Each year, the English Department awards named prizes to a few English majors in recognition of their scholarship and accomplishments. The prizes requiring writing submissions are open to those not majoring in English as well.

The ESTELLE M. ALLISON PRIZE
For excellence in literature
Winner: Francesca DeGiorgio

The WILLIAM HALLER PRIZE
Awarded annually by the Barnard English Department to a graduating senior for excellence in the study of English literature
Winners: Ruby Finlayson, Catherine Sawoski, Olivia Jean Slaughter

The W. CABELL GREET PRIZE
To a major for excellence in English
Winners: Tapiwa Gambura, Grace Novarr, Anna Sommer

The ES CARRIGAN PRIZE
For graduate work in English
Winners: Grace Bright

The SIDNEY MINER POETRY PRIZE
To a senior major who has shown distinction in the reading, writing, and study of poetry
Winners: Thaleia Dasberg, Ellis Dougherty

The SAINT AGATHA-MURIEL BOWDEN MEMORIAL PRIZE
For superior proficiency in the study of Chaucer and Medieval literature
Winner: Yeukai Zimbwa

The STAINS-BERLE MEMORIAL PRIZE IN ANGLO-SAXON
For excellence in Anglo-Saxon language and literature
Winner: Nayla Delgado Oliva

The SASKIA HAMILTON PRIZE
To a senior major who, like Professor Hamilton, combines excellence in creative writing and literary scholarship.
Winner: Juliet Bogan 

The DORIS E. FLEISCHMAN PRIZE
For the student at Barnard judged by the Faculty of the English Department to have written the best short piece, fiction or non-fiction 
2024 Winner: Anoushka Prashanth

The AMY LOVEMAN MEMORIAL FUND PRIZE
For the best original poem by a Barnard undergraduate 
Winner: Nayla Delgado

The LENORE MARSHALL BARNARD PRIZES
In prose and poetry

• 2024 Poetry winners:
  First Place: Kiley Malloy, Esme Levine, Dima Aboukasm, Grace Novarr
  Honorable Mentions:  Amelia Foster, Yeukai Zimbwa, Vanessa Tasé Sueiro, Isa Farfan

The HELEN PRINCE MEMORIAL PRIZE
For excellence in dramatic composition 
Winners: Francesca DeGiorgio, Layla Ross, Alex Barron

The HOWARD M. TEICHMANN WRITING PRIZE
To a graduating senior for work distinguished in its originality of concept and excellence of execution 
Winners: Olivia Treynor, Claire Hunt, Rebecca Kopelman, Tapiwa Gambura, Anna Sommer

Awarded by Outside Judges:

The PETER S. PRESCOTT PRIZE FOR PROSE WRITING
For a work of prose fiction which gives the greatest evidence of creative imagination and sustained ability

• First Place: Regina Rosenfeld
• Second Place: Kiley Malloy
• Third Place: Mel Wang
• Honorable Mentions: Yeukai Zimbwa, Sofia DeSanto, Olivia Treynor

The HELENE SEARCY PULS PRIZE
For the best poem in an annual student competition
Winners: Chanel de los Santos, Vanessa Tasé Sueiro, Mel Wang, Sofia DeSanto, Esther Thielking

Judged by Departmental Committee:

The BURNS SOCIETY PRIZE
Awarded to three Barnard or Columbia students who write the best papers on topics related to the poetry of the eighteenth-century Scottish poet Robert Burns

The Burns Society Prize was not awarded in 2024.

The BRANDT PLAYWRITING AWARD
To the student who writes the most promising one-act play
Winners: 

• First Place - Juliet Bogan 
• Second Place - Charlie Coleman
• Third Place - Brooks Gillespie