The 2023-2024 University of Waterloo Department of English Language and Literature Awards Ceremony was held on Friday, April 5, 2024. Congratulations to all our award winners!
Undergraduate
Albert Shaw Poetry Prize: I. S. Bashirah, Honourable mention: Nadia Khan
Andrew James Dugan Prize in Literature: Andie Kaiser
Andrew James Dugan Prize in Rhetoric and Professional Writing: Jillian Franz
Award in American Literature and Culture: Jared Cubilla
Canadian Literature Prize: Hanna Freitas
Co-op Reflective Report Award: Vyshnavi Rajeevan
Diaspora and Transnational Studies Prize: Naomi Francis
Donald R. and Mary E. Snider Literary Award for Excellence in Non-Fiction Writing: Anna-Maria Brokalakis
Emerging Scholar Award: Alicia Sheppard
English Society Creative Writing Award for Poetry: Kassandra Lynne Attwood
English Society Creative Writing Award for Prose: Sara Funduk
Janice Del Matto Memorial Award in Creative Writing: Sebrina Bank Joergensen
Olive Carrick Scholarship in English: Nadia Khan
Rhetoric and Digital Design Award: Aidan de Villa-Choi, Yingying Huang, Vade Lail, Emma van Weesenbeek
Rhetoric and Professional Writing Award: Amaya Kodituwakku
The G.R. Hibbard Shakespeare Prize: Patricia Fagan
Walter R. Martin English 251 Award: Chloe Shantz
Graduate
Beltz Essay Prize, MA: Varsha Thulasi Pillai
Beltz Essay Prize, PhD: Sarah Casey
David Nimmo English Graduate Scholarship: Shannon Lodoen, Anna McWebb
English Rhetoric Essay Award, MA: Sophie Morgan, Chinye Obiago
English Rhetoric Essay Award, PhD: Carolyn Eckert, Honourable mentions: Sarah Casey, Omnia Elsakran
Gladys Srivastava Graduate Scholarship: Kasturi Ghosh, Melissa N.P. Johnson, Alexi Orchard, Christopher Rogers
Graduate Co-op Work Report Award: Ariel Fullerton
Graduate Creative Writing Award: Maab Al-Rashdan
Graduate Professional Communication Award: Alyssa Clarkson
Independent Graduate Instructor Award for Excellence in Teaching: Chris Martin
Jack Gray Graduate Fellowship: Fatima Zohra
Lea Vogel-Nimmo English Graduate Professionalization Award: Kellie Chouinard, Kasturi Ghosh, Rency Luan, Humaira Shoaib, Fatima Zohra
TA Award for Excellence in Teaching: Damilola Adebajo
W. K. Thomas Graduate Scholarship: Jin Sol Kim, Dakota Pinheiro, Sabrina Sgandurra, Humaira Shoaib, Valerie Uher
Award Ceremony Image Gallery
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Nadia Khan recieves the Albert Shaw Poetry Prize (Honourable mention) from Dr. Megan Selinger.
Andie Kaiser receives the Andrew James Dugan Prize in Literature.
Jillian Franz receives the Andrew James Dugan Prize in Rhetoric and Professional Writing.
Hanna Freitas receives the Canadian Literature Prize from Dr. Andrew McMurray.
Vyshnavi Rajeevan receives the Co-op Reflective Report Award from Dr. Victoria Lamont.
Award donor Sara Kannan introduces the Diaspora and Transnational Studies Prize.
Naomi Francis receives the Diaspora and Transnational Studies Prize from award donor Sara Kannan and Dr. Clive Forrester.
Maria Brokalakis receives the Donald R. and Mary E. Snider Literary Award for Excellence in Non-Fiction Writing.
Kassandra Lynne Attwood receives the English Society Creative Writing Award for Poetry from Dr. Sarah Tolmie.
Kassandra Lynne Attwood reads her winning poetry entry.
Sara Funduk receives the English Society Creative Writing Award for Prose from Dr. Sarah Tolmie.
Sara Funduk reads from her winning fiction entry.
Award donor Tania Del Matto introduces the Janice Del Matto Memorial Award in Creative Writing.
Sebrina Bank Joergensen receives the Janice Del Matto Memorial Award in Creative Writing from award donor Tania Del Matto and Dr. Tristanne Connolly.
Sebrina Bank Joergensen reads the winning entry for the Janice Del Matto Memorial Award in Creative Writing.
Award donor Nancy Mattes introduces the Olive Carrick Scholarship in English.
Nadia Khan receives the Olive Carrick Scholarship in English from award donor Nancy Mattes (l.) and Dr. Victoria Lamont (r.)
Aidan de Villa-Choi and Yingying Huang receive the Rhetoric and Digital Design Award from Dr. Brianna Wiens.
Amaya Kodituwakku receives the Rhetoric and Professional Writing Award from Dr. Brianna Wiens.
Patricia Fagan receives the G.R. Hibbard Shakespeare Prize from Dr. Ken Graham.
Chloe Shantz receives the Walter R. Martin English 251 Award from Dr. Ken Graham.
Varsha Thulasi Pillai receives the Beltz Essay Prize, MA from Dr. Megan Selinger.
Sarah Casey receives the Beltz Essay Prize, PhD from Dr. Megan Selinger.
Anna McWebb and Shannon Lodoen receive the David Nimmo English Graduate Scholarship from Dr. Kate Lawson.
Sophie Morgan receives the English Rhetoric Essay Award, MA, from Dr. Kate Lawson.
Carolyn Eckert receives the English Rhetoric Essay Award, PhD, from Dr. Kate Lawson.
Sarah Casey receives the English Rhetoric Essay Award, PhD (honourable mention) from Dr. Kate Lawson.
Christopher Rogers receives the Gladys Srivastava Graduate Scholarship from Dr. Jennifer Clary-Lemon.
Ariel Fullerton receives the Graduate Co-op Work Report Award from Dr. Jennifer Clary-Lemon.
Maab Al-Rashdan receives the Graduate Creative Writing Award from Dr. Jennifer Clary-Lemon.
Maab Al-Rashdan reads her winning entry.
Alyssa Clarkson receives the Graduate Professional Communication Award from Dr. George Lamont.
Chris Martin receives the Independent Graduate Instructor Award for Excellence in Teaching from Dr. Dorothy Hadfield.
Kellie Chouinard and Humaira Shoaib receive the Lea Vogel-Nimmo English Graduate Professionalization Award from Dr. Jennifer Clary-Lemon.
Damilola Adebajo receives the TA Award for Excellence in Teaching from Dr. Bruce Dadey.
Humaira Shoaib receives the W. K. Thomas Graduate Scholarship from Dr. Bruce Dadey.
