We are thrilled to announce the winners of our English Department’s annual Honors Awards! These awards recognize the hard work and dedication of our undergraduate and graduate English students in a variety of concentrations.
We are proud to celebrate these outstanding individuals.
Graduate Awards
Outstanding Graduate Student Awards
Jessika Bouvier
Emma Bussard
Grace Calamita
Bri Chapman
Shellie Kalinsky
Susan Lane
Jillian Shank
Nate Walker
Sven Eric Molin Award
Rebecca Kobayashi
Robert Karlson Award
Emma Bussard
MFA Thesis Fellowship in Poetry
Maya Gudapati
MFA Thesis Fellowship in Fiction
Scott Hovdey
MFA Thesis Fellowship in Nonfiction
Madeline Merritt
Charlie Jones Award
Lubna Alnumair
Alan Cheuse International Writers Center Fellow
Katey Funderburgh
Klara Kalu
Angelina Morin
Anqi Tang
CHSS Outstanding Graduate Student in English
Angie DiNardo
Margaret R. Yocom Student Paper Prize -- Graduate
Amanda Young
GMU Rinehart Fiction Award
Eunice Tan
GMU Rinehart Nonfiction Award
Martheaus Perkins
GMU Rinehart Poetry Award
Scott Hovdey
Virginia Downs Ecopoetry Award
Nick Ritter
Mary Roberts Rinehart Fiction Award (MFA Students Only)
Martheaus Perkins
Mary Roberts Rinehart Nonfiction Award (MFA Students Only)
Rob Bianco
Mark Craver Poetry Award (MFA Students Only)
Katey Funderburgh
Undergraduate Awards
Outstanding Graduating Senior in Honors
Martha Castro-Hernandez
James L. Jackson Award
Xander Hall
Aileen Walls Award
Grace Davidson
Dr. Barry Berkey Personal Essay Award
Joey Conley
Graduation with Honors in English
F.N. Baylor
Martha Castro-Hernandez
Kay Concepcion
Rebecca Custer
Grace Davidson
Alayda Flick
Elliott Frey
Serena Grant
Cara Hadden
Mikayla Hart
Nathaniel Hort-Ly
CJ Kimmey
Thomas Malinovsky
Sariya Scribner
Erin Zellner
OLLI-Mason Scholarship
Destiny Llanos
Jonathan Mullins
Nawaal Nackerdien
Lathbury at Random Award
Evangeline Miller
CHSS Outstanding Student for the BA
Matthew Fox
CHSS Outstanding Student for the BFA
Darbyshire Burge
Margaret R. Yocom Student Paper Prize -- Undergraduate
F.N. Baylor
These individuals will be celebrated at the English Department Honors Reception on Wednesday, May 7th at 5:00pm in the Center for the Arts Grand Tier III. Family and friends are invited to attend.
For more information about the awards and winners, please click here!
View the Digital Program here!
May 07, 2025