2007 Award Winners

The Annabelle Bonner Medal

for short fiction that demonstrates technical skill and promise in the art of the short story or narrative

Alison Zatta, COL 2007

“Mary’s Mouth”


The Lynch Pendergast Medal

for the best essay on any topic in English literature ( 2,500 to 4,000 words)

Chris Norton, COL 2007

“‘Words? Music? No: It’s what’s behind’: Music and Sound in the ‘Sirens’ Chapter of James Joyce’s Ulysses”


The Ora Mary Pelham Poetry Prize

for the most outstanding poem or group of poems

Rashi Rohatgi, SFS 2007

“The Warp”

Chris Norton, COL 2007

“Southern States”

Honorable Mentions: Yumiko Blackwell, Ashley Chow, & Seth Lavin


The Quicksall Medal

for the best essay on Shakespearean drama

Madeleine Kennedy, COL 2009

“Gender Fluidity in Early Modern Patriarchal Society”


The Bernard M. Wagner Medal

for excellence in writing in any genre except drama (fiction, nonfiction and poetry)

Jennifer Nguyen, COL 2009

“Introverts: They’re People Too, You Know”