Spring 2021-2022 · Literature
Preston Gurney Prize in Literary Criticism of Fiction
Awarded to an undergraduate senior for the best essay of 5,000 words or less on any topic in literary criticism (fiction).
First Place - $1000
Winner: Paul Michaud
Entry Title: Our Paradoxical Friend: The Narrator-Audience Relationship in Eliot’s The Mill on the Floss
Second Place - $500
Winner: Catherine Healy
Entry Title: Representations of the Female I in Ruth Ozeki’s A Tale for the Time Being
Preston Gurney Prize in Cultural Criticism
Awarded to an undergraduate senior for the best essay of 5,000 words or less on any topic in cultural criticism.
First Place - $1000
Winner: Benjamin Cunningham
Entry Title: I Can't Keep My Eyes Off of You
Second Place - $500
Winner: Siena Capone
Entry Title: A Gay Film in Buddy Film’s Clothing: The Wardrobe of Intimacy in Midnight Cowboy
Preston Gurney Prize in Literary Criticism of Poetry
Awarded to an undergraduate senior for the best essay of 5,000 words or less on any topic in literary criticism (poetry).
First Place - $1000
Winner: Benjamin Cunningham
Entry Title: The Space Between
Spring 2021-2022 · Nonfiction
The Betsy Amanda Lehman ’77 Memorial Award
Awarded to a Brown senior studying journalism or practicing as a journalist for a campus or professional publication who has demonstrated outstanding accomplishments and intellectual ability. The portfolio may include selected publications and/or academic work in the study of journalism, including essays written for Brown classes and senior theses.
First Place - $1000
Winner: Olivia George
Entry Title: BL107: Portfolio – Selected Clips
Second Place - $500
Winner: Li Goldstein
Entry Title: BL102: Betsy Amanda Lehman
The Casey Shearer Memorial Award for Excellence in Creative Nonfiction
Awarded to a full-time Brown junior of senior for creative nonfiction of 3,000 words or less. Submission can be a collection of brief pieces or one long piece.
First Place - $1000
Winner: Michelle Liu
Entry Title: Tianjin Dumplings
Second Place - $500
Winner: Henry Block
Entry Title: Gilded Age Tourism in Newport, RI
Fall 2021-2022 · Literature
Barbara Banks Brodsky Prize in English - $800
Winner: Lily Lustig
Entry Title: “Shame of Myself”: Narrative Erasure in Giovanni’s Room
For the best essay on 20th-century literature in English by a full-time
junior or senior enrolled at Brown.
Rose Low Rome Prize - $175
Winner: Faith Griffiths
Entry Title: Sonder Sestina
For the best poem or poems by a currently enrolled Brown undergraduate.
Fall 2021-2022 · Nonfiction
Barbara Banks Brodsky Prize for Excellence in Real World Writing - $800
Winner: Henry Block
Entry Title: Wicked Buckin’ at the New England Rodeo
Awarded to a full-time junior or senior enrolled at Brown. Submission may come from the spectrum of nonfiction: literary journalism, memoir, or narrative based on travel, science, history, or cultural critique. Submission of a brief essay or one longer essay should be limited to 3,000 words.
Arlene Rome Ten Eyck & Peter H. Ten Eyck Prize - $175
Winner: Kian Braulik
Entry Title: Oculus as Möbius: An Articulation of Multiracial Feminist
Solidarity
For the best essay on literary theory by a currently enrolled Brown undergraduate.
David Rome Prize - $175
Winner: Zach Ngin
Entry Title: The Sea Uses Everything: Some Passages on Trinh T. Minh-ha
For the best lyric essay by a currently enrolled Brown undergraduate. This form includes essays written in poetical or experimental forms that emphasize artfulness.
Previous Winners
| Spring 2021 | Winner: |
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PRESTON GURNEY PRIZES (Topics must meet the approval of the English Department’s Committee on Prizes and Premiums.) Fiction: Awarded to an undergraduate senior for the best essay of 5,000 words or less on any topic in literary criticism. Poetry: Awarded to an undergraduate senior for the best essay of 5,000 words or less on any topic in literary criticism (poetry). Cultural: Awarded to an undergraduate senior for the best essay of 5,000 words or less on any topic in cultural criticism.
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Fiction: 2nd place: Poetry: 2nd place: Cultural: 1st place: 2nd place: |
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THE BETSY AMANDA LEHMAN ’77 MEMORIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM Awarded to a Brown senior studying journalism or practicing as a journalist for a campus or professional publication who has demonstrated outstanding accomplishments and intellectual ability. The portfolio may include selected publications and/or academic work in the study of journalism, including essays written for Brown classes and senior theses.
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THE CASEY SHEARER MEMORIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN CREATIVE NONFICTION Awarded to a full-time Brown junior or senior for creative nonfiction of 3,000 words or less. Submission can be a collection of brief pieces or one long piece. |
1st place: 2nd place: |
| Fall 2020 |
Winner: |
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BARBARA BANKS BRODSKY PRIZE in ENGLISH Awarded to a full-time junior or senior enrolled at Brown for the best essay on 20th-century literature in English. |
Paul Michaud $800 |
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BARBARA BANKS BRODSKY PRIZE for EXCELLENCE in REAL WORLD WRITING Awarded to a full-time junior or senior enrolled at Brown. Submission may come from the spectrum of nonfiction: literary journalism, memoir, or narrative based on travel, science, history, or cultural critique. Submission of brief essays or one longer essay should be limited to 3,000 words. |
Nicole Kim $800 |
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DAVID ROME PRIZE For the best lyric essay by a currently enrolled undergraduate at Brown. This form includes essays written in poetical or experimental forms that emphasize artfulness. |
Adi Thatai $175 |
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ROSE LOW ROME PRIZE For the best poem or poems by a currently enrolled undergraduate at Brown. |
Iris Wright $175 |
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ARLENE ROME TEN EYCK & PETER H. TEN EYCK PRIZE For the best essay on literary theory by a currently enrolled undergraduate at Brown. |
Benjamin Connor $175 |
| Spring 2020 | Winner: |
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PRESTON GURNEY PRIZES (Topics must meet the approval of the English Department’s Committee on Prizes and Premiums.) Fiction: Awarded to an undergraduate senior for the best essay of 5,000 words or less on any topic in literary criticism. Poetry: Awarded to an undergraduate senior for the best essay of 5,000 words or less on any topic in literary criticism (poetry). Cultural: Awarded to an undergraduate senior for the best essay of 5,000 words or less on any topic in cultural criticism.
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Fiction: 2nd place: Poetry: 2nd place: Cultural: 1st place: 2nd place: |
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THE BETSY AMANDA LEHMAN ’77 MEMORIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM Awarded to a Brown senior studying journalism or practicing as a journalist for a campus or professional publication who has demonstrated outstanding accomplishments and intellectual ability. The portfolio may include selected publications and/or academic work in the study of journalism, including essays written for Brown classes and senior theses.
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1st place: 2nd place: |
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THE CASEY SHEARER MEMORIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN CREATIVE NONFICTION Awarded to a full-time Brown junior or senior for creative nonfiction of 3,000 words or less. Submission can be a collection of brief pieces or one long piece. |
1st place: 2nd place: |
| Fall 2019 | Winner: |
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BARBARA BANKS BRODSKY PRIZE in ENGLISH Awarded to a full-time junior or senior enrolled at Brown for the best essay on 20th-century literature in English.
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Julian Castronovo |
BARBARA BANKS BRODSKY PRIZE for EXCELLENCE in REAL WORLD WRITING Awarded to a full-time junior or senior enrolled at Brown. Submission may come from the spectrum of nonfiction: literary journalism, memoir, or narrative based on travel, science, history, or cultural critique. Submission of brief essays or one longer essay should be limited to 3,000 words. |
Ki On You |
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DAVID ROME PRIZE For the best lyric essay by a currently enrolled undergraduate at Brown. This form includes essays written in poetical or experimental forms that emphasize artfulness. |
Tiffany Lin |
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ROSE LOW ROME PRIZE For the best poem or poems by a currently enrolled undergraduate at Brown. |
Nico Page |
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ARLENE ROME TEN EYCK & PETER H. TEN EYCK PRIZE For the best essay on literary theory by a currently enrolled undergraduate at Brown. |
Alejandra Mena |
| Spring 2019 | Winner |
PRESTON GURNEY PRIZES(Topics must meet the approval of the English Department’s Committee on Prizes and Premiums.) Fiction: Awarded to an undergraduate senior for the best essay of 5,000 words or less on any topic in literary criticism. Poetry: Awarded to an undergraduate senior for the best essay of 5,000 words or less on any topic in literary criticism (poetry). Cultural: Awarded to an undergraduate senior for the best essay of 5,000 words or less on any topic in cultural criticism. |
Fiction: 2nd Place $2,000 |
THE BETSY AMANDA LEHMAN ’77 MEMORIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISMAwarded to a Brown senior studying journalism or practicing as a journalist for a campus or |
1st Place $1,200
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THE CASEY SHEARER MEMORIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN CREATIVE NONFICTION Awarded to a full-time Brown junior or senior for creative nonfiction of 3,000 words or less. Submission can be a collection of brief pieces or one long piece. |
1st Place $1,000
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| Fall 2018 | Winner | Amount | |
| BARBARA BANKS BRODSKY PRIZE in ENGLISH
Awarded to a full-time junior or senior enrolled at Brown for the best essay on 20th-century literature in English. |
Asey Koh |
$800 |
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| BARBARA BANKS BRODSKY PRIZE for EXCELLENCE in REAL WORLD WRITING
Awarded to a full-time junior or senior enrolled at Brown. Submission may come from the spectrum of nonfiction: literary journalism, memoir, or narrative based on travel, science, history, or cultural critique. Submission of brief essays or one longer essay should be limited to 3,000 words. |
Jamila Wilkinson |
$800 |
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| DAVID ROME PRIZE
For the best lyric essay by a currently enrolled undergraduate at Brown. This form includes essays written in poetical or experimental forms that emphasize artfulness. |
Tatiana Dubin |
$200 |
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| ROSE LOW ROME PRIZE
For the best poem or poems by a currently enrolled undergraduate at Brown. |
Olivia Howe |
$200 |
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| ARLENE ROME TEN EYCK & PETER H. TEN EYCK PRIZE
For the best essay on literary theory by a currently enrolled undergraduate at Brown. |
Alex Harrison |
$200 |
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| Spring 2018 | Winner |
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PRESTON GURNEY PRIZES (Topics must meet the approval of the English Department’s Committee on Prizes and Premiums.) Fiction: Awarded to an undergraduate senior for the best essay of 5,000 words or less on any topic in literary criticism. Poetry: Awarded to an undergraduate senior for the best essay of 5,000 words or less on any topic in literary criticism (poetry). Cultural: Awarded to an undergraduate senior for the best essay of 5,000 words or less on any topic in cultural criticism. |
Fiction: Robin Manley 1st Place: $3,500 Isabel DeBre 2nd Place: $1,800 Poetry: Julia Tompkins 1st Place: $3,500 Lilith Todd 2nd Place: $1,800 Cultural: Adam Fertig 1st Place: $3,500 Lilith Todd 2nd Place: $1,800 |
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THE BETSY AMANDA LEHMAN ’77 Awarded to a Brown senior studying journalism or practicing as a journalist for a campus or |
Rebecca Ellis 1st Place: $1,200 Samantha Savello 2nd Place: $500 |
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THE CASEY SHEARER MEMORIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN CREATIVE NONFICTION Awarded to a full-time Brown junior or senior for creative nonfiction of 3,000 words or less. Submission can be a collection of brief pieces or one long piece. |
Julia Tompkins |
| Fall 2017 | Winner | Amount | |
| BARBARA BANKS BRODSKY PRIZE in ENGLISH
Awarded to a full-time junior or senior enrolled at Brown for the best essay on 20th-century literature in English. |
Patrick McMenamin |
$800 |
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| BARBARA BANKS BRODSKY PRIZE for EXCELLENCE in REAL WORLD WRITING
Awarded to a full-time junior or senior enrolled at Brown. Submission may come from the spectrum of nonfiction: literary journalism, memoir, or narrative based on travel, science, history, or cultural critique. Submission of brief essays or one longer essay should be limited to 3,000 words. |
Rebecca Ellis |
$800 |
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| DAVID ROME PRIZE
For the best lyric essay by a currently enrolled undergraduate at Brown. This form includes essays written in poetical or experimental forms that emphasize artfulness. |
No Winner, Fall 2017 |
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| ROSE LOW ROME PRIZE
For the best poem or poems by a currently enrolled undergraduate at Brown. |
Parisa Thepmankorn |
$250 |
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| ARLENE ROME TEN EYCK & PETER H. TEN EYCK PRIZE
For the best essay on literary theory by a currently enrolled undergraduate at Brown. |
Elisabeth Borst |
$250 |
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| Spring 2017 |
Winner |
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| PRESTON GURNEY PRIZES | ||
| Awarded to an undergraduate senior for the best essay of 5,000 words or less on any topic in literary criticism (fiction). |
Edgar Blake George Esselstyn |
$3,500 1st prize $1,800 2nd prize |
| Awarded to an undergraduate senior for the best essay of 5,000 words or less on any topic in literary criticism (poetry). | Ian Bowers Juan Patrick Soto |
$3,500 1st prize $1,800 2nd prize |
| Awarded to an undergraduate senior for the best essay of 5,000 words or less on any topic in cultural criticism. | Danielle Galván Gomez Will Tavlin |
$3,500 1st prize $1,800 2nd prize |
THE BETSY AMANDA LEHMAN ’77 MEMORIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISMAwarded to a Brown senior studying journalism or practicing as a journalist for a campus or professional publication who has demonstrated outstanding accomplishments and intellectual ability. The portfolio may include selected publications and/or academic work in the study of journalism, including essays written for Brown classes and senior theses. |
No Winner No Winner |
$1,200 1st prize $600 2nd prize |
THE CASEY SHEARER MEMORIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN CREATIVE NONFICTIONAwarded to a full-time Brown junior or senior for creative nonfiction of 3,000 words or less. Submission can be a collection of brief pieces or one long piece. |
Liza Yeager Georgia Wright |
$1,000 1st prize $500 2nd prize |
| Fall 2016 |
Winner |
Prize |
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BARBARA BANKS BRODSKY PRIZE in ENGLISH |
Elisabeth Borst |
$900 |
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BARBARA BANKS BRODSKY PRIZE for EXCELLENCE in REAL WORLD WRITING |
Harmony Schorr |
$900 |
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DAVID ROME PRIZE |
Chelsea Anne Fernando |
$250 |
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ROSE LOW ROME PRIZE |
Kamille Johnson |
$250 |
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ARLENE ROME TEN EYCK & PETER H. TEN EYCK PRIZE |
Noah Fields |
$250 |