Southern Methodist University English Department Award Winners 2009-2010

2010 English Department Awards:

Thomas Arp Shakespeare Prize:  Alison Kimball Chapin

Pascal Covici, Jr. Prize for Outstanding Essay in American Studies:  Allison Jordan for “Change and Adaptation in Sister Carrie”

George Bond Prize for Outstanding Essay on Poetry:  Ryden Anderson for “The Form of Fallacy in the Cave of Despair”

Belle Mayer Bromberg Prize for Excellence:  Joshua Duke

2010 Creative Writing Awards:

MARGARET TERRY CROOKS AWARD FOR MOST OUTSTANDING CREATIVE WRITING STUDENT:

Kristy Blackmon Martinez

LON TINKLE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD FOR AN OUTSTANDING ENGLISH MAJOR IN CREATIVE WRITING:

Jesus De La Torre

First Place Fiction Prize:  Jesus De La Torre for “Conventions”

Second Place Fiction Prize: Kristy Blackmon Martinez for “Dialogue”

Honorable Mention Fiction Prize: Matt Anderson for “Lucid”

David R. Russell Poetry Prize: Beau Rice for “Nudity”

Second Place Poetry Prize: Jessica Betancourt for “Thank You”

Honorable Mention Poetry Prize: Katie Schaffenberger for “Sestina”