Literature Awards
The Carol Kay Memorial Essay Prize
(Dealing with British Literature from 1500 to 1900)
First Place: Liam Tinker, “Double-Gifting and the Enacting of Self-Interested Charity in The Merchant of Venice”
Second Place: Timothy Koons, “Reinterpretation and The Merchant of Venice”
The James Snead Award for Best Undergraduate Essays
(Dealing with one or more of the following: Film, African-American Literature, American Literature, German Literature)
First Place: Daniel Marcinko, “Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, Chopin’s The Awakening, and the Paradox of the Great American Novel”
Second Place: Zain Adamo, “Discovering Socialist Realism Along the Volga”
Second Place: Gabriel Hanley, “Fear of the Unknown: The Speculative Past, Present, and Future of Speculative Fiction”
The Marlee and James Myers Award
(For Outstanding Students in the Department of English)
Isabella Gibson
The J.K. and Gertrude Miller Prize
(For students who show special ability in English literature)
Hattie Lindey
Liam Tinker