2024 Writing Awards
Writing Awards Ceremony
Followed by an open reading coordinated by Aphros literary magazine.
$25,000 in awards including the NYC English Department Willis, Owens, Gill, Cannon, and Rose Writing Awards, and the Academy of American Poets.
Refreshments will be served and all are welcome!
Thursday, April 25
3:30 p.m.鶹ý5:00 p.m.
Bianco Room, 15 Beekman
2024 Willis, Owens, Gill, Cannon, and Rose Writing Awards, and the Academy of American Poets Prize
The Sarah Willis, Billie and Curtis Owens, Richard Gill, Gerard Cannon, and James Rose memorial funds, named in honor of distinguished English Department faculty, and the David A. Bickimer-Promise of Learnings/Academy of American Poets Prize.
Literary Criticism
Research
- Cailyn Mickelsen Billie and Curtis Owens Award, 1st Place: 鶹ýThe 'Unman' in Twelfth Night鶹ý and 鶹ýBloody Henrys: Cyclical Christian Narrative in Henry IV, Part 1鶹ý
- Molly Dunne, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: 鶹ýAncient Concepts in New Contexts: êپ as the Woman's Tool of Self-Empowerment in Medieval European Literature鶹ý
- Griffin Tietje, Gerard Cannon Award, Honorable Mention: 鶹ýTroilus and Criseyde: From Pen to Print鶹ý
- Cori Magsby, Gerard Cannon Award, Honorable Mention: 鶹ýArt History through Black Eyes: The Insertion of Black Culture into the United States Art World鶹ý
- Chloe Stout, Gerard Cannon Award, Honorable Mention: 鶹ýSeptimus, Clarissa, and Mermaids: Virginia Woolf鶹ýs Exploration of Gender Conformity in Mrs. Dalloway鶹ý
Textual Analysis and Engagement
- Jack Niemczyk, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, 1st Place: 鶹ý鶹ýI Am a Foolish Fond Man鶹ý: King Lear and His Fool鶹ý; 鶹ýWater: A Matter of Life and Death鶹ý; and 鶹ýThe Richness of Camp鶹ý
- Lauren Kube, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: 鶹ýHaunted by the Past: How Memory Ignites Itself in Mrs. Dalloway and Good Morning, Midnight鶹ý
- Tamara Frieson, Gerard Cannon Award, Honorable Mention: 鶹ý鶹ýWhat Did I Do To Be So Black and Blue?鶹ý: Racial Existentialism in Ralph Ellison鶹ýs Invisible Man鶹ý and 鶹ýCorruption, Manipulation, and Deceit: The Failures of Capitalism and the Restorative Nature of Socialism in the Swindling Twentieth-Century American Society of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair鶹ý
- Alissa Petrizzo, Gerard Cannon Award Honorable Mention: 鶹ýFood as Memory Practice in Pitchaya Sudbanthad鶹ýs Bangkok Wakes to Rain and Aminatta Forna鶹ýs Ჹ辱Ա鶹ý
- Margaret Reilly, Gerard Cannon Award, Honorable Mention: 鶹ýBlack Interiority and Its Creative Effects鶹ý
Nonfiction
- Felicity Flores-Drew, Gerard Cannon Award, 1st Place: 鶹ýA Tale of Two Americas鶹ý
- Josh Ilano, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, 2nd Place: 鶹ýٳɳ鶹ý
- Nathaniel Augustin, James Rose Award, 3rd Place: 鶹ýThe Most Disrespected Culture in America鶹ý
- Lauren Vogel, Gerard Cannon Award, 3rd Place: 鶹ýGreen Apples鶹ý
- Maria Mendoza, Richard Gill Award, Honorable Mention: 鶹ýAll Is Fair in Love and War鶹ý
- Riley Natalova, Gerard Cannon Award, Honorable Mention: 鶹ýYellow Covers鶹ý
Journalism
- Gianna Sparacino, Gerard Cannon Award, 1st Place: 鶹ýThe Plight of Pay Inequalities Amongst Pace Adjuncts鶹ý
- Tamara Frieson, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: 鶹ýMissing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: Why Is No One Talking About This?鶹ý
- Riley Erin Fell, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, 3rd Place: 鶹ýUnion Membership Is on the Rise for the First Time in Fifty Years: Here Is How Starbucks Turned Me Into a Labor Rights Activist at Seventeen Years Old鶹ý
- Kayla Baldwin, Sarah Willis Award, Honorable Mention: 鶹ýIt鶹ýs Black History Month, and This Is How Pace Students Are Feeling鶹ý
- Cailyn Mickelsen, Richard Gill Award, Honorable Mention: 鶹ýThe Earth Room鶹ýs Wild Frontier鶹ý
Linguistic and Rhetorical Analysis
- Taiya Curcio, Sarah Willis Award, 1st Place: 鶹ýLanguage Use in Relation to an Individual鶹ýs Perceived Gender Presentation鶹ý
- Abigail Mutton, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: 鶹ýA Genre Analysis: Diary Studies of Second Language Acquisition鶹ý
- Eleanor Nealon, Gerard Cannon Award, 3rd Place: 鶹ýGet Rhetorical with Me鶹ý
- Grace Jones, James Rose Award, Honorable Mention: 鶹ýThe Discrimination Against Natural Hair鶹ý
- Griffin Tietje, Gerard Cannon Award, Honorable Mention: 鶹ýNavigating Behavioral Economics: An Analysis of Writing Styles and Disciplinary Norms鶹ý
Comics and Graphic Novels
Scripts
- Zoë Adams, Richard Gill Award, 1st Place: 鶹ýEn Passant鶹ý
- Samuel Stein, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: 鶹ýIt鶹ýs Been a Really Long Night鶹ý
- Janet Gerges, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, 3rd Place: 鶹ýGoodnight, Acorn鶹ý
- Veronika Orlovska, Gerard Cannon Award, Honorable Mention: 鶹ýZ鶹ý
Essays
- Jayna Moskovitz, Gerard Cannon Award, 1st Place: 鶹ýClose Reading of 鶹ý
- Alec Conwell, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: 鶹ýFacing Internalized Racism in American Born Chinese鶹ý
Playwriting
- Maggie Dunn, Gerard Cannon Award, 1st Place: 鶹ýGirls Online鶹ý
- Reid Ivanoff, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: 鶹ýHdzܲ鶹ý
- Charlie Leo, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, 3rd Place: 鶹ýLa Tragedia de Danny Walker鶹ý
- Alice Tinari, Sarah Willis Award, Honorable Mention: 鶹ýNosh Pit鶹ý
- Ella Bernarduci, Gerard Cannon Award, Honorable Mention: 鶹ýWhat To Do When Walking on Eggshells鶹ý
Writing on Film
- Veronika Orlovska, Gerard Cannon Award, 1st Place: 鶹ýQuai du Plaisir鶹ý
- Dominic Miguel Smith, Richard Gill Award, 2nd Place: 鶹ýThe Shining and the Façade of the American Dream鶹ý
- Mia Lastrella, Sarah Willis Award, 3rd Place: 鶹ýThe 鶹ýCinematic Pleasure鶹ý of Bones and All鶹ý
- Kate Waldman, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, 3rd Place: 鶹ýThe Perception of 䲹DZ鶹ý
Writing for Film and Television
Feature-Length Screenplays
- Sophia Traub, Gerard Cannon Award, 1st Place: 鶹ýB峦ܳ鶹ý
- Lexie Tierney, Sarah Willis Award, 2nd Place: 鶹ýAll Virgins Must Die: Involuntarily Celibate鶹ý
- Joshua Rabin, Gerard Cannon Award, 3rd Place: 鶹ýLost in the Game鶹ý
Television Scripts
- Kat Hine, Gerard Cannon Award, 1st Place: 鶹ýThe Other Two: 鶹ýPat Does a Drag Storytime鶹ý鶹ý
- Charlie Razhanskiy, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, 2nd Place: 鶹ýAn Angel and a Demon Walk Into an Apartment鶹ý
Fiction
- Sarah Kincaid, Sarah Willis Award, 1st Place: 鶹ýA Mother鶹ýs Love,鶹ý 鶹ýHolier鶹ý
- Sylvie Morris, Sarah Willis Award, 1st Place: 鶹ýUnHinged Reviews鶹ý
- Alicia Bennett, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: 鶹ýAll in a Night鶹ýs Work鶹ý and 鶹ýWar Paint鶹ý
- Ava Scott, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: 鶹ýOur Divine War鶹ý
- Grace Jones, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, 3rd Place: 鶹ýTo Be Young Without the Innocence of a Child鶹ý
- Zoë Adams, Gerard Cannon Award, 3rd Place: 鶹ýGood Girls in Here Daddy鶹ýs Truck鶹ý
- Taiya Curcio, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, Honorable Mention: 鶹ýAn Obscure Internet Game鶹ý
- Grace Kerner, Gerard Cannon Award, Honorable Mention: 鶹ýGod鶹ýs Plan鶹ý
Poetry
- Emily Shafer, David A. Bickimer鶹ýPromise of Learnings /Academy of American Poets Prize: 鶹ýKeys,鶹ý 鶹ýAnd congratulations!,鶹ý 鶹ýswing time,鶹ý 鶹ýhere,鶹ý and 鶹ýsplice鶹ý
- Cailyn Mickelsen, Sarah Willis Award, 1st Place: 鶹ýpolycardial,鶹ý 鶹ýCalifornia Strawberries,鶹ý 鶹ýNotebook, Covered,鶹ý 鶹ýWORDS TO DESCRIBE THE POET THAT YOU WOULDN鶹ýT SAY IN PLEASANT COMPANY,鶹ý and 鶹ýfamiliaritatis obcenae; me and thee鶹ý
- Reid Ivanoff, Gerard Cannon Award, 1st Place: 鶹ýEco-Brutalism,鶹ý 鶹ýBookshelf,鶹ý 鶹ýI Need to Shower Tonight,鶹ý and 鶹ýUs鶹ý
- Angelina Boris, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: 鶹ýHey, Never Change.,鶹ý 鶹ýRemembering,鶹ý 鶹ýA Proposed Escape from the Daily Reaper,鶹ý 鶹ýFor Fear,鶹ý and 鶹ýOde to Fire Safety鶹ý
- Abigail Orkin, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: 鶹ý鶹ýpieces of the globe are now a piece of me,鶹ý 鶹ýa painting of a cat i saw in Amsterdam,鶹ý 鶹ýrotten,鶹ý 鶹ýPieces of my childhood bedroom,鶹ý and 鶹ýOde to the Hour鶹ý
- Josh Ilano, Sarah Willis Award, 3rd Place: 鶹ýThe Weed Is Not the Flower鶹ý
- Felicity Flores-Drew, Gerard Cannon Award, 3rd Place: 鶹ýLoving vs Smithtown,鶹ý 鶹ýHoney in the Hive,鶹ý 鶹ýMy Friend Dionysus,鶹ý 鶹ýHow To Care for Your Ailing Poet,鶹ý and 鶹ýConey Island Carnies鶹ý
- Jack Niemczyk, James Rose Award, Honorable Mention: 鶹ýIt Could Be Worse,鶹ý 鶹ýA True Account of Talking to a Liza Minnelli Record,鶹ý 鶹ýSonnet 2,鶹ý and 鶹ýNew York Lessons: Collection of Shorts鶹ý
- Lauren Vogel, James Rose Award, Honorable Mention: 鶹ýWasp Season,鶹ý 鶹ýMissed Flight,鶹ý 鶹ýTurkeys,鶹ý and 鶹ýSeashells鶹ý
2024 Kelly Herbert Writing Award
Presented by LaDarius DuPree, Associate Director of the LGBTQA Center
Eli Butler, 鶹ýFishful Thinking鶹ý
2024 Excellence in Dramaturgy Award
Presented by English Department Co-Chairs Stephanie Hsu and Sid Ray
Bella Levin
2024 English Faculty Excellence in Teaching Awards
Presented by English Department Co-Chairs Stephanie Hsu and Sid Ray
- The Gerard Cannon Excellence in Teaching Award: Sharifa Hampton
- The Tom Henthorne Excellence in Teaching Award: Erica Johnson