Congratulations to the winners of the English Prizes and Scholarships 2026

Senior Award winners:

The Edith Garber Krotinger Prize for excellence in creative writing
Quentin Flattman

The Miriam Tyler Kennedy Prize for outstanding ability in writing
Lucas Yang

The Emily M. Hills Prize for the best essay written by an undergraduate in the College of Arts & Sciences at the university
Vida Barzdukas

The Holden Prize for Critical Writing
Chloe Chen
Lucas Yang

Continuing Student award winners:

The Harriet Pelton Perkins Prize to an outstanding student majoring in English
Alexander Jones

The Emily M. Hills Prize for the best poem written by an undergraduate in the College of Arts & Sciences at the university
Gracie Wang

The Finley Foster/Emily M. Hills Poetry Prize for the best poem or group of poems
Joy Fei (1st place)
Meredith Wiper (2nd place)
Jordan Speight (3rd place)

The Helen B. Sharnoff Award for formal poetry submitted by undergraduate students
Meredith Wiper (1st place)
Linnea Koops (2nd place)

The Holden Prize for Critical Writing
Jake Bridge

The Holden Prize for Narrative/Creative Writing produced in an Academic Inquiry Seminar
Weber Chen

The Holden Prize for Multimodal Writing produced in an Academic Inquiry Seminar
Shaina Jhanji
Michael Lattari
Henry Stowell

The Karl Lemmerman Prize for the best paper by a first-year student
Juan Antonia Horta Baltazar

The Nemet Scholarship for demonstration of excellence in creative writing
Fiona Brooks
Parker Butcher
Joy Fei
Andrew Gangemi
Zulibeth Garcia
Arnav V. Reddy
Meredith Wiper
Gabriel Zadrozna