Come celebrate the achievements of Department of English students at the 2023 English Awards Ceremony, which will be held on Friday, March 31, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Hagey Hall 373 and online.
The ceremony will be a hybrid event, so you can attend the ceremony in-person or online via Zoom. Whether you're attending in person or remotely, you'll have the opportunity to congratulate our winning students. Details about online attendance will be sent to English students and faculty shortly.
The ceremony will feature award presentations, readings by our creative writing award winners, and a luncheon. We look forward to seeing you there, whether you're in person or online!
2023 English Award Winners
Here is a list of this year's award winners. Congratulations to our winners and to all the students who submitted work or were nominated for an award.
Undergraduate Winners
| Award | Winner |
|---|---|
| Andrew James Dugan Prize in Literature Award | Jared Cubilla |
| Andrew James Dugan Prize in Literature Award | Marina Dobocan |
| Andrew James Dugan Prize in Rhetoric and Professional Writing | Chinye Obiago |
| Co-op Reflective Report Award | Hanna Freitas |
| Diaspora and Transnational Studies Prize | Amaya Kodituwakku |
| Donald R. and Mary E. Snider Literary Award for Excellence in Non-Fiction Writing | Emma Joan Watson |
| English Society Creative Writing Award for Poetry | I. S. Bashirah |
| English Society Creative Writing Award for Prose | Nicole Cao |
| English Undergraduate Award for Academic Excellence | Amaya Kodituwakku |
| English Undergraduate Award for Academic Excellence | Emma Smith |
| Janice Del Matto Memorial Award in Creative Writing | Nadia Formisano |
| Olive Carrick Scholarship in English | Arabella Hareem Abid |
| The Albert Shaw Poetry Prize | Nicole Cao |
| The Albert Shaw Poetry Prize - Honourable Mention | I. S. Bashirah |
| The Award in American Literature and Culture | Rhiana Safieh |
| The Canadian Literature Prize | Emma Smith |
| The Hibbard Prize for Shakespeare Studies | Nadia Formisano |
| The Rhetoric and Digital Design Award | Saajan Kar |
| The Rhetoric and Professional Writing Award | Hafsa Hassan |
| Walter R. Martin English 251 Award | Shawna Poechman |
Graduate Winners
| Beltz Essay Prize, Master of Arts | Hannah Gardiner |
| Beltz Essay Prize, Master of Arts | Rebecca De Heuvel |
| Beltz Essay Prize, PhD | Chris Rogers |
| David Nimmo English Graduate Scholarship | Kem-Laurin Lubin |
| English Graduate Award for Academic Excellence | Aleksander Franiczek |
| Graduate Co-op Work Report Award | Máire Slater |
| Graduate Creative Writing Award Prose and Poetry | Maša Torbica |
| Independent Graduate Instructor Award for Excellence in Teaching | Toben Racicot |
| Jack Gray Graduate Fellowship Award | Kellie Chouinard |
| Lea Vogel-Nimmo English Graduate Professionalization Award | Humaira Shoaib |
| Lea Vogel-Nimmo English Graduate Professionalization Award | Lara El Mekkawi |
| Lea Vogel-Nimmo English Graduate Professionalization Award | Valerie Uher |
| Lea Vogel-Nimmo English Graduate Professionalization Award | Aleksander Franiczek |
| Rhetoric Essay Prize, Master of Arts | Sarah Casey |
| TA Award for Excellence in Teaching | Chris Martin |
| W.K. Thomas Award | Dakota David Pinheiro |
| W.K. Thomas Award | Melissa Johnson |