AWARDS NIGHT
MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2009
READING BY HA JIN
WINNERS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT AND
CREATIVE WRITING AWARDS
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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL COMPETITION FOR BEST ESSAY
WRITTEN BY AN EMORY UNDERGRADUATE
JES GEARING
"The Thing and the Word: Seamus Heaney's Lieux de Mémoire"
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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL COMPETITION FOR BEST ESSAY
WRITTEN BY AN EMORY GRADUATE STUDENT
ALYSSA STALSBERG
"The Politics of Feminist Nostalgia in Doris Lessing's The Golden Notebook"
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ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS PRIZE FOR BEST POETRY WRITTEN
BY AN EMORY STUDENT
KAYLEIGH DEMELLO
"The Electromagnetic Spectrum"
HONORABLE MENTION:
MEGAN BOATRIGHT
"Dreams of Taxidermy"
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ARTISTINE MANN AWARD IN POETRY FOR BEST POETRY WRITTEN
BY AN EMORY UNDERGRADUATE
GEOFF SCHORKOPF
"Trust Me, Jackie"
HONORABLE MENTION:
LAURA KOCHMAN
"Lucy"
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ARTISTINE MANN AWARD IN FICTION FOR BEST FICTION WRITTEN
BY AN EMORY UNDERGRADUATE
NICK MILLER
"Merry Christmas, Jody Bramble"
HONORABLE MENTION:
JORDAN GREENWALD
"The Wind That Pushed the Door Ajar"
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ARTISTINE MANN AWARD IN DRAMA FOR BEST PLAY WRITTEN BY AN EMORY UNDERGRADUATE
GEOFF SCHORKOPF
"Hold Out, Ingram"
HONORABLE MENTION:
JOCELYN PETTWAY
"Impossible"
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ARTISTINE MANN AWARD IN CREATIVE NON-FICTION FOR BEST
NON-FICTION WRITTEN BY AN EMORY UNDERGRADUATE
NATHAN AMSTUTZ
"Seven Years"
HONORABLE MENTION:
MONICA WANG
"Pieces"
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KIKAG SCREENWRITER'S PRIZE FOR BEST SCREENPLAY WRITTEN BY AN EMORY UNDERGRADUATE
NICHOLAS SURBEY
"The Bussinessman of Bridgewater, PA"
HONORABLE MENTION:
KATHARINE JOHNSEN
"Things That Go BANG in the Office"
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EMORY GOES NOVEL CONTEST
LAURA OTIS
"Lacking in Substance"
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THE JOHNSTON FELLOWSHIP FOR TRAVEL AND RESEARCH
ALEXANDRA PREBUL
To support study and research Dublin, Ireland, towards an honors thesis on James Joyce's use of corporeality and mobility in Ulysses
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THE ANDREA DE MAN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN ENGLISH
CLIFFORD CLARK
For demonstrating, in the opinionof his fellow students, the highest degree of intellectual vitality inside and outside the classroom
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GRACE ABERNETHY SCHOLARSHIP IN CREATIVE WRITING
NATHAN AMSTUTZ
For a young writer with considerable promise, capable ofmature and nuanced prose, beautifully rendered
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