2008 Award Winners

The Annabelle Bonner Medal

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

Anna Kasunic, COL 2008

“RayRay Finds a New Friend”

Honorable Mentions: Andra Mocanu & Allison Dunlap


The Lynch Pendergast Medal

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

Raymond Tolentino, COL 2009

“Intoxication as Trope: Deconstructing the Gothic”


The Ora Mary Pelham Poetry Prize

for the most outstanding poem or group of poems

Anna Kasunic, COL 2008

“Raquel”

Honorable Mention: Jeff Bakkensen


The Quicksall Medal

for the best essay on Shakespearean drama

Shyam Kannan, COL 2009

“Chiroscuro and Othello”


The Bernard M. Wagner Medal

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

Walker Loetscher, COL 2010

“Regular Days”