2023 Award Winners

The Annabelle Bonner Medal

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

Jabril El-Amin, COL 2024

“Barrel of Laughs”


The Lynch Pendergast Medal

for the best essay on any topic in the discipline of English (no longer than 5,000 words)

Tara Petronio, COL 2023

“Unseen but Unmistakable”


The Ora Mary Pelham Poetry Prize

for the most outstanding poem or group of poems

David Edwards, COL 2024

“Memory Bank”

Kristen Abram, LAW 2024

“GREENS ARE GOOD”


The Quicksall Medal

for the best essay on Shakespearean drama

David Edwards, COL 2024

“More Complicated than That: Racial Construction in Othello‘s First Act”


The Bernard M. Wagner Medal

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

Josephine Wu, COL 2024

“Toothless”