English End-of Year Celebration Prizes and Awards

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!

Ardis Hillman Wheeler Prize for International Study Winners

Birdie Keller – Cape Town 

Sofia Vaz – Edinburgh

Lauren Petro – New Zealand

Nick Adams Short Story Contest Macalester Finalists

Zoe Frank for Almsgiver

Colleen Apostle for The Dive Bell

Kien Nguyen for 1722 Grand Avenue

Carling McQuinn for Phantom

 PLUS Carling is the winner of Nick Adams at the ACM level!

Academy of American Poets College Prize

Julian Applebaum – Honorable Mention

I heard my phone buzz when I died

Ode to Mr. 10 1⁄2

Lost In Motion

Anna Šverclová – Mac Winner

On New Snow Morning

My Father Snoring

The Second Time

Harry Scherman Writing Poetry Award Winners

Hugh Gabriel for In Every Little Pool

Lenny Prater for Quiet Conversations

Harry Scherman Writing Literary Analysis Award Winners

Ella Rehman for “A Good Man Like Gawain: Masculinity and Self-Mythology in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”

Jordan Grabanski for “The Inconsolable as Automaton: Defining the Human in Harriet Wilson’s Sketches in the Life of a Free Black”

Harry Scherman Writing Creative Prose Award Winner

Kathryn Alldaffer for Salt-Sown Fields

Wendy Parrish Poetry Award Winners – Poetry award to students who exemplifies a commitment to poetry and excellence in writing. Winners: Ariadne Smith, Ella Deutchman, and Charlie Kelley-Pegg. 

Livingston-Patnode Prize – Award for a graduating senior who has made a special contribution as an English major. Winner: Colleen Apostle

Congratulations to all of our finalists, and winners! Best wishes to our seniors – the class of 2023!