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English Department 2008 Award Winners

English Honors Andrea Cerrillo Sonja Eberly Ellen Fisher Margaret Foarde Jessica Francis Gillian Gonzalez Andrew Kyser Anna Maurer Tina Miller Angela Panayotopulos Lauren Rollins Stephanie Thompson Colva Weissenstein Paul Zaic Outstanding Graduating Seniors in Honors Sonja Eberly Ellen Fisher Outstanding Graduating Senior not in Honors Lesley Tajnsek

Outstanding Graduate Student Awards Tel Monks, MA Linguistics Elizabeth Coon, MA Literature Michael Solow, MA Teaching of Writing and Literature Barbara Moody, Professional Writing and Editing Joe Hall, MFA Poetry Wade Fletcher, MFA Poetry Sara Hov, MFA Fiction Mike Scalise, MFA Nonfiction

James L. Jackson Prize
Joy Haywood-Swiger

Mary Roberts Rinehart Poetry Award
Danika Stegeman

Mary Roberts Rinehart Poetry Award Honorable Mention
Victoria Shelton
Emily Viggiano

Mary Roberts Rinehart Fiction Award
Allyson Armistead

Mary Roberts Rinehart Non-Fiction Award
Mike Scalise

The Dan Rudy Fiction Prize
Ryan Call

Shelley A. Marshall Fiction Prize
Ryan Call

Mark Craver Poetry Award
Brandon Lewis
Wade Fletcher

Mark Craver Poetry Award Honorable Mention
Joe Hall
Danika Stegeman

Joseph A. Lohman III Poetry Prize
Danika Stegeman

The Virginia Downs Poetry Award
Danika Stegeman

MFA Thesis Fellowship in Poetry
Robb St. Lawrence

MFA Thesis Fellowship in Nonfiction
Sarah Klenakis

MFA Thesis Fellowship in Fiction
Elizabeth Eshelman

Heritage Fellowship in Poetry
Danika Stegeman

MFA Completion Fellowship in Poetry
Ethan Edwards

MFA Completion Fellowship in Fiction
Alyson Foster

Sven Eric Molin Critical Essay Award
Alissa Bourbonnais

Cynthia Wynn Herman Scholarship
Rachel Wimer

Outstanding Mentor-Teacher
Selena Grace
Twila Johnson
Mike Scalise
Devon Ward-Thommes

 

 

Upcoming Panel Discussions on Careers in Writing and Editing

Come listen, ask questions, and meet alumni working in magazine and book publishing, editing, health reporting, sports reporting, script writing, features writing and technical writing.

Roundtable on Editing: Monday: March 24th

Innovation Hall, 334, 5:00-6:30pm

-- Leasa Burton, Executive Editor, Bedford/St. Martin’s

-- Mary Cleary, Editor, Smithsonian American Art Museum

-- Doug Eyman, Senior Editor, Kairos: Rhetoric, Technology, Pedagogy

-- Roger Lathbury, Publisher and Editor, Orchises Press

-- Karita dos Santos, Senior Marketing Manager, Bedford/St. Martin’s; Former Senior Editor, Oxford UP

Panel on Careers in Writing and Editing: Thursday, March 27th

Johnson Center, Room A, 5:30-7:00pm

-- Ken Budd, Features Editor, AARP The Magazine

-- Michelle Katz, Healthcare Consultant and International Medical Reporter

-- Jonathan Lawhead, Writer, Director and Producer of Television Documentaries

-- Elaina Loveland, Managing Editor, International Educator, National Association of International Educators

-- Amy Rosewater, Freelance Sports Reporter

-- Roxana Schoen, Documentation Manager, MicroStrategy Inc.