Duke University Linguistics Program

2012 Contest and Award Winners

ENGLISH EXCELLENCE AWARDS:

Critical Essay Award: Ellie Beam

Honorable Mention: Katherine Zhang 

Most Original Honors Thesis Award:  Amanda Auerbach

Barbara Herrnstein Smith Award for Criticism and Theory: Casey A. Williams 

Louis J. Budd Award for American Literature:  Shreyan Sen

Stanley E. Fish Award for British Literature:  Stefanie Engert

CREATIVE WRITING AWARDS:

Schutte Senior Award:  Shining Li

Anne Flexner Fiction Award:  Becca Scheuer ("The Shak");                                David Rothschild ("If You See Her Say Hello")  Second Prize

Academy of American Poets Prize:  Alex Alston ("Alone and Far From Home")

Anne Flexner Poetry Award:  Amanda Egan ("Saturday Nights Freshman Falls");  Malia Lehrer ("Sante Fe, December 1994") Second Prize

Terry Welby Tyler, Jr. Poetry Award:  Ellie Beam ("Falling Bodies: Love is Gravity Between People" )

SCHOLARSHIPS:

Sanford Scholarships:  Lindsey Osteen; Xuan Duong
 

Blackburn Scholarships:  Michaela Dwyer; Lydia Rappaport-Hankins;                Holly Hilliard; Teresa Kashgarian; Raasti Said

Pemberton Scholarship:   Gareth Livesay
 

There are many opportunities for students to be recognized for their writing and scholarship. The English department holds two Creative Writing contests each year (one for fiction and one for poetry) and a contest for critical essays.  Awards are also given to students who excel in particular areas of study.  In addition, several scholarships are awarded each year.