2021 AwardsEnglish
Graduate Awards
Outstanding Graduate Student Awards
- Erin Della Puca
- Kyra Kondis
- Martin Mitchell
- Arlee Pearlswig
- Sophie Smith
- Alan Strom
- Sarah Wilson
Robert Karlson Award
The Robert Karlson prize provides a monetary award to the year's outstanding graduate student in the English Department's MA programs.
- Kimberlyn Pepe
Sven Eric Molin Award
The Sven Eric Molin Prize provides an award in funds toward the education of a continuing graduate student in English of exceptional merit.
- Chelsea Cripps
Dan Rudy Fiction Prize
The Dan Rudy Fiction Prize for a single short story of 20 double-spaced pages or less.
- Kyra Kondis
Shelley A. Marshall Fiction Prize
The Shelley A. Marshall Fiction Prize for a single short story of 20 doubled-spaced pages or less.
- Asa Sutton
Virginia Downs EcoPoetry Award
The Virginia Downs Poetry Award is given for a single poem of 60 lines or less.
- Christian Stanzione
Joseph A. Lohman III Poetry Prize
The Joseph Lohman Poetry Prize is given for a single poem of 60 lines or less.
- Faith Reale
Undergraduate Awards
Outstanding Graduating Senior
- Alaina Johannson
- Carolyn Klein
- Sawyer Kressin
- Samira Moss
- Liudmilla Ushakova
James L. Jackson Award
The James L. Jackson Prize provides funds to support the education at George Mason of a continuing undergraduate major in English of exceptional merit.
- Cara Van Ryn
Aileen Walls Award
The Aileen Walls Award provides a prize to an outstanding graduating English major.
- Kayleigh Boughton
- Alaina Johansson
Dr. Barry Berkey Personal Essay Award
The Dr. Barry Berkey Personal Essay Award recognizes an outstanding non-fiction personal essay written by a junior or senior undergraduate English major.
- Zack Peach, Honorable Mention
- Sanjana Raghavan, Winner
OLLI-Mason Scholarship
- Kara Crawford
- Madison Gaines
- Grace McGiffin
- Allison Mescall