2021 Winners of Barnard English Department Student Prizes

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 ALPHA ZETA CLUB GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP
For promise of distinction in the pursuit of higher degrees. Particularly for students entering the professions.
Winner: Floriana Milazzo

GEORGE WELWOOD MURRAY GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP
For promise of distinction in graduate study in the humanities and/or the social sciences.
Winner: Claire Adler

THE ANN BARROW HAMILTON MEMORIAL PRIZE
Awarded annually to a graduating senior who is planning to pursue a career in the field of journalism and who is judged to show the most promise of success in that field based on scholarship, writing ability, and desire to succeed.
Winner: Annie Iezzi

THE ELEANOR THOMAS ELLIOTT PRIZE
Awarded to two students in the Junior Class, as chosen by the Honors Committee from among the five students with the highest grade point averages in the Class. Rigor of academic record, integrity, and good citizenship are considered. (Departments do not nominate students for this prize.)
Winner: Audrey Pettit

The ESTELLE M. ALLISON PRIZE
For excellence in literature
Winner: Claire Adler

The WILLIAM HALLER PRIZE
Awarded annually by the Barnard English Department to a graduating senior for excellence in the study of English literature
Winners: Chaya Oppenheim, Isabelle Stromberg, Julia Bailen

The W. CABELL GREET PRIZE
To a major for excellence in English
Winners: Francesca Kelley, Sarah Hilligoss, Oona MacKinnon-Hoban

The ES CARRIGAN PRIZE
For graduate work in English
Winners: Ana Lam ('20), Floriana Milazzo, Mathilde Neilsen

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

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

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

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 
Winner: Carly Frederickson, Sarah Hilligoss

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

The LENORE MARSHALL BARNARD PRIZES
In prose and poetry

• Prose winners: Erica Kam, Gianna Raimo
   
• Poetry winners:
  First Place: Asha Futterman
  Second Place: Oona MacKinnon-Hoban
  Third Place: Meredith Phipps
  Honorable Mentions: Claire Adler

The HELEN PRINCE MEMORIAL PRIZE
For excellence in dramatic composition 
Winner: Ariana Chubak

The HOWARD M. TEICHMANN WRITING PRIZE
To a graduating senior for work distinguished in its originality of concept and excellence of execution 
Winners: Oona MacKinnon-Hoban, Caitlin McCormick, Chaya Sara Oppenheim, Isabella Schettino

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: Julia Tong
• Second Place: Abigail Duclos
• Third Place: Caitlin McCormick
• Honorable Mentions: Daniela Miranda, Chaya Sara Oppenheim, Gianna Raimo, Lara Fitz Smith

The HELENE SEARCY PULS PRIZE
For the best poem in an annual student competition
Winners: Isabel Draper, Catherine Ferrante, Asha Futterman, Hannah Rubinstein

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

• First Place: Anna Morione
• Second Place: Emily Gethen
• Third Place: Ashley Kahn

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