2025 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, Rose Writing Awards, and the Academy of American Poets.
Refreshments will be served and all are welcome!
Monday, April 28
12:00 p.m.鶹ý2:00 p.m.
Bianco Room, 15 Beekman
Sarah Willis Award, Richard Gill Award, Gerard Cannon Award, James Rose Award, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, and The David A. Bickimer-Promise of Learnings/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.
Playwriting
- Sabrina Angulo, Gerard Cannon Award, 1st Place: 鶹ýFish Heaven鶹ý
- Chelsea Lowery, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: 鶹ýMdzٴdzDz鶹ý
- Alice Tinari, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, 3rd Place: 鶹ýHԳdz鶹ý
- Reid Ivanoff, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, Honorable Mention: 鶹ýBoys in Suits: A Wicked Problem Play鶹ý
- Maya Jamann, Gerard Cannon Award, Honorable Mention: 鶹ýGrowing Time鶹ý
Literary Criticism
Research Essays
- Cailyn Mickelsen, Gerard Cannon Award, 1st Place: Excerpt from 鶹ý鶹ýUnhinged Richard鶹ý: The Unman in Shakespeare鶹ýs Richard II鶹ý
- Lindsay Paul, Sarah Willis Award, 2nd Place: 鶹ýRecovered Networks: Anaïs Nin, the Gemor Press, and Feminist Modernist Publishing in New York City鶹ý (for The Ground Beneath Our Feet Project)
- Emilia Gillen, Richard Gill Award, 3rd Place: 鶹ýBeyond the Binary: Lady Macbeth鶹ýs Exploration of Gender in Shakespeare鶹ýs Macbeth鶹ý
Close Textual Encounters
- El Aparicio, Sarah Willis Award, 1st Place: 鶹ýThe Gangulis and I鶹ý
- Lauren Male, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: 鶹ýReading Behind the Pattern: A Literary Analysis of 鶹ýThe Yellow Wallpaper鶹ý鶹ý
- Molly Dunne, Richard Gill Award, 3rd Place: 鶹ý鶹ýSuch a lot of different Annes鶹ý: Paradoxical Feminism in L.M. Montgomery鶹ýs Anne of Green Gables鶹ý
Nonfiction
- Ishika Naik, Gerard Cannon Award, 1st Place: 鶹ýSpring Lane鶹ý
- Molly Dunne, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, 2nd Place: 鶹ý01:27鶹ý
- Sheyla Alonzo, James Rose Award, 3rd Place: 鶹ýVintage Vios Computer鶹ý
- Karter Fahey, Richard Gill Award, Honorable Mention: 鶹ýNot a Choice, But a Truth鶹ý
- Reid Ivanoff, Gerard Cannon Award, Honorable Mention: 鶹ýFor Our Teachers: Perspectives on Embracing a Community-Oriented, Hands-On Approach to Environmental Education鶹ý
Journalism
- Savannah Ford, Gerard Cannon Award, 1st Place: 鶹ýIn Defense of All Things Bulky and Holdable: The Rolleiflex TLR 3.5鶹ý
- Makiyah Hicks, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: 鶹ýTexture Talk鶹ý
- Maria Mendoza, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, 3rd Place: 鶹ýThis Is How We Live: Adjunct Professors and the Burden of Academia鶹ý
- Aidann Gia Bacolodan, Sarah Willis Award, Honorable Mention: 鶹ýDim Lights, Deep Flavors: The Unassuming Charm of Gnocco鶹ý
Linguistic and Rhetorical Analysis
- Madeleine Yu-Phelps, Sarah Willis Award, 1st Place: 鶹ýNon-Binary Thoughts on Binary Language鶹ý
- Emily Kangal, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: 鶹ýPedagogy within Learning Communities鶹ý
- Grace Jones, Gerard Cannon Award, 3rd Place: 鶹ýDiscourse in the Kpop Community: Stan Twitter Edition鶹ý
- Charlie Razhanskiy, James Rose Award, Honorable Mention: 鶹ýThe Genre of 鶹ýBabygirlifying鶹ý Men on X鶹ý
Comics and Graphic Novels
Scripts
- Alec Conwell, Richard Gill Award, 1st Place: 鶹ýThe Hanged Man鶹ý
- Samuel Stein, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: 鶹ýAn Adult Comic鶹ý
- Joey Heaton, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, 3rd Place: 鶹ýTáqmah,鶹ý 鶹ýEverdusk Origins鶹ý
- Charlie Razhanskiy, Gerard Cannon Award, Honorable Mention: 鶹ýAikiro Desires鶹ý
Essays
- Samuel Stein, Gerard Cannon Award, 1st Place: 鶹ýPalestine and the Literature of Comic Journalism鶹ý
- Alec Conwell, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: 鶹ýBrief Lives: On Mortality and Change鶹ý
- Charlie Razhanskiy, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, 3rd Place: 鶹ýThe Roles Our Childhood Relationships Predispose Us To: A Psychoanalysis of Charles Xavier in Uncanny X-Men #309鶹ý
- Cori Magsby, Sarah Willis Award, Honorable Mention: 鶹ýLiterary Analysis of New Kid by Jerry Craft鶹ý
Writing on Film
- Sam Weisz, Sarah Willis Award, 1st Place: 鶹ýWaltz with Bashir: Examining Indexicality in Animated Documentary鶹ý
- Emma Rose Jacobson, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: 鶹ýIn Pursuit of Something Else: Trainspotting and Requiem for a Dream鶹ý
- Cailyn Mickelsen, Richard Gill Award, 3rd Place: 鶹ýWomen鶹ýs Words and Silences in Omkara and ٳ鶹ý
- Madeleine Yu-Phelps, Richard Gill Award, 3rd Place: 鶹ýWriting Father Figures: Everything, Everywhere All At Once and Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani پܱ鶹ý
Writing for the Screen
- Brenna Connolly, Gerard Cannon Award, 1st Place: 鶹ýSeventeen, Male鶹ý
- Samuel Stein, Sarah Willis Award, 2nd Place: 鶹ýྱٳ鶹ý
- Richard Eldredge, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, 3rd Place: 鶹ýThe Waltz鶹ý
- Constantinos Lekas, Gerard Cannon Award, Honorable Mention: 鶹ýMuscle Memory鶹ý
- Emma Sophie Young, Gerard Cannon Award, Honorable Mention: 鶹ýThe Roster: A Dating App Disaster鶹ý
Fiction
- Wendy Manzo, Gerard Cannon Award, 1st Place: 鶹ýTrapped,鶹ý 鶹ýVoice in the Wind鶹ý
- Emma Rose Jacobson, Sarah Willis Award, 1st Place: 鶹ýOٳܲ鶹ý
- Riley Natalova, Sarah Willis Award, 2nd Place: 鶹ýGod Save the Queen鶹ý and 鶹ýHypoxia鶹ý
- Elizabeth Johnston, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: 鶹ýCrawfish Heaven鶹ý
- Velvette Hackbarth Palacios, Sarah Willis Award, 3rd Place: 鶹ýLove鶹ýs Such an Old-Fashioned Word鶹ý
- Sarah Kincaid, Richard Gill Award, 3rd Place: 鶹ýGirl Power鶹ý
- Cori Magsby, Richard Gill Award, Honorable Mention: 鶹ýThrough the Eyes of Justice鶹ý
- Lindsay Paul, Richard Gill Award, Honorable Mention: 鶹ýBreac Gránna鶹ý
Poetry
- Savannah Ford, David A. Bickimer-Promise of Learnings /Academy of American Poets Prize: 鶹ýfile edit view insert format tools鶹ý
- Reid Ivanoff, Sarah Willis Award, 1st Place: 鶹ýThe Finch,鶹ý 鶹ýA Reminder, Pt. 2,鶹ý 鶹ýDedicated to Dogs,鶹ý 鶹ýCrows,鶹ý 鶹ýBezel鶹ý
- Sarah Kincaid, Gerard Cannon Award, 1st Place: 鶹ýLady Luck,鶹ý 鶹ýPassenger Seat,鶹ý 鶹ýA Commute,鶹ý 鶹ýIn Memoriam鶹ý
- Lexie Tierney, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: 鶹ýCeiling,鶹ý 鶹ýThe 6 to Brooklyn Bridge,鶹ý 鶹ýOde to the End,鶹ý 鶹ýFebruary 28, 2024,鶹ý 鶹ýDream State鶹ý
- Cori Magsby, James Rose Award, 2nd Place: 鶹ýSweetness is all over the world,鶹ý 鶹ýAfter Hours (Aubade Poem),鶹ý 鶹ýMarble Statuette of Aphrodite, 3rd-2nd Century BCE, Greek,鶹ý 鶹ýTyrannical Range,鶹ý 鶹ýThis鶹ý
- Alice Tinari, Gerard Cannon Award, 3rd Place: 鶹ýWhat To Do When You鶹ýre Ugly But Have Good Chemistry,鶹ý 鶹ýThe Greatest Binge,鶹ý 鶹ýAre You Mad You Look Like Your Father?鶹ý
- Sheyla Alonzo, Gerard Cannon Award, 3rd Place: 鶹ýI remember,鶹ý 鶹ýAnhelo鶹ý
- Josh Ilano, James Rose Award, Honorable Mention: 鶹ýThe Angerman鶹ý
- Anna Dziem Tran, James Rose Award, Honorable Mention: 鶹ýCon có nhớ Mẹ không?鶹ý
2025 Kelly Herbert Writing Award
Presented by Kelly Herbert and Jimmy Luckman, Director of the LGBTQA+ Center
Sam Singh Hauser, 鶹ýMe, My Cousin & Life, Part 1鶹ý
2025 Kelly Herbert Writing Award: Honorary Mention
Polina Makarova, 鶹ýNot My Silence鶹ý
2025 English Faculty Excellence in Teaching Awards
Presented by English Department Co-Chairs Stephanie Hsu and Sid Ray
- The Gilbert Rubenstein Excellence in Teaching Award (2025): Mark Ameen Johnson
- The Tom Henthorne Excellence in Teaching Award (2025): Meaghan Brewer
Film and Screen Studies and English Major Graduates and Award Winners
2024-2025 Amelia Gould Creative Arts Assistantship Award
Janet Gerges
2025 Dyson College/English Department Awards
- Scholastic Excellence Award (2025): Cailyn Mickelsen
- Community Service Award (2025): Zora Honor Thomas
- Creative Excellence Award (2025): Janet Gerges
- American Studies Award (2025): Nathan Lanum