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: Emma Kaneira

The WILLIAM HALLER PRIZE
Awarded annually by the Barnard English Department to a graduating senior for excellence in the study of English literature
Winners: Jalen Lee, Layla Faraj, Lily Crowell

The W. CABELL GREET PRIZE
To a major for excellence in English
Winners: Claudia Kim, Cleo Helscher, Maya Shore

The ES CARRIGAN PRIZE
For graduate work in English
Winners: Tara McTague, Tahiyah Hussein

The SIDNEY MINER POETRY PRIZE
To a senior major who has shown distinction in the reading, writing, and study of poetry
Winners: Anoushka Prashanth, Lillabeth Brodersen

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

The STAINS-BERLE MEMORIAL PRIZE IN ANGLO-SAXON
For excellence in Anglo-Saxon language and literature
Winner: Rebecca Kopelman

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

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 
2025 Winners: Delaney Baker, Maybelle Keyser-Butson, Julia Kiaer

The AMY LOVEMAN MEMORIAL FUND PRIZE
For the best original poem by a Barnard undergraduate 
Winner: Eesha Rao, Khione Han, Anika Strite

The LENORE MARSHALL BARNARD PRIZES
In prose and poetry. Only the poetry prize was awarded in 2025.
2025 Poetry winners
First Place: Saachi Sethii
Second Place: Charlie Coleman, Anoushka Sharma
Honorable Mentions: Stephanie Fuentes, Lúcia Towne

The HELEN PRINCE MEMORIAL PRIZE
For excellence in dramatic composition 
Winners: Sofia Latkany, Sophie Simons Borgenicht

The HOWARD M. TEICHMANN WRITING PRIZE
To a graduating senior for work distinguished in its originality of concept and excellence of execution 
Winners: Anoushka Prashanth, Layla Faraj, Regina Rosenfeld, Erin Reese Alexander

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: Tanya Chatterjee
• Second Place: Cody Cragun
• Third Place: Clara Goldberg
• Honorable Mentions: Mia Palli, Francesca Lloyd

The HELENE SEARCY PULS PRIZE
For the best poem in an annual student competition
This prize was not awarded in 2025

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 2025.

The BRANDT PLAYWRITING AWARD
To the student who writes the most promising one-act play
Winners: Ella Britton, Sage Friedman, Natalie Buttner