Congratulations to the winners of the English Department’s 2017 writing contests.

Prentiss Cheney Hoyt Poetry Contest

• First prize: Cassidy To ’17, “I Am”
• Second prize: Maria Connors ’20, “Tidal Eyes”
• Third prize: Jessica Hoops ’18, “Revelation”; Genevieve Mahoney ’17, “The Cat Called Kitty”

Betty ‘79 & Stanley Sultan Short Story Contest

• First prize: Chukwuma Egbuzie ’19, “9DIGITS”
• Second prize: Rachel Lloyd ’20, “Click!”
• Third prize: Davina Tomlin ’20, “Cassandra”

Loring Holmes & Ruth Dodd Drama Contest

• First prize: Laura Barker ’17, “2016”
• Second prize: Toni Armstrong ’19, “Forgetting Lee Grant”
• Third prize: Chloe Anderson ’17, “Hangover”; Emily Denny ’17, “The Filthy People”

Leroy Allston Ames Essay Contest

• First prize: Nadia Friedler ’17, “Sympathy, Imagination, Sight: Trauma and Othering within Mary Shelley’s ’Frankenstein’”
• Second prize: Logan Manchester ’19, “The ‘Other’ on the Island and in the Attic”