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.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: ýFish Heavený
- Chelsea Lowery, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: ýMdzٴdzDzý
- Alice Tinari, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, 3rd Place: ýHԳdzý
- Reid Ivanoff, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, Honorable Mention: ýBoys in Suits: A Wicked Problem Playý
- Maya Jamann, Gerard Cannon Award, Honorable Mention: ýGrowing Timeý
Literary Criticism
Research Essays
- Cailyn Mickelsen, Gerard Cannon Award, 1st Place: Excerpt from ýýUnhinged Richardý: The Unman in Shakespeareýs Richard IIý
- Lindsay Paul, Sarah Willis Award, 2nd Place: ýRecovered Networks: Anaïs Nin, the Gemor Press, and Feminist Modernist Publishing in New York Cityý (for The Ground Beneath Our Feet Project)
- Emilia Gillen, Richard Gill Award, 3rd Place: ýBeyond the Binary: Lady Macbethýs Exploration of Gender in Shakespeareýs Macbethý
Close Textual Encounters
- El Aparicio, Sarah Willis Award, 1st Place: ýThe Gangulis and Iý
- Lauren Male, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: ýReading Behind the Pattern: A Literary Analysis of ýThe Yellow Wallpaperýý
- Molly Dunne, Richard Gill Award, 3rd Place: ýýSuch a lot of different Annesý: Paradoxical Feminism in L.M. Montgomeryýs Anne of Green Gablesý
Nonfiction
- Ishika Naik, Gerard Cannon Award, 1st Place: ýSpring Laneý
- Molly Dunne, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, 2nd Place: ý01:27ý
- Sheyla Alonzo, James Rose Award, 3rd Place: ýVintage Vios Computerý
- Karter Fahey, Richard Gill Award, Honorable Mention: ýNot a Choice, But a Truthý
- Reid Ivanoff, Gerard Cannon Award, Honorable Mention: ýFor Our Teachers: Perspectives on Embracing a Community-Oriented, Hands-On Approach to Environmental Educationý
Journalism
- Savannah Ford, Gerard Cannon Award, 1st Place: ýIn Defense of All Things Bulky and Holdable: The Rolleiflex TLR 3.5ý
- Makiyah Hicks, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: ýTexture Talký
- Maria Mendoza, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, 3rd Place: ýThis Is How We Live: Adjunct Professors and the Burden of Academiaý
- Aidann Gia Bacolodan, Sarah Willis Award, Honorable Mention: ýDim Lights, Deep Flavors: The Unassuming Charm of Gnoccoý
Linguistic and Rhetorical Analysis
- Madeleine Yu-Phelps, Sarah Willis Award, 1st Place: ýNon-Binary Thoughts on Binary Languageý
- Emily Kangal, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: ýPedagogy within Learning Communitiesý
- Grace Jones, Gerard Cannon Award, 3rd Place: ýDiscourse in the Kpop Community: Stan Twitter Editioný
- Charlie Razhanskiy, James Rose Award, Honorable Mention: ýThe Genre of ýBabygirlifyingý Men on Xý
Comics and Graphic Novels
Scripts
- Alec Conwell, Richard Gill Award, 1st Place: ýThe Hanged Maný
- Samuel Stein, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: ýAn Adult Comicý
- Joey Heaton, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, 3rd Place: ýTáqmah,ý ýEverdusk Originsý
- Charlie Razhanskiy, Gerard Cannon Award, Honorable Mention: ýAikiro Desiresý
Essays
- Samuel Stein, Gerard Cannon Award, 1st Place: ýPalestine and the Literature of Comic Journalismý
- Alec Conwell, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: ýBrief Lives: On Mortality and Changeý
- Charlie Razhanskiy, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, 3rd Place: ýThe Roles Our Childhood Relationships Predispose Us To: A Psychoanalysis of Charles Xavier in Uncanny X-Men #309ý
- Cori Magsby, Sarah Willis Award, Honorable Mention: ýLiterary Analysis of New Kid by Jerry Craftý
Writing on Film
- Sam Weisz, Sarah Willis Award, 1st Place: ýWaltz with Bashir: Examining Indexicality in Animated Documentaryý
- Emma Rose Jacobson, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: ýIn Pursuit of Something Else: Trainspotting and Requiem for a Dreamý
- Cailyn Mickelsen, Richard Gill Award, 3rd Place: ýWomenýs Words and Silences in Omkara and ٳý
- Madeleine Yu-Phelps, Richard Gill Award, 3rd Place: ýWriting Father Figures: Everything, Everywhere All At Once and Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani پܱý
Writing for the Screen
- Brenna Connolly, Gerard Cannon Award, 1st Place: ýSeventeen, Maleý
- Samuel Stein, Sarah Willis Award, 2nd Place: ýྱٳý
- Richard Eldredge, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, 3rd Place: ýThe Waltzý
- Constantinos Lekas, Gerard Cannon Award, Honorable Mention: ýMuscle Memoryý
- Emma Sophie Young, Gerard Cannon Award, Honorable Mention: ýThe Roster: A Dating App Disasterý
Fiction
- Wendy Manzo, Gerard Cannon Award, 1st Place: ýTrapped,ý ýVoice in the Windý
- Emma Rose Jacobson, Sarah Willis Award, 1st Place: ýOٳܲý
- Riley Natalova, Sarah Willis Award, 2nd Place: ýGod Save the Queený and ýHypoxiaý
- Elizabeth Johnston, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: ýCrawfish Heavený
- Velvette Hackbarth Palacios, Sarah Willis Award, 3rd Place: ýLoveýs Such an Old-Fashioned Wordý
- Sarah Kincaid, Richard Gill Award, 3rd Place: ýGirl Powerý
- Cori Magsby, Richard Gill Award, Honorable Mention: ýThrough the Eyes of Justiceý
- Lindsay Paul, Richard Gill Award, Honorable Mention: ýBreac Gránnaý
Poetry
- Savannah Ford, David A. Bickimer-Promise of Learnings /Academy of American Poets Prize: ýfile edit view insert format toolsý
- Reid Ivanoff, Sarah Willis Award, 1st Place: ýThe Finch,ý ýA Reminder, Pt. 2,ý ýDedicated to Dogs,ý ýCrows,ý ýBezelý
- Sarah Kincaid, Gerard Cannon Award, 1st Place: ýLady Luck,ý ýPassenger Seat,ý ýA Commute,ý ýIn Memoriamý
- Lexie Tierney, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: ýCeiling,ý ýThe 6 to Brooklyn Bridge,ý ýOde to the End,ý ýFebruary 28, 2024,ý ýDream Stateý
- Cori Magsby, James Rose Award, 2nd Place: ýSweetness is all over the world,ý ýAfter Hours (Aubade Poem),ý ýMarble Statuette of Aphrodite, 3rd-2nd Century BCE, Greek,ý ýTyrannical Range,ý ýThisý
- Alice Tinari, Gerard Cannon Award, 3rd Place: ýWhat To Do When Youýre Ugly But Have Good Chemistry,ý ýThe Greatest Binge,ý ýAre You Mad You Look Like Your Father?ý
- Sheyla Alonzo, Gerard Cannon Award, 3rd Place: ýI remember,ý ýAnheloý
- Josh Ilano, James Rose Award, Honorable Mention: ýThe Angermaný
- Anna Dziem Tran, James Rose Award, Honorable Mention: ýCon có nhớ Mẹ không?ý
2025 Kelly Herbert Writing Award
Presented by Kelly Herbert and Jimmy Luckman, Director of the LGBTQA+ Center
Sam Singh Hauser, ýMe, My Cousin & Life, Part 1ý
2025 Kelly Herbert Writing Award: Honorary Mention
Polina Makarova, ýNot My Silenceý
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
2024ý2025 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