juliet Brown
• The Anthony Lovasco Shakespeare Award: Christopher Halstead
• The Elizabeth Dean Eler Memorial Award: Connor McCall
• The Murray Prosky Prize in Irish Literature: Samantha Barros
• The Vivien L. Kwiatek Scholarship: Briana Tolbert-Fitzgerald, Justin Holley, Menen Gowdie, Maria Lagomarsino, Grace Romitelli, Joseph Visco
• The Janet Holt scholarship: Katelyn McKeever

Graduate Scholarships and Awards

• The Mary Bondon Graduate Scholarship: Melinda Ninewise
• The Lawrence H. Conrad Memorial Scholarship: Lexi Merring

Creative Writing Awards

The Johnny Muller Memorial Scholarship in Fiction:
Winner: Faith Monesteri, “The Fairy Tale Villain Support Group”
Honorable mention: Delilah Summerer, “Miniature Sun”

The Tom Benediktsson Award for Poetry:
Winner: Micaela Warren, “the traveler,” “first snow in a warm year,” and “mountain lions”
Honorable mention: Bailey Dunn, “Die Schippe,” “Ausländer Autumn,” and “Piros Yesterday”

The Carter Ross Flash Fiction Award:
Winner: Emily Christian, “Bones of Chartreuse”
Honorable mention: Bailey Dunn, “Horse Girl”

The Minnie Max Award for Creative Nonfiction:
Winner: Katherine Priegue, “Colors of my Grandfather”
Honorable mention: Leila Chomski, “A Good Shabbos”

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English Department Scholarships and Awards

• The Frank G. and Nicole McGuire Scholarship: Lily Greenberg
• The Bessie Saslaw Solomon Memorial Scholarship: Liz Franks
• The Shari Kandell Scholarship: Alfredo Alvarez
• The W. Leonard Newman Award: Reilly McHugh
• English Department Teacher Education Award: Kelly Johantges
• Bernard W. Fleischmann Memorial Award: LeAnn Long
• The Anthony Lovasco Shakespeare Award: Evelyn Moulton
• Elizabeth Dean Eler Memorial Award: Emily Ann Paluba
• The Murray Prosky Prize in Irish Literature: Serena Vivian Klein
• The Janet Holt Scholarship: Christy Marquia Rolling
•The Vivien L. Kwiatek Scholarship: Cristian Alba-Dominguez, Ptissem Assou, Camille Chomiczewski, Victoria Bustamente, Serena Vivian Klein, Paloma Lupino, Ariana Ortiz, Rosemary E. Rodriguez.

Graduate Scholarships and Awards

• The Mary Bondon Graduate Scholarship: Michael Gieger
• The Lawrence H. Conrad Memorial Scholarship: Kathleen Sickinger

Creative Writing Awards

• The Johnny Muller Memorial Scholarship in Fiction: Alyssa DiPalma, winner; Evelyn Moulton, runner-up
• The Tom Benediktsson Award in Poetry: Katelyn McKeever, winner; Emily Paluba, runner-up.
• The Carter Ross Award in Flash Fiction: Nicole Comly, winner; Megan Kick, runner-up
• The Minnie Max Award in Creative Nonfiction: Ariana Ortiz, winner; Devan Dupue, runner-up.

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