Wed. 5/2 4:30-6:30 163 William St., 18th FL Banquet Rm—APHROS-English Dept. Open-Mic Reading. Refreshments will be served. Everyone is welcome. Please attend if you can. Reading conducted by APHROS Editors Mollie Murtagh and Jake Holzman.

NEW YORK ENGLISH DEPARTMENT 

WRITING AWARDS CEREMONY

WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2018

3:15 - 5:00 PM

163 WILLIAM ST., 18^THFL BANQUET ROOM

Conducted by Writing Awards Director Eugene Richie

Refreshments will be served. Please join us for the ceremony.

Willis, Owens, Gill, Cannon, and Rose Writing 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

LITERARY CRITICISM

Erica Magrin                           Gerard Cannon Award               1st Place

Joe Reault                                Gerard Cannon Award               1st Place

Nicki Kern                               Sarah Willis Award                    2nd Place

Kayla Hyland                           Sarah Willis Award                    2nd Place

Ayla Combes                            Richard Gill Award                   3rd Place

Sarah Hillyer                           Richard Gill Award                   3rd Place

Jacob Holzman                        James Rose Award                     Honorable Mention

Melanie Rapoport                    James Rose Award                     Honorable Mention

JOURNALISM

Juliet Mueller                           Billie and Curtis Owens Award  1st Place

Katrina Alonso                         Gerard Cannon Award               2nd Place

Brooke Salamone                     Gerard Cannon Award               2nd Place

Asia Letlow                              Sarah Willis Award                    3rd Place

Eric Thomas                           Sarah Willis Award                    3rd Place

Veronica Albarella                    Richard Gill Award                   Honorable Mention

Brooke Sufrin                          Richard Gill Award                   Honorable Mention

LINGUISTIC AND RHETORICAL ANALYSIS

Austin Goodman (with co-author Yohei Mizobuchi)

                                                Sarah Willis Award                    1st Place

Klara Nilsson (with co-author Miranda Chhor

                        Gerard Cannon Award               2nd Place

Cole Bedford                            Gerard Cannon Award               2nd Place

Elise Graham                           Billie and Curtis Owens Award  3rd Place

Sarah Hillyer                           Billie and Curtis Owens Award  3rd Place

PLAYWRITING

Semaje Wicker                         Sarah Willis Award                    1st Place

Harold Hodge                        Gerard Cannon Award               2nd Place

Ayla Combes                            Gerard Cannon Award               3rd Place

Paulina Katja Custodio             Billie and Curtis Owens Award  Honorable Mention

Samantha Ericson                    Billie and Curtis Owens Award  Honorable Mention

SCREENWRITING

Matthew Tighe                        Gerard Cannon Award               1st Place

Jasmin Tejada                          Sarah Willis Award                    2nd Place

Harold Hodge                        Richard Gill Award                   3rd Place

WRITING ON FILM

Jacob Holzman                        Sarah Willis Award                    1st Place

Leif Tystad                              Sarah Willis Award                    1st Place

Jasmine Healy                        Billie and Curtis Owens Award  2nd Place

Mollie Murtagh                        Billie and Curtis Owens Award  2nd Place

Austin Goodman                      Gerard Cannon Award               3rd Place

Anna Maria Sejuelas                James Rose Award                     Honorable Mention

NONFICTION

Taylor Nicole Heilman            Sarah Willis Award                    1st Place

Alexandra Feinman                  Gerard Cannon Award               2nd Place

Jordan Rose Little                    Gerard Cannon Award               2nd Place

Georgette Charalambous          Billie and Curtis Owens Award  3rd Place

Sarah Song Murray                  Billie and Curtis Owens Award  3rd Place

Laura DeBella                          Richard Gill Award                   Honorable Mention

Jasmine Healy                        Richard Gill Award                   Honorable Mention

Andrew Sciallo                         Richard Gill Award                   Honorable Mention

FICTION

Juliet Mueller                           Richard Gill                              1st Place

Haley Boden                            Gerard Cannon Award               2nd Place

Melanie Rapoport                    Gerard Cannon Award               2nd Place

Ingrid Lorenzi                         Billie and Curtis Owens Award  3rd Place

Chantal Towns                        Billie and Curtis Owens Award  3rd Place

Abigail Letson                         Sarah Willis Award                    Honorable Mention

Molly Linnen                           Sarah Willis Award                    Honorable Mention

POETRY

Mollie Murtagh                        David A. Bickimer—Promise of Learnings /Academy of American Poets Prize

Jordan Rose Little                    Sarah Willis Award                    1st Place

Alma Hansson Nilson             Sarah Willis Award                    1st Place

Jacob Holzman                        Billie and Curtis Owens Award  2nd Place

Miranda Valleau                       Billie and Curtis Owens Award  2nd Place

Kaitlin Owens                          Richard Gill Award                   3rd Place

Elena Vail                                Richard Gill Award                   3rd Place

Molly Linnen                           Gerard Cannon Award   Honorable Mention

Noah Toth                               Gerard Cannon Award   Honorable Mention

Kelly Herbert Writing Award

Originally endowed by Ms. Julie Hanus. Administered by Pace University’s LGBTQA & Social Justice Center, the award recognizes outstanding writing about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Asexual and Ally lives and issues.

Presented by Kelley Herbert

Alida Munir,“The Letters I Wrote” 

Two more upcoming English Dept. events:
*Wed. 5/2 3:00-4:30 163 William St., 18thFL Banquet Rm—English Writing Awards Ceremony. Refreshments will be served. Everyone is welcome. Please attend if you can. By Tuesday, 5/1, winners will be announced here and on our Pace NY English Facebook site https://www.facebook.com/groups/paceenglishnyc/

* Wed. 5/2 4:30-6:30 163 William St., 18th FL Banquet Rm—APHROS-English Dept. Open-Mic Reading . Refreshments will be served. Everyone is welcome. Please attend if you can. Reading conducted by APHROS Editors Mollie Murtagh and Jake Holzman.

2018 WRITING AWARDS

2018 NYC English Department Willis, Owens, Gill, Cannon, and Rose Writing Awards, and the Academy of American Poets Prize

$12,000 in awards from the Sarah Willis, Billie and Curtis Owens, Richard Gill, Gerard Cannon, and James Rose funds (former English Dept. faculty) will be given in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Screenwriting, Playwriting, Journalism, Writing on Film, Literary Criticism, and Linguistic and Rhetorical Analysis. The Academy of American Poets Prize (established at Pace by John Ashbery and David Kermani) is awarded in the Poetry category.

Eligibility: You must be a NYC undergraduate English Dept. or Film and Screen Studies (FSS) Dept. major or minor, or an undergraduate in any major who has taken (or is taking) a Pace ENG 205, ENG 212, ENG 214, ENG 223, ENG 223C, ENG 223E, or a 300-level ENG or LIT course; LIT 205; any LIT 211 or 212; or any FSS course. Also, you must be enrolled as a Pace NYC student during the current academic year, either in Fall 2017 or Spring 2018, or both.

Deadline (Submissions by email only)

Monday, April 9, 2018, by 11:59 pm / email: nyenglishawards@gmail.com

Send one email and attach a separate .doc(x) or .pdf file in that email for each award category you enter.

Resend your email if you do not get an automatic receipt confirmation. DO NOT send a pdf file.

Guidelines

--You may submit in multiple award categories:                                               

·       FICTION: 30 double-spaced pages maximum, but no more than 3 pieces, i.e., short stories or part of a novel

·       POETRY: 5 poems (5 pages maximum, printed on one side)

·       NONFICTION: 30 double-spaced pages maximum, but no more than 3 pieces, i.e., personal essays, profiles, memoirs, biography, food, travel, or cultural writing (but not literary criticism, film criticism, or journalism.)

·       SCREENWRITING: 10-30 pages maximum in screenplay format and a 1-page (double-spaced) story outline.

·       PLAYWRITING: 10-30 pages maximum in standard play format and a 1-page analysis of characters, setting, action, and events

·       JOURNALISM: 25 double-spaced pages maximum, but no more than 3 pieces, i.e., news or feature writing; and reviews of current gallery shows, performances, multimedia work, books, theater, or cinema.

·       WRITING ON FILM: 25 double-spaced pages maximum, no more than 1 piece, i.e. formal, historical, or theoretical analysis of film (see Journalism for film reviews)

·       LITERARY CRITICISM: 30 double-spaced pages maximum, but no more than 3 pieces, i.e., critical essays on literature (see Journalism for reviews of current books)  

·       LINGUISTIC AND RHETORICAL ANALYSIS: 15 pages maximum, but no more than 3 pieces, that present data and apply methods taught in Language and Linguistics courses

--Submit one cover page for each category you enter.

(A submission exceeding the maximum page count for a category will not be considered.)

Cover Page for each category consists of the following:                                                                        

·       The heading ENGLISH DEPARTMENT WRITING AWARDS

·       Name of appropriate category (i.e., FICTION)

·       Your name; 9-digit student ID or U#; and please list your English or FSS major or minor; or if you are a major from another dept., please list your major and the course #, semester, and year of an ENG 205, 212, 214, 223, 223C, or 223E course, a 300-level ENG or LIT course, any LIT 211 or 212, or any FSS course you've taken

·       Email address, phone number(s), local mailing address

·       The title(s) of only the works in this category

DO NOT put your name on any other page.

·       All writing must be carefully edited and proofread.

·       DO NOT include page numbers on any pages.                                     

·       Applications must be emailed to nyenglishawards@gmail.com by 11:59 pm, MON., APRIL 9.

·       For questions, contact Writing Awards Director, Dr. Eugene Richie: erichie@pace.edu

·       Application Guidelines in English Dept., Rm. 1512, 41 Park Row, 15th FL and on the Pace NYC English Dept. Awards site (http://www.pace.edu/dyson/departments/english-nyc/writing-awards)