NEW YORK ENGLISH DEPARTMENT 

WRITING AWARDS CEREMONY

THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2022 

Schimmel Theater Lobby

3:30-5:30 pm

(in-person only)

Conducted by Writing Awards Director Eugene Richie

 

Welcome

Dr. Sarah Blackwood, English Department Chair

 

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

Jasmine Ng                             Gerard Cannon Award               1st Place

Cayla Quinn                            Sarah Willis Award                     1st Place

Greyson Corley                        Gerard Cannon Award               2nd Place

Emma Sylvia                            Sarah Willis Award                     2nd Place

Amanda Zinni                         Gerard Cannon Award               3rd Place

Isabella Coraci                         Sarah Willis Award                     3rd Place

Nina Hook                              Billie and Curtis Owens Award    Honorable Mention

Alexandria Grigsby                  James Rose Award                     Honorable Mention

Liz Pollard                               Richard Gill Award                    Honorable Mention

 

LINGUISTIC AND RHETORICAL ANALYSIS

Zoey Keenan                            Sarah Willis Award                     1st Place

Felicity Flores-Drew                Gerard Cannon Award               2nd Place

Kailin Brown                           Richard Gill Award                    2nd Place

Sadie Lorence                          Billie and Curtis Owens Award    3rd Place

Gillian Kerrigan                       James Rose Award                     3rd Place

Kat Hine                                  Gerard Cannon Award               Honorable Mention

 

JOURNALISM

Jaeden Pinder                          Gerard Cannon Award              1st Place

Kelsi Karruli                             James Rose Award                     1st Place

Mandi Karpo                           Gerard Cannon Award              2nd Place

Britni Dunn                             Sarah Willis Award                     2nd Place

Joy Savoy                                 Billie and Curtis Owens Award    3rd Place

Cailyn Mickelsen                     Gerard Cannon Award               3rd Place

Elena Sierzchula                      Richard Gill Award                    Honorable Mention

 

COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS

SCRIPTS

Alma Gomez Martinez             Richard Gill Award                   1st Place

Subrina Ally                             Gerard Cannon Award               2nd Place

Zoë Adams                              Billie and Curtis Owens Award    3rd Place

 

Detroit Hamell                         Richard Gill Award                    Honorable Mention

 

ESSAYS

Megan Tometich                     Sarah Willis Award                    1st Place

Harrison Louis Kerst               Gerard Cannon Award              2nd Place

 

PLAYWRITING

Santiago Villar Saucedo           Sarah Willis Award                     1st Place

Liz Pollard                               Gerard Cannon Award              2nd Place

Nathan Lanum                        Billie and Curtis Owens Award    3rd Place

Anna Giacalone                       Billie and Curtis Owens Award    3rd Place

Sarah Bergin                            Richard Gill Award                   Honorable Mention

Jalyn Horhn                             Richard Gill Award                    Honorable Mention

Cayla Quinn                            Richard Gill Award                    Honorable Mention

 

WRITING FOR FILM AND TELEVISION

Feature-Length Screenplays

Jalyn Horhn                             Gerard Cannon Award               1st Place

Mary Justin                              Sarah Willis Award                     2nd Place

Lindsey Bourque                     Richard Gill Award                    3rd Place

Iree Mann                                Richard Gill Award                    3rd Place

 

Television Spec Episodes

Benjamin Schultz                     Gerard Cannon Award               1st Place

Joshua Rabin                           Sarah Willis Award                     2nd Place

 

Television Pilots

Alyssa Cook                             Sarah Willis Award                     1st Place

Makenzie Ball                          Gerard Cannon Award               2nd Place

 

NONFICTION

Mary Justin                              Gerard Cannon Award               1st Place

Megan Tometich                     Billie and Curtis Owens Award    2nd Place

Shayan Saniei                          James Rose Award                     3rd Place

Madyson Greenly                     Gerard Cannon Award               3rd Place

Jaylin de Guzman                    Richard Gill Award                    Honorable Mention

 

POETRY

Cailyn Mickelsen                     David A. Bickimer—Promise of Learnings /Academy of American Poets Prize Nina Hook                         Sarah Willis Award                        1st Place

Alanis Howard (Chooweenam) Sarah Willis Award                    1st Place

Kathleen Caraway                    Gerard Cannon Award               2nd Place

Madeline Florio                       Gerard Cannon Award               2nd Place

Zoë Adams                              Gerard Cannon Award               2nd Place

Ashley Geiser                           Sarah Willis Award                     3rd Place

Megan Tometich                     Richard Gill Award                    3rd Place

Zoe Schuman                          Billie and Curtis Owens Award    3rd Place

Carmen Ridley                         James Rose Award                     Honorable Mention

Malaika Pedzayi-Ferguson      James Rose Award                     Honorable Mention

Greyson Corley                        James Rose Award                     Honorable Mention

 

FICTION

Joy Savoy                                 Sarah Willis Award                     1st Place

Zoe Schuman                          Sarah Willis Award                     1st Place

Malaika Pedzayi-Ferguson      Gerard Cannon Award               2nd Place

Sarah Kincaid                          Gerard Cannon Award               2nd Place

Jack Niemczyk                         Gerard Cannon Award               2nd Place

Nicolina Barone                      Billie and Curtis Owens Award    3rd Place

Sylvie Morris                            Billie and Curtis Owens Award    3rd Place

Greyson Corley                        Billie and Curtis Owens Award    3rd Place

Shannon Foley                         Richard Gill Award                    Honorable Mention

Jonathan Sokel                         Richard Gill Award                    Honorable Mention

Gabby Morales                         Richard Gill Award                    Honorable Mention

 

WRITING ON FILM

Alanis Howard (Chooweenam) Gerard Cannon Award              1st Place

Mick Bongiovi                         Richard Gill Award                    2nd Place

Sascha Quaknine                     Sarah Willis Award                     3^rd Place

Rebekah Sheridan                    Billie and Curtis Owens Award    3^rd Place

 

Kelly Herbert Writing Award

Presented by Kelly Herbert and LaDarius DuPree, Associate Director of the LGBTQA+ Center

Jack Niemczyk, “Still Life with Ham”

 

English Faculty Excellence in Teaching Awards

Presented by Dr. Sarah Blackwood, English Department Chair 

The Gilbert Rubenstein Excellence in Teaching Award (2022)

Tim Anderson

The Tom Henthorne Excellence in Teaching Award (2022)

Stephanie Hsu

 

Congratulations to Film and Screen Studies and English Major Graduates

Readings from Aphros 62 (2022)

Open Student Creative Writing Reading

 

 2022 WRITING AWARDS

2022 NYC English Department Willis, Owens, Gill, Cannon, and Rose Writing Awards, and the Academy of American Poets Prize For questions, contact Awards Director, Eugene Richie: erichie@pace.edu Results at  http://www.pace.edu/dyson/departments/english-nyc/writing-awards

Submissions by email only to nyenglishawards@gmail.com by Mon., April 18, 2022, by 3:00 pm.

AWARDS: $20,000 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, Writing for Film and Television, Playwriting, Journalism, Writing on Film, Literary Criticism, Linguistic and Rhetorical Analysis, and Comics and Graphic Novels. 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, Film and Screen Studies (FSS), or American Studies (AMS) major; a minor in Creative Writing, English, Literature, Language and Linguistics, Critical Race and Ethnicity Studies, Classical and Medieval Studies, Translation Studies, or Journalism and Digital Storytelling; Pace Press writer or staff; or an undergraduate from NYC or PLV in any major who has taken (or is taking) a NYC ENG course above ENG 201, a 200-level LIT course, a 300-level ENG or LIT course, or any FSS or AMS course. Also, you must be enrolled as a Pace student during the 2021-2022 academic year.

DEADLINE: Mon., April 18, 2022 by 3:00 pm. Submissions by email only to nyenglishawards@gmail.com

Send one email and attach a separate .docx file in that one email for each award category you enter with your cover page first followed by your writing in that category in one file. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR PLAYWRITING AND SCREENWRITING ENTRIES: Submit your play or screenplay in a pdf file without your name on it, but also attach one additional cover page docx file for each play or screenplay. Your first email will get a receipt; additional ones will not.

WRITING CATEGORIES: You may submit in multiple categories, but include one cover page for each category.        

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

·       POETRY/docx: 5 poems maximum, but no more than 5 total pages. Begin each poem on a new page with 1 column per page.

·       NONFICTION/docx: 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, writing on film, book reviews or journalism).

·       WRITING FOR FILM AND TELEVISION (Use only a pdf file for your writing and a separate docx file for your cover page): For feature-length screenplays, 10-30 pages maximum in screenplay format, and a 1-page (double-spaced) story outline. For television scripts, a completed spec episode or pilot in standard script format. You can submit entries for both areas.

·       PLAYWRITING (Use only a pdf file for writing and a separate docx file for cover page): 10-30 pages maximum in standard play format and a 1-page analysis of characters, setting, action, and the singular event that sparks the subsequent action.

·       JOURNALISM/docx: 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/docx: 25 double-spaced pages maximum, but no more than 1 piece, i.e., formal, historical, or theoretical analysis of film (see Journalism for current film reviews). 

·       LITERARY CRITICISM/docx: 30 double-spaced pages maximum, but no more than 3 pieces, i.e., critical essays on literature (see Journalism for reviews of current books; see Comics and Graphic Novels for essays on that genre).

·       LINGUISTIC AND RHETORICAL ANALYSIS/docx: 15 double-spaced pages maximum, including collections of shorter pieces analyzing linguistic data. Multimodal pieces and posters are also welcome. We especially encourage submissions reflecting linguistic diversity.

·       COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS (Essays)/docx: 25 double-spaced pages maximum, but no more than 3 essays. 

·       COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS/docx: 25 manuscript pages maximum, but comprising script for at least 8 comics pages.

 

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Submit one Cover Page in docx format for each writing category you enter. Each Cover Page 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 list your English, FSS, or AMS major or Creative Writing, English, Literature, Language and Linguistics, Critical Race and Ethnicity Studies, Classical and Medieval Studies, Translation Studies, or Journalism and Digital Storytelling minor. Or if a non-English major, list major and course #, semester, and year of one ENG course above ENG 201, one 200 or 300-level LIT course, or one FSS or AMS course ever taken; or Pace Press writer or staff. 

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

·       The title(s) of all the works in this category & include those titles on the works too without your name.

Writing Entry: DO NOT put your name on any other page aside from the docx cover 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 3:00 pm, MON., APRIL 18.

·       Awards Ceremony, Thursday, MAY 5, 3:30-5:30 pm. News @ http://www.pace.edu/dyson/departments/english-nyc/writing-awards