view a recording of here.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Livingston-Patnode Award<\/strong> is an annual award for a graduating senior who has made a special contribution as an English major throughout their time at Macalester. This year\u2019s winner is Amy Vandervelde, for whom this well-deserved accolade comes after many years acting as a department student worker, English Honor Society officer, and all-around lovely presence in the English department.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Wendy Parrish Poetry Award<\/b>, given to English majors exemplifying a commitment to poetry and excellence in writing, was split between Conor Broderick and Gabriel Fisch. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Harry Scherman Writing Contest For Seniors <\/b>honors senior English majors who present the most outstanding manuscripts in one of three categories: literary analysis, creative prose, and poetry. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nIn the literary analysis category, three winners were chosen: Asher de Forest, for his paper \u201cThe Scottish Play Horror Film: Close Reading \u2018Horrality\u2019 in Two Scenes from Rupert Goold\u2019s Macbeth\u201d; Amy Vandervelde, for \u201cProphetic Players: How Language Likens Two Kings in Shakespeare\u2019s Richard II\u201d; and Katie Woodhouse, for \u201cWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Editors: Gordon Lish and Raymond Carver\u2019s Problematic and Prosperous Literary Relationship\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nIn the creative prose category, four winners were chosen: Eric Fong, for his short story <\/span>Garden.exe<\/span><\/i>; Albert Lee, for <\/span>\u77e5\u97f3<\/span><\/i>; Becca Lewis, for <\/span>The Ringot<\/span><\/i>; and Zarra Marlowe, for <\/span>three days in inpatient<\/span><\/i>. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nAnd in the poetry category, one winner was chosen: Conor Broderick, for his poem \u201cSong Poem II.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Academy of American Poets College Prize <\/b>is offered to students for the best three-poem collection and is judged independently by a representative of the Academy of American Poets. The English department selects two poets annually to represent the school in the contest, one winner and one honorable mention.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nThis year\u2019s honorable mention went to Charlie Pham, for the poems \u201cHow to Tell It\u2019s Winter in Vietnamese\u201d; \u201cMonth of Legumes, Year of the Ox (or: Cemetery Field Notes)\u201d; and \u201cOde to Long-time Nuclear Waste Warning Messages.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nThis year\u2019s winner was Shelby Kruger, for the poems \u201cThere is a Scar on My Father\u2019s Leg\u201d; \u201cSkeleton House\u201d; and \u201cGerman Apple Strudel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Ardis Hillman Wheeler Prize for International Study, <\/b>established in honor of Ardis Hillman Wheeler \u201838, who devoted her life to teaching English to refugees after WWII and later in Minnesota public schools, is awarded to majors to support their study abroad experiences in the next academic year. Two recipients were selected: Dalton Greene, who will be studying in England at the University of Oxford, and Anna Sverclova, who will be studying in South Africa at the University of Cape Town. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Nick Adams Short Story Contest <\/b>is sponsored by the Associated Colleges of the Midwest and honors outstanding short stories by ACM students. Four Macalester students were selected to participate in the ACM-wide contest, which was judged this year by author Sandra Cisneros. These four finalists were Zoelle Collins, for her story <\/span>Shamuna<\/span><\/i>; Eric Fong, for <\/span>Garden.exe<\/span><\/i>; Albert Lee, for <\/span>\u77e5\u97f3<\/span><\/i>; and Becca Lewis, for <\/span>The Vermeer Yeller<\/span><\/i>. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nCongratulations to all of our nominees, finalists, and winners! The English department is so lucky to have been enriched by your contributions over the course of this year, and we\u2019re proud of what each of you have accomplished.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"by Dalton Greene ’22 As another year winds down here on Old Main 2, the English department is thrilled to announce that the following majors have been selected as recipients for our 2021 End-of-Year awards. All were honored at our annual End-of-Year Celebration, which you can view a recording of here. The Livingston-Patnode Award is […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":483,"featured_media":3555,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3545","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/483"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3545"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7517,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3545\/revisions\/7517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}