The 2024-2025 University of Waterloo Department of English Language and Literature Awards Ceremony was held on Friday, March 28, 2025. Congratulations to all our award winners!
Undergraduate
Albert Shaw Annual Poetry Award: Nadia Khan
Andrew James Dugan Prize in Literature Award: Angus Cairns
Andrew James Dugan Prize in Rhetoric and Professional Writing: Amaya Kodituwakku and Jacqueline Cardoso
Andrew James Dugan Prize in Rhetoric and Professional Writing: Prithvi Nair
Award in American Literature and Culture: Chloe Shantz
Canadian Literature Prize: Tamara Lemus Martinez
Co-op Reflective Report Award: Vyshnavi Rajeevan
Diaspora and Transnational Studies Prize: Naomi Francis
Donald R. and Mary E. Snider Literary Award for Excellence in Non-Fiction Writing: Amy Li
Emerging English Scholar Award: Anna Kikic
English Society Creative Writing Award for Poetry: Nadia Khan
English Society Creative Writing Award for Prose : Chris Masterman
G.R. Hibbard Shakespeare Prize: Kaila Marie Cook
Janice Del Matto Memorial Award in Creative Writing: Chloe Shantz
Olive Carrick Scholarship in English: Chloe Shantz
Rhetoric and Digital Design Award: Ria Ghuman
Rhetoric and Professional Writing Award: Sydney Black
Walter R. Martin English 251 Award: Francesca Maiocco
Graduate
David Beltz Memorial Prize MA: Jenna Dobbelsteyn
David Beltz Memorial Prize PhD: Sarah Casey
David Nimmo English Graduate Scholarship: Chris Rogers
English Rhetoric Essay Award MA: Fernando Fuentes Martins
English Rhetoric Essay Award MA: Thomas Hanson
English Rhetoric Essay Award PhD: Fiona Thompson
Graduate Co-op Work Report Award: Alexandria Zielinsky
Graduate Creative Writing Award: Michael Domonchuk
Graduate Professional Communication Award: Jenna Dobbelsteyn
Independent Graduate Instructor Award for Excellence in Teaching: Valerie Uher
Jack Gray Graduate Fellowship: Rency Luan
TA Award for Excellence in Teaching: Nadia Formisano
Award Ceremony Image Gallery
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Image Gallery
English Chair Dr. Jay Dolmage delivers opening remarks.
Dr. Carter Neal presents Nadia Khan with the Albert Shaw Annual Poetry Award and the English Society Creative Writing Award for Poetry.
Dr. Ken Graham presents Angus Cairns with the Andrew James Dugan Prize in Literature Award.
Dr. Heather Smyth presents Vyshnavi Rajeevan with the Co-op Reflective Report Award.
Donor Sara Kannan speaks prior to the awarding of the Diaspora and Transnational Studies Prize.
Sara Kannan and Dr. Paul Ugor present Naomi Francis with the Diaspora and Transnational Studies Prize.
Dr. Carol Acton presents Amy Li with the Donald R. and Mary E. Snider Literary Award for Excellence in Non-Fiction Writing.
Dr. Kate Lawson presents Anna Kikic with the Emerging English Scholar Award.
Dr. Megan Selinger presents Kaila Marie Cook with the G.R. Hibbard Shakespeare Prize.
Dr. Bruce Dadey presents Chloe Shantz with the Janice Del Matto Memorial Award in Creative Writing.
Dr. Victoria Lamont presents Chloe Shantz with the Olive Carrick Scholarship in English.
Dr. Bruce Dadey presents Ria Ghuman with the Rhetoric and Digital Design Award.
Dr. Dorothy presents Francesca Maiocco with the Walter R. Martin English 251 Award.
Dr. Kate Lawson presents Chris Rogers with the David Nimmo English Graduate Scholarship.
Dr. Bruce Dadey presents Thomas Hanson with the English Rhetoric Essay Award MA.
Dr. Bruce Dadey presents Fernando Fuentes Martins with the English Rhetoric Essay Award MA.
Dr. John Savarese presents Fiona Thompson with the English Rhetoric Essay Award PhD.
Michael Domonchuk reads his winning Graduate Creative Writing Award submission.
Dr. Carter Neal presents Valerie Uher with the Independent Graduate Instructor Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Dr. Carter Neal presents Rency Luan with the Jack Gray Graduate Fellowship.
Dr. Bruce Dadey presents Nadia Formisano with the TA Award for Excellence in Teaching.
