Awards & Recipients
Submission Deadline: March 14th, 2008
The Elisabeth Doreen Shaw Russell Award in Creative Non-Fiction
This award is meant to celebrate the life and achievements of Elisabeth Doreen Shaw Russell, B.A. M.A. Oxford. She taught briefly at Franklin & Marshall College and several years at Lancaster Country Day School, then 20 years at Elizabethtown College where she chaired the English Department for her last 10 years. She demanded nothing but the best from her students and colleagues, and she demanded nothing which she did not freely give.
This award is meant to acknowledge the achievement and passing of a great student, a great teacher, and, above all, a great person.
Submissions for the prize should focus more on the personal rather than on the public concerns. For instance, if one was writing about the natural world, Bill Bryson’s A Walk in the Woods would be a good model. Put differently, what we are looking for is writing that dramatizes internal more than external concerns. So, writing that leans towards the memoir or autobiography would not be amiss.
Elisabeth Doreen Shaw Russell Award Recipient:
- o 2007 – Amanda K. Berman ‘09
Hensel Prizes
Submission Deadline: March 14th, 2008
Each year, the department may award two Hensel Prizes, one to a member of the senior class and one to a member of the junior or sophomore class. To be eligible for consideration, a paper must have been submitted in an F&M English course since the time of the last competition in the Spring of the previous year. Essays must be submitted in triplicate to the English Department by 3/14/08.
Criteria:
- · The paper should have a controlling idea, one that offers a compelling reading of a text or texts.
- · The paper should be excellent stylistically, clear, correct, and graceful. It should be effectively developed.
- · The essay should be scholarly, using secondary sources in a way that contributes judiciously to the argument.
Papers should be edited for submission and may be revised. The essay should be typed and double-spaced. The writer should be sure to include his or her name and class year on the manuscript and should identify the course for which the essay was originally written. Winners will be asked to submit their essays on disk. Questions relating to the Hensel Prize competition should be directed to the English Department.
Hensel Prize Recipients:
- · Senior Prize:
- o Kristen Evans ‘07
- o Justin Hopkins ‘06
- o Sara M. Ritter '05
- o Christine Oestreich '04
- o Stephanie Lautenbacher '03
- o Jamie L. Koprivnikar '02
- o John L. Parsley '01
- o Heather Ann Rodino '00
- · Junior/Sophomore Prize:
- o Christine DiDomenico ‘08
- o Monica Turner ‘08
- o Jessica Migliore ‘07
- o Kathryn Bursick '06
- o Christopher H. Jacques '05
- o Whitney Trump '05
- o Stephanie Parent '04
- o Gizem Arslan '03 &
- o Amy Hofmann '04
- o Jonathan C. Strout '02
- o Christopher Allott Chappell '01
Barbara Nelson Award – After 27 years, 2007 was the last year the award was offered. We thank Dr. Nelson for his encouraging contributions to our creative writing program.
Barbara Nelson Award Recipients
- o 2007 – Carly R. Mankus ’07 & Elizabeth A. Bryne ‘07
- o 2006 - Margarita P. Delcheva ‘07
- o 2005 – Elizabeth A. McDonnell ‘05
- o 2004 – Robert Long ‘05
- o 2003 – Christopher Jacques ‘05
- o 2002 – Gregory J. November ’02 & Tessa A. Barber ‘04
- o 2001 – Marc B. Restaino ’01 & Sara J. Sussman ‘03
- o 2000 – Marc B. Restaino ‘01
Academy of American Poetry
Poetry Prize
Submission Deadline: March 14th, 2008
Every spring, the English Department accepts submissions for the annual Academy of American Poetry Poetry Prize. Only Franklin & Marshall students are eligible. Each submission must be limited to one poem of any length, subject, or form. The poem must be original. Translations are unacceptable. The author’s name is not to appear on the poem but must be on a cover sheet that contains the title of the poem and the author’s name and campus address. Submit the poem in triplicate to the English Department by 3/14/08.
The winner will be chosen by members of the English Department and will receive a $100.00 honorarium from the Academy of American Poetry. Also, the English Department will sponsor a reading for the winner late in the spring semester.
Academy of American Poetry Recipients
- o 2007 – Jessica N. Migliore ‘07
- o 2006 - Margarita P. Delcheva ‘07
- o 2005 – Elizabeth A. McDonnell ‘05
- o 2004 – Christopher Jacques ’05 & Rebecca Peters-Golden ‘04
- o 2003 – Megan Laverty ’04 & Rebecca Peters-Golden ‘04
- o 2002 – Rebecca Peters-Golden ‘04
- o 2001 – Molly E. Dowd ‘02
- o 2000 – Richard E. Lovejoy ’01 & Christopher A. Chappell ‘01
