Past recipients

Row of trophies.

Here are the past winners of English awards.

2021-2022

Undergraduate Academic Awards

Undergraduate Award Winners Information

Albert Shaw Poetry Prize: Tom Johnston
Andrew James Dugan Prize in Literature Award: Rachel Zehr
Andrew James Dugan Prize in Rhetoric and Professional Writing Award: Sarah Casey, Erin Christine Froud
Award in American Literature and Culture: Rachel Zehr
Canadian Literature Prize: Yvan Deslauriers
Diaspora and Transnational Studies Prize: Joanne Szeto
English Society Creative Writing Award for Poetry: Tom Johnston
English Society Creative Writing Award for Prose: Nicole Cao
Hibbard Prize for Shakespeare Studies: Erin Christine Froud
Janice Del Matto Memorial Award in Creative Writing: Nadia Formisano, Jacob Neal (Honourable Mention)
Masternak Foundation Undergraduate Scholarships in English: Ritika Puri and Victoria Lumax Rhetoric and Digital Design Award: Lal Sekercioglu, Sharon Seegobind, Han Xiang Sun, and Tiffany Shen
Rhetoric and Professional Writing Award: Ana-Sanziana Beschia, Anna Maria Brokalakis
Undergraduate Co-op Work Report Award: Emily Doyle and Wajiha Parvez
Walter R. Martin English 251 Award: Emma Smith

Graduate Awards

Graduate Award Winners Information

Beltz Essay Prize, Master of Arts: Hannah Gardiner
Beltz Essay Prize, PhD: Alison Purnell
David Nimmo English Graduate Scholarship: Zachary Pearl
Gladys Srivastava Graduate Award: Shannon Lodoen, Zachary Pearl Graduate Creative Writing Award, Prose and Poetry: Manahil Bandukwala
Graduate Co-op Work Report Awards: Stefani Starivlah
Graduate Professional Communication Award: Máire Slater
Independent Graduate Instructor Award for Excellence in Teaching: Maša Torbica
Jack Gray Graduate Fellowship Award: Aleksander Franiczek
Lea Vogel-Nimmo English Graduate Professionalization Awards: Lara El Mekkawi, Dakota Pinheiro, Sabrina Sgandurra
Masternak Foundation Graduate Scholarship in English: Elianne El-Amyouni
Rhetoric Essay Prize, Master of Arts: Máire Slater
Rhetoric Essay Prize, PhD: Maab Alkurdi
TA Award for Excellence in Teaching: Humaira Shoaib
W. K. Thomas Award: Jin Sol Kim

2020-2021

Undergraduate Academic Awards

Albert Shaw Poetry Prize: Maya Victoria Venters
English Society Creative Writing Award for Poetry: Maya Victoria Venters
English Society Creative Writing Award for Prose: Julianna Suderman
Andrew James Dugan Prize in Rhetoric and Professional Writing Award: Philip Hohol
Rhetoric and Digital Design Award: Caleb Draper
Rhetoric and Professional Writing Award: Nicole Bourque
Walter R. Martin English 251 Award: Kashfia Mahmood
Diaspora and Transnational Studies Prize: Jane Lu
Hibbard Prize for Shakespeare Studies: Philip Hohol
Canadian Literature Prize: Emilie Stanley
Award in American Literature and Culture: Katrina Steckle
Andrew James Dugan Prize in Literature Award: Rachel Zehr
Masternak Foundation Undergraduate Scholarships in English: Anna-Maria Brokalakis and Jared Cubilla

Graduate Awards

Graduate Professional Communication Award: Marion Gruner
Rhetoric Essay Prize, Master of Arts: Christopher Rogers
Rhetoric Essay Prize, PhD: Jerika Sanderson
Beltz Essay Prize, Master of Arts: Hannah Gardiner
Beltz Essay Prize, PhD: Shannon Lodoen
Graduate Creative Writing Award, Prose and Poetry: Manahil Bandukwala
Masternak Foundation Graduate Scholarship in English: Christin Taylor
Jack Gray Graduate Fellowship Award: Dakota Pinheiro
David Nimmo English Graduate Scholarship: Jenn Rickert

Co-op Awards

Undergraduate Co-op Work Report Award: Wajiha Parvez
Graduate Co-op Work Report Awards: Neha Ravella

Teaching and Professionalization Awards

Lea Vogel-Nimmo English Graduate Professionalization Awards: Monique Kampherm and Jonathan Baltrusaitis
TA Award for Excellence in Teaching: Toben Racicot
Independent Graduate Instructor Award for Excellence in Teaching: Monique Kampherm

2019-2020

Undergraduate Academic Awards

Albert Shaw Poetry Prize: Kurt Dutfield-Hughes
English Society Creative Writing Award for Poetry: Philip Hohol
English Society Creative Writing Award for Prose: Kristie Shannon
Andrew James Dugan Prize in Rhetoric and Professional Writing Award: Sarah Casey
Rhetoric and Digital Design Award: Danielle Griffin
Rhetoric and Professional Writing Award: Jonathon Jackson
Walter R. Martin English 251 Award: Joyce Kung
Diaspora and Transnational Studies Prize: Linhui Luo
Hibbard Prize for Shakespeare Studies: Rachel Zehr
Canadian Literature Prize: Eden McFarlane
Award in American Literature and Culture: Tristan Mills
Andrew James Dugan Prize in Literature Award: Wajiha Parvez
Masternak Foundation Undergraduate Scholarships in English: Philip Hohol and Julianna Suderman

Graduate Awards

Graduate Professional Communication Award: Marion Gruner
Rhetoric Essay Prize, Master of Arts: Jordan Kam
Rhetoric Essay Prize, PhD: Shannon Lodoen
Beltz Essay Prize, Master of Arts: Ryan Van Til
Beltz Essay Prize, PhD: Shannon Lodoen
Graduate Creative Writing Award, Poetry: Masa Torbica
Graduate Creative Writing Award, Prose: Chelsea La Vecchia
Masternak Foundation Graduate Scholarship in English: Jin Sol Kim
Jack Gray Graduate Fellowship Award: Zachary Pearl
David Nimmo English Graduate Scholarship: Lindsay Meaning

Co-op Awards

Undergraduate Co-op Work Report Award: Hanna Colbert
Graduate Co-op Work Report Awards: Carmen Barsomian-Dietrich and Pamela Schmidt

Teaching and Professionalization Awards

Lea Vogel-Nimmo English Graduate Professionalization Awards: Neha Ravella and Jerika Sanderson
TA Award for Excellence in Teaching: Valerie Uher
Independent Graduate Instructor Award for Excellence in Teaching: Hannah Watts

2018-2019

English Society Creative Writing Award for Poetry: Joanna Laurie Dixon Cleary
Rhetoric and Digital Design Award: Neha Ravella
Rhetoric and Professional Writing Award: Sara Akbarzadeh-Zahraia Kohan, Aarjan Giri, and Dylan Yip-Chuck
Andrew James Dugan Prize in Rhetoric and Professional Writing: Eden McFarlane
Award in American Literature and Culture: Emily Pass
Canadian Literature Prize: Dinah Shi
Walter R. Martin English 251 Award: Abigail Hamann
Diaspora and Transnational Studies Prize: Trenton McNulty
Andrew James Dugan Prize in Literature: Judith Blasutti
The Hibbard Prize for Shakespeare Studies: Selin Elyay
Masternak Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship in English: Joanna Laurie Dixon Cleary and Hanna Colbert
English Society Creative Writing Award for Prose: Xin Niu Zhang
Albert Shaw Poetry Prize: Xin Niu Zhang

Graduate Academic Awards

Beltz Essay Prize, MA: Renée Belliveau
Beltz Essay Prize, PhD: Christopher Cameron (Honourable Mention: Lindsay Meaning)
Rhetoric Essay Prize, MA: Robyn Peers
Rhetoric Essay Prize, PhD: Devon Moriarty
Graduate Creative Writing Award: Hannah Watts and Evelyn Deshane
Graduate Professional Communication Award: Devon Moriarty, Lillian Black, and Danielle Griffin
David Nimmo English Graduate Scholarship: Ashley Irwin
Jack Gray Fellowship: Christin Taylor
W.K. Thomas Graduate Scholarship: Ashley Irwin

Co-op Awards

Undergraduate Co-op Work Report Award: Veronika Mikolajewski
Graduate Co-op Work Report Award: Andrew Myles

Teaching and Professionalization Awards

TA Award for Excellence in Teaching: Hannah Watts
Independent Graduate Instructor Award for Excellence in Teaching: Meghan Riley
Lea Vogel-Nimmo Graduate Professionalization Scholarship: Ian Gibson and Jin Sol Kim

2017-2018

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Undergraduate Awards

Academic Awards

Rhetoric and Digital Design Award: Melissa Koehler
Rhetoric and Professional Writing Award: Oriana Confente
Andrew James Dugan Prize in Rhetoric and Professional Writing: Scott Metzger
Award in American Literature and Culture: Oriana Confente
Canadian Literature Prize: Aaron Cornies
Walter R. Martin English 251 Award: Julianna Suderman
Andrew James Dugan Prize in Literature: Robyn Peers
Diaspora and Transnational Studies Prize: Jacob Asma
The Hibbard Prize for Shakespeare Studies: Christine Frim

Grade Average Awards

Second Year Spring: Trenton McNulty
Second Year Fall: Julianna Suderman
Third Year: Xin Niu Zhang
Fourth Year: Robyn Peers

Writing Awards

English Society Creative Writing Award for Poetry: Joanna Cleary
English Society Creative Writing Award for Prose: Hang Ren
Albert Shaw Poetry Prize: Rhys Desmond

Graduate Awards

Academic Awards

Beltz Essay Prize, MA: Rosemary Kay
Beltz Essay Prize, PhD: Lindsay Meaning
Rhetoric Essay Prize, MA: Andrew Myles
Rhetoric Essay Prize, PhD: Chris Giannakopoulos
Graduate Professional Communication Award: Devon Moriarty
Gladys Srivastava Graduate Award: Evelyn Deshane
W.K. Thomas Graduate Scholarship: Rebecca Anderson, Jason Lajoie, Jessica Van de Kemp

Grade Average Awards

MA: Megan Honsberger, Jonathan Baltrusaitis
PhD: Lindsay Meaning
David Nimmo English Graduate Scholarship: Evelyn Deshane
Jack Gray Fellowship: Ian Gibson

Co-op Awards

Quarry Integrated Communication Co-op English Award: Anne Cullen Keidann
Undergraduate Co-op Work Report Award: Ariel Fullerton
Graduate Co-op Work Report Award: Thomas Mantynen

Teaching and Professionalization Awards

Independent Graduate Instructor Award for Excellence in Teaching: Jessica Van de Kemp
TA Award for Excellence in Teaching: Jason Lajoie
Lea Vogel-Nimmo Graduate Professionalization Scholarship: Renée Belliveau

Writing Awards

Graduate Creative Writing Award Prose: Michael Domonchuk
Graduate Creative Writing Award Poetry: Masa Torbica

2016-2017

Undergraduate Award Winners

Grade Average Award Winners

Second Year Spring: Kate Stericker
Second Year Fall: Joanna Cleary
Third Year: Kayley Marner
Fourth Year: Isabelle Cote

Academic Awards

Walter R. Martin English 251 Award: Masha Janjuz
Award in American Literature and Culture: Alex Rollinson
Canadian Literature Prize: Kathleen Moritz
History and Theory of Rhetoric Award: Sarasvathi Kannan (runner-up); Theresa Shim (winner)
Rhetoric and Digital Design Award: Trevor Nielsen (runner-up); Theresa Shim (winner)
Rhetoric and Professional Writing Award: Dominique Kelly, Elizabeth Scott, Erin Taylor, Christine Williams (group prize)
Andrew James Dugan Prize in Literature: Alexandra Siebert
Andrew James Dugan Prize in Rhetoric and Professional Writing: Joseph Stapleton

Co-op Awards

Quarry Integrated Communication Co-op English Award: Danielle Bisnar Griffin
Undergraduate Co-op Work Report Award: Carla Rodrigo

Creative Writing Awards

Albert Shaw Poetry Prize: Zainab Ahmed-Yassin Mahdi
English Society Creative Writing Award for Poetry: Joanna Cleary
English Society Creative Writing Award for Prose: Chris Masterman
Graduate Creative Writing Award for Prose: Lacey Beer
Graduate Creative Writing Award for Poetry: Masa Torbica

Graduate Award Winners

Grade Average Awards

MA: Julie Funk
PhD: Ian Gibson
David Nimmo English Graduate Scholarship: Justin Carpenter
Jack Gray Fellowship: Rebecca Anderson, Devon Moriarty

Graduate Co-op Work Report Award: Andreea Perescu

Academic Awards

Beltz Essay Prize, MA: Laura Bayer
Beltz Essay Prize, PhD: Ian Gibson
Rhetoric Essay Prize: Devon Moriarty
Graduate Professional Communication Award: Devon Moriarty
W.K. Thomas Graduate Scholarship: Jessica Van de Kemp

Teaching & Professionalization Awards

TA Award for Excellence in Teaching: Kaitlin O'Brien (runner-up); Nicholas Hobin (winner)
Lea Vogel-Nimmo Graduate Professionalization Scholarship: Ashley Irwin

2015-2016

Undergraduate Award Winners

Grade Average Award Winners: 2nd year: Alexander Rollinson (Spring); 2nd year Katherine Steckly (Fall); 3rd year: Julie Funk; 4th year: Dakota Pinheiro
History and Theory of Rhetoric Award: Julie Funk (runner-up); Claire Matlock (winner)
Rhetoric and Digital Design Award: Rasdeep Shergill (runner-up); Kayley Maree Marner (winner)
Rhetoric and Professional Writing Award: Melissa Koehler (runner-up); Mark Haasnoot (winner)
Andrew James Dugan Prize in Rhetoric and Professional Writing: Ninka Bielak
Award in American Literature and Culture: Joey Stapleton
Canadian Literature Prize: Eleanor Howell
Walter R. Martin English 251 Award: Kate Stericker
Hibbard Prize for Shakespeare: Charles Wu
Andrew James Dugan Prize in Literature: Erin Taylor
English Society Creative Writing Award for Poetry: Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
Albert Shaw Poetry Prize: Breelynne Dafoe
English Society Creative Writing Award for Prose: Erin Taylor
Quarry Integrated Communication Co-op English Award: Melissa Koehler
Undergraduate Co-op Work Report Award: Erin Taylor

Graduate Award Winners

​MA: Thomas Mantynen, Megan Honsberger
PhD: Benjamin Woodford
Jack Gray Fellowship: Cayley MacArthur
Beltz Essay Prize, MA: Paisley Cozzarin
Beltz Essay Prize, PhD: Travis Morton
David Nimmo English Graduate Scholarship: Benjamin Woodford
Gladys Srivastava Graduate Award: David Thiessen; Elise Vist
W.K. Thomas Graduate Scholarship: Matthew Gaster; Doug Sikkema
Graduate Creative Writing Award: Justin Carpenter
Graduate Co-op Work Report Award: Valerie Smith
TA Award for Excellence in Teaching: Jessica Van de Kemp
Lea Vogel-Nimmo Graduate Professionalization Scholarship: Paisley Cozzarin

2014-2015

Undergraduate Awards

Grade Average Awards: 2nd year: Julie Funk (Spring); Lori Potts (Fall); 3rd year Sonal Patel; 4th year Lindsay Kroes.
English 251A Exam Award: Andrew Clubine, Claire Matlock (tie)
Albert Shaw Poetry Prize: Sarasvathi Kannan
English Society Creative Writing Award for Poetry: Matthew Sleiman
English Society Creative Writing Award for Prose: Eleanor Howell
Co-op Work Term Report: Thomas Mantynen
Quarry Integrated Communication Co-op English Award: Rebecca Lee
​Hibbard Shakespeare Prize: Lindsay Kroes
Canadian Literature Prize: Quinn Silbermann
Award in American Literature and Culture: Alexandra Siebert
Andrew James Dugan Prize in Literature: Cassie Lachance
Andrew James Dugan Prize in Rhetoric and Professional Writing:
Andrew Myles (Winner); Jason Roberts (Runner-up)
History and Theory of Rhetoric Award: Sophia Pelka; (Winner); Caroline Manson (Runner-up)
Rhetoric and Professional Writing Award: Sarasvathi Kannan
Rhetoric and Digital Design Award: Jeffrey Macarandang and
Winona So (Winner); Lucy Barnett and Andrew Myles (Runner-up)

Graduate Award Winners

Beltz Essay Prize, M.A.: Farrah Nakhaie, Meredith Fischer (tie)
Graduate Creative Writing Award for Poetry: Morteza Dehghani
Graduate Professional Writing Award: Salman Jivani
Grade Average Awards: M.A. Shawn DeSouza-Coelho; Ph.D. Masa Torbica
Jack Grey Award: Masa Torbica
Graduate Co-op Work Report Award: Cayley MacArthur
TA Award for Excellence in Teaching: Jessica Van de Kemp
Independent Graduate Instructor Award for Excellence in Teaching: Christine Horton
W.K. Thomas Graduate Scholarships: Kyle Gerber, Elise Vist, Kyle Malashewski
Lea Vogel-Nimmo Graduate Professionalization Scholarship: Virginia Shay

See our 2014-2015 Awards photo gallery.

2013-2014

Undergraduate Awards

Grade Average Awards: 2nd year: Kathleen Moritz (Spring); Alexandra Siebert (Fall); 3rd year Lindsay Kroes; 4th year Alana Rigby
English 251A Exam Award: Dominique Kelly
Albert Shaw Poetry Prize: Rebecca McElrea
English Society Creative Writing Award for Poetry: Raphael T. Redmond Fernandes
English Society Creative Writing Award for Prose: Sarasvathi Kannan
Co-op Work Term Report: Kathleen Moritz
Quarry Integrated Communication Co-op English Award: Colette Henry
Hibbard Prize: Isabelle Cote (Winner); Renee Serez (Honourable Mention)
Canadian Literature Prize: Natalie Dewan
Award in American Literature and Culture: Laura Bayer
Andrew James Dugan Prize in Literature:
Mark Lubberts (Winner); Olivia Vanderwal (Honourable Mention)
Andrew James Dugan Prize in Rhetoric and Professional Writing: Aaron Hernandez
History and Theory of Rhetoric Award: Lindsay Kroes; (Winner); Andrew Clubine (Runner-up)
Rhetoric and Professional Writing Award: Sarah Rodrigues (Winner); Julie Funk (Runner-up)
Rhetoric and Digital Design Award: Pravneet Bilkhu (Winner); Jenine Paul (Runner-up)

Graduate Awards

Beltz Essay Prizes: M.A.: Farrah Nakhaie; Ph.D: Doug Sikkema
Graduate Creative Writing Award for Poetry: Morteza Dehghani
Graduate Creative Writing Award for Prose: Christopher Lawrence
Grade Average Awards: M.A. Farrah Nakhaie; Ph.D. Virginia Shay
Jack Grey Award: Elise Vist
Graduate Co-op Work Report Award: Catherine Zagar
TA Award for Excellence in Teaching: Christine Horton
Independent Graduate Instructor Award for Excellence in Teaching: Kyle Malashewski