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English Department
Awards Banquet
Music
Anteres Barton
Welcome
Phillip Snyder
English Department Chair
Invocation
Gina Schneck
Graduate Student Association President
Dinner
Presentation of Faculty Awards
Kimberly Johnson
English Department Associate Chair
Remarks
Patrick Madden
Associate Professor of English
Presentation of Student Awards
Benediction
English Faculty
Lauren Fine
Graduate Student Association Social Chair
Dinner Menu
Strawberry Spinach Salad
Baci rolls with butter
Apple-cranberry stuffed chicken breast
with marsala sauce
Creamy mashed potatoes
Chef’s vegetable medley
White chocolate raspberry layer cake
Sparkling white grape juice
Water
English Department Academic Scholarships
Orea B. Tanner Scholarship
Presented by Phil Snyder
Funded by the Tanner family and friends in memory of Orea B. Tanner, who was a
popular and dedicated teacher in the BYU English Department.
Genevieve Pettijohn
Shannon Tuttle
Hannah Walker
Jazmine Emerson
Alex Hugie
Madeline Thatcher
Andrew Wadsworth
Camille Ward
Marianna Giordano
Annalee Norton
Mae Blanch Scholarship
Presented by Phil Snyder
Funded by the Mae Blanch family, this award is given to English majors who show
academic merit and financial need. Preference is given to students who plan to become
teachers.
Alexandra Harker
Earl and Bybee Scholarships
Presented by Phil Snyder
Funded by the Oleta Bybee Foundation and donations by Naoma Rich Earl.
Susan Martin
Kennerly Roper
Andrew Roberts
Jordan Wright
Edwin M. and Dessie W. Thomas Scholarship
Presented by Phil Snyder
Funded by a gift from the Thomas family, these scholarships recognize English majors in
their last undergraduate year at BYU.
Joel Einfeldt
Marianna Giordano
Andrew Wadsworth
Shaina Machado
Andrew Roberts
Alberta Huish Christensen Scholarship
Presented by Phil Snyder
Funded by the Christensen family, this scholarship is for juniors or seniors.
Zoe Meyer
English Department Awards
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Thayer Freshman Writing Award
Presented by Grant Boswell
Research grant awarded to a graduate instructor who has demonstrated a commitment to
the teaching of first-year writing, which recognizes the long-time dedication of Professor
Douglas Thayer and the service he provided thousands of first-year writing students.
Lauren Fine
Ed M. and Minnie Berry Rowe Award for Excellence in Teaching
Presented by Grant Boswell
This award recognizes outstanding teaching by graduate students.
Winner: Gina Schneck
Finalist: Madeleine Dresden
Finalist: Katja Nelson
Finalist: Lauren Todacheenie
Finalist: Shelli Spots
English Teaching Student of the Year Presented by Dawan Coombs
Honors an outstanding English Teaching major completing his or her student teaching
experience.
Devery Bellingham
Writing 150 Contest
Presented by Lisa Johnson
The annual Writing 150 Writing Contest is sponsored by University Writing.
Rhetorical Analysis
1st place: Bronte Thurgood
2nd place: Gabriel Lee
Honorable mention: Rachel Uryan
Personal Narrative or Essay
1st place: Mary Mortenson
2nd place: Jenny Wilson
3rd place: Marie-Louise Smith
Persuasive Research
1st place: Lily Oda
2nd place: Trevor Casper
3rd place: Emma Chapman
Opinion/Editorial
1st place: Marlene Schmidt
2nd place: Hailey Payne
3rd place: Tanner Call
Honorable mention: Matthew Stradley
Honorable mention: Victoria Beecroft
Honorable mention: Mallory Duffield
Honorable mention: Bridgette Onines
Writing Awards for University Students
Academy of American Poets Award
Presented by Lance Larsen
The Academy of American Poets sponsors annual prizes for poetry at colleges and
universities nationwide. The BYU Chapter prize is funded in perpetuity by a donation
from Ethel Lowry Handley.
Winner:
Honorable mention:
Benjamin Blackhurst
Shane Peterson
Carolyn Barnes Poetry Award
Presented by Lance Larsen
Funded by a trust established by professor and poet Jim S. Barnes to promote and
encourage excellent poetry and to honor the memory of his beloved wife Carolyn.
Shane Peterson
Vera Hinckley Mayhew Creative Arts Awards
Presented by John Bennion
Funded by a trust established by Wayne E. Mayhew of Berkeley, California to recognize
worthy creative writing and fine arts at BYU in honor of his wife, Vera Hinckley
Mayhew, a former BYU student.
Poetry
1st place: Lauren Todacheenie
2nd place: Alizabeth Leake
3nd place: Benjamin Blackhurst
Essay
1st place: David Bailey Cox
2nd place: Adrian Thayn
3rd place: Nikkita Walker
Short Story (General)
1st place: Catherine Nielson
2nd place: Ian Hawkes
3rd place: Emily Richey Natter
Short Story (Specialty)
1st place: Lauren Matthews
2nd place: Tessa Hauglid
3rd place: Heidi Voss
Honorable mention: Tamara Thomson
Honorable mention: William Finlayson
Honorable mention: Elizabeth Brady
Elizabeth Peek
4th place:
Emily Richey Natter
Inscape Awards
Presented by John Bennion
Inscape's creative writing contest honors students for writing original pieces of creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry that exhibit vivid, contemporary sophistication, innovative
language, and outstanding style.
Katie Pike
Courtney Bulsiewicz
Abbie Harlow
English Department Creative Writing Awards
Elsie C. Carroll Essay Awards
Presented by Joey Franklin
Funded by the family of Professor Elsie C. Carroll, a distinguished member of the
English faculty for three decades.
Undergraduate
1st place: Alizabeth Leake
2nd place: Tyler Moore
3rd place: Tamara Thomson
Graduate
1st place: Emily Richey Natter
2nd place: Shelli Spotts
3rd place: Elizabeth Brady
Hart-Larson Poetry Awards
Presented by Joey Franklin
Named after Professors Edward L. Hart and Clinton F. Larson, who for many years
sponsored a poetry contest in the department.
Undergraduate
1st place: Alison Maeser
2nd place: Paul Jepsen
3rd place: Sarah Thompson
Graduate
1st place: Adrian Thayn
2nd place: Scott Porter
Ann Doty Fiction Awards
Presented by Joey Franklin
Honors the memory of Ann Doty, an outstanding English major who had exceptional
writing talent in fiction.
Undergraduate
1st place: Hadley Griggs
2nd place: Tyler Moore
3rd place: Jesse Bunton
Graduate
1st place: Shelli Spotts
2nd place: Emily Richey Natter
3rd place: Adrian Thayn
English Department Awards
Blessing-Kagel Creative Writing Awards Presented by Joey Franklin
The Blessing family has made contributions to the English Department in the names of
Herman W. F. Kagel, Carroll F. Blessing, and Helene K. Blessing to provide funding to
support the study of creative writing at a seminar, conference, or workshop.
Valerie Hart
Tessa Hauglid
Benjamin Grange
Tamara Pace Thomson
Blessing-Kagel Literature and Landscape Study Abroad Awards
Presented by Joey Franklin
The Blessing Endowment provides funding to support creative writing students who have
been accepted to the Literature and Landscape Study Abroad program.
Luke Bushman
Rachel Hansen
Meagan Ricks
Heather Thomson
Hadley Griggs
Emily Kempton
Sage Sundrud
Criterion Award for Literary Criticism
Presented by Emron Esplin
Criterion is BYU's student journal of literary criticism. The journal releases an annual
issue in print and online each late winter/early spring, and a fall online-only issue
connected to the BYU English Symposium.
Fall
1st place: Connor Race Davis
2nd place: Tamara Pace Thomson
3rd place: Laura Randle
Spring
1st place: Tyler Moore
2nd place: Chelsea Lee
3rd place: Hadley Griggs
Locutorium Award
Presented by Grant Boswell
Locutorium is an online journal dedicated to discussions about the teaching of first-year
composition. The essays published in Locutorium are written by first- and second-year
graduate instructors.
1st place:
2nd place:
3rd place:
4th place:
Jonathan Garcia
Alyssa Devey
Marie-Reine Pugh
Chloe Moller
English Department Academic Scholarships
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Richard Payne Spencer Scholarship
Presented by Phil Snyder
Funded by the Spencer family, this scholarship is given to undergraduate English majors.
Jesse Bunton
Malary Hatch
English Department
Awards Banquet
Broadbent Scholarship
Presented by Phil Snyder
Funded by a gift from a former MA student who wishes to remain anonymous, this
scholarship is awarded to a single student with children at home.
Susan Martin
P.A. & Ruth J. Christensen Scholarship Presented by Phil Snyder
Funded by the Christensen family to honor the contribution of master teacher and scholar
Parley A. Christensen and his wife, this scholarship is for promising graduate students.
19 March 2015
2014-2015 recipient: Lauren Fine
Hinckley Center
Brigham Young University
Thanks to English Department
faculty, staff, and students,
and to those who donate funds
to honor outstanding achievement
“Wisdom is the principal thing;
therefore get wisdom: and
with all thy getting get understanding.”
~Proverbs 4:7