{"id":5361,"date":"2023-05-04T05:01:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T05:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-the-words\/?page_id=5361"},"modified":"2024-08-08T18:33:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T18:33:42","slug":"english-end-of-year-celebration-prizes-and-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/home-2\/the-words-may-2023\/english-end-of-year-celebration-prizes-and-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"English End-of Year Celebration Prizes and Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The English department held its annual End-of-Year Celebration on May 1, 2023. At this event, the English department celebrates the year with dinner and a program during which our seniors were honored and the recipients of our prizes and awards were announced. It was a great evening!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Ardis Hillman Wheeler Prize for International Study Winners<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Birdie Keller &#8211; Cape Town&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sofia Vaz \u2013 Edinburgh<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lauren Petro &#8211; New Zealand<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Nick Adams Short Story Contest Macalester Finalists<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zoe Frank for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Almsgiver<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Colleen Apostle for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Dive Bell<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kien Nguyen for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1722 Grand Avenue<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Carling McQuinn for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Phantom<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><b>PLUS<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Carling is the winner of Nick Adams at the ACM level!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Academy of American Poets College Prize<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Julian Applebaum &#8211; Honorable Mention<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I heard my phone buzz when I died<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ode to Mr. 10 1\u20442<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lost In Motion<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anna <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u0160verclov\u00e1<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2013 Mac Winner<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On New Snow Morning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My Father Snoring<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Second Time<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Harry Scherman Writing Poetry Award Winners<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hugh Gabriel for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In Every Little Pool<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lenny Prater for<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Quiet Conversations<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Harry Scherman Writing Literary Analysis Award Winners<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ella Rehman for <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;A Good Man Like Gawain:<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Masculinity and Self-Mythology in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight&#8221;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jordan Grabanski for <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;The Inconsolable as Automaton: Defining the Human in Harriet Wilson\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sketches in the Life of a Free Black&#8221;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Harry Scherman Writing Creative Prose Award Winner<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kathryn Alldaffer for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Salt-Sown Fields<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Wendy Parrish Poetry Award Winners<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2013&nbsp;Poetry&nbsp;award to students who exemplifies a commitment to poetry and excellence in writing. Winners: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ariadne Smith, Ella Deutchman, and Charlie Kelley-Pegg.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"929\" height=\"611\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/05\/jdnf.png\" alt=\"Wendy Parrish Poetry Award Winners \" class=\"wp-image-5367\" style=\"width:326px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/05\/jdnf.png 929w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/05\/jdnf-300x197.png 300w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/05\/jdnf-768x505.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 929px) 100vw, 929px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Livingston-Patnode Prize &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Award for a graduating senior who has made a special contribution as an English major. Winner: Colleen Apostle<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"927\" height=\"611\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/05\/fvnvjnr.png\" alt=\"Livingston-Patnode Prize Winner\" class=\"wp-image-5365\" style=\"width:353px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/05\/fvnvjnr.png 927w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/05\/fvnvjnr-300x198.png 300w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/05\/fvnvjnr-768x506.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 927px) 100vw, 927px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Congratulations to all of our finalists, and winners! Best wishes to our seniors &#8211; the class of 2023! <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"932\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/05\/fjbngj.png\" alt=\"Finalist Winners\" class=\"wp-image-5363\" style=\"width:349px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/05\/fjbngj.png 932w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/05\/fjbngj-300x186.png 300w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/05\/fjbngj-768x476.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 932px) 100vw, 932px\" \/><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The English department held its annual End-of-Year Celebration on May 1, 2023. At this event, the English department celebrates the year with dinner and a program during which our seniors were honored and the recipients of our prizes and awards were announced. It was a great evening! 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