PACE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH 
WRITING AWARDS CEREMONY

MONDAY, MAY 2, 2016

Willis, Owens, Gill, Cannon, and Rose Creative Writing, Literary or Film Criticism, and Journalism Awards, and the Academy of American Poets Prize

The Sarah Willis, Billie and Curtis Owens, Richard Gill, Gerard Cannon, and James Rose memorial funds, named in honor of distinguished English Department faculty, and the David A. Bickimer-Promise of Learnings / Academy of American Poets Prize, established by John Ashbery and David Kermani

FICTION

Juliet Mueller, Sarah Willis Award, 1st Place: “The Space Between”

Haley Boden, Richard Gill Award, 1st Place: “Flower Language”

Sabrina Boyle, Sarah Willis Award, 2nd Place: “Esther”

Sabeen Aziz, Richard Gill Award, 2nd Place: “Red Lilacs”

Rachael Pepper, Gerard Cannon Award, 3rd Place: “That Guy”

Nessie Nankivell, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, 3rd Place: “Sometimes These Things Heal on Their Own”

Alisha Thompson, Gerard Cannon Award, Honorable Mention: “Keep Going”

Daniel Sherwood, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, Honorable Mention: “My Love Story”

SCREENWRITING

Trevor Brenden, Richard Gill Award, 1st Place: Elliot

Joe Reault, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: Bromos, Season 1, Episode 2: “Strip Club”

Joshua Kennedy, Sarah Willis Award, 3rd Place: Dorm of the Damned

JOURNALISM

Irene Schultz, Sarah Willis Award, 1st  Place: “Underneath a Superhero’s Cape” and “Tapping into the Mystery of 41 Park Row Water”

Sarah Hartzell, Richard Gill Award, 2nd Place: “American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson Review”

Melissa Persaud, Sarah Willis Award, 3rd Place: “Cam Newton Can Dance However, the Hell He Wants”

Maximiliano Onofre, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, Honorable Mention: “The Sexist Files”

PLAYWRITING

Harold Hodge, Jr., Sarah Willis Award, 1st Place:  Candyland

Messiah Hagood-Barnes, Richard Gill Award, 2nd Place: Yelling through the Yellow

Angelica Gorga, Gerard Cannon Award, 3rd Place: Island of Souls

Kelsey Senteio, Sarah Willis Award, Honorable Mention: Little Bear

Megan Millisky, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, Honorable Mention: Where You’re Meant to Be

CRITICAL or CREATIVE NONFICTION

Marissa DeMarino, Richard Gill Award, 1st Place: “Flashes of Him”

Kristen Bianco, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, 2nd Place: “Worn Spines,” “What I Bring to Your House,” and “Love Me Indigo”

Megan Millisky, Richard Gill Award, 3rd Place: “Awakening” and “Imaginary Friends”

Irene Schultz, Gerard Cannon Award, Honorable Mention: “MyPlate Isn’t Really Yours,” “Going against the Grain,” and “Drugs to Degrees”

Amber Elie-Pierre, Sarah Willis Award, Honorable Mention: “Sleepless Nights,” “When the Garden Wilts,” and “What We’ve Lost”

POETRY

Juliet Mueller, David A. Bickimer—Promise of Learnings /Academy of American Poets Prize: “Thing  Don’t Always Lie Where They Fall,” “The New Contemporary,” “life beneath the window,” “Imagined Origins of My Favorite Words,” “From the Notepad”

Tasha Gagnon, Richard Gill Award, 1st Place: “Pantheon,” “Souvenir,” “Teeth,” “Grip,” and “Reasons to Have Panic Attacks”

Jessica Jimenez, Sarah Willis Award, 1st Place: “Things To Do around Lancaster,” “THE ERASER IN ROOM 2020,” “Fruit Medley,” “Piglet,” and “It’s So Black Out Tonight”

Chang (Harrison) Yang, Richard Gill Award, 2nd Place: “North Face,” “They Were Playing Cellos,” “Mornings in a Haunted House,” “7 Train to Long Island and 16 hours until Hong Kong,” and  “Onion”

Waverly Bergwin, Sarah Willis Award, 2nd  Place: “Orange,” “[Shirt],” “8 Men,” “Colder,” and “I Didn’t Wash the Strawberries”

Jordan Rose Little, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, 3rd Place: “Head of Broccoli,” “An Expert’s Guide to Mango Eating,” “The Compost Bin,” “Yolk,” and “Lavender”

Kelsey O’Brien-Enders, Sarah Willis Award, 3rd Place: “I Don’t Smoke,” “Blank White Space,” “Times Square,” “My Coats Are More Memorable Now,” and “As I Go Crazy in the Kitchen”

Nicholas Krauss, James Rose Award, Honorable Mention: “Last Words for Labetts,” “Some Things I've Seen,” and “Herbsstag (Word Stache)”

Mollie Murtagh, Sarah Willis Award, Honorable Mention: “Yellow,” “Deli across OTB,” “Aquarium,” and “Seascape”

LITERARY or FILM CRITICISM

Annelise Nussbacher, Sarah Willis Award, 1st Place: “André Bazin and the Development of Cinematic Realism”

Brooke Stoker, Richard Gill Award, 1st Place: “Souvenirs: The Power of Representation in Relation to Memory”

Sabeen Aziz, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, 2nd Place: “Love, Martyrdom, and Writing in The Countess of Mountgomeries Urania: A Defense of Female Authorship”

Luke Widlund, Gerard Cannon Award, 2nd Place: “Nervous as the Sea”

Giulianna Nasta, Richard Gill Award, 3rd Place: “Jane Eyre: Creating Connections through Costume”

Joseph Gonzalez, Sarah Willis Award, 3rd Place: “The Liberty of Rage”

Amber Elie-Pierre, Billie and Curtis Owens Award, Honorable Mention: “How to Enslave Black Men: Racial Masculinity as Depicted by Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl”

Jordan Rose Little, Gerard Cannon Award, Honorable Mention: “Production and Profit in Moby Dick”

Kelly Herbert Writing Award

Endowed by Ms. Julie Hanus and administered by the Pace Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Asexual and Ally (LGBTQA) & Social Justice Center

Annamaria Watson, “Purple Sage”