Awards & Honors
Hamline University CLA students are invited to submit their writing for four competitive awards coordinated by the English Department. Winners will be recognized at the spring honors convocation and awarded cash prizes.
Eliza A. Drew Awards
English Essay
Students may submit one essay, 10 pages or fewer. This category is intended for essays written for an English class.
Short Story
Students may submit one short story, 10 pages or fewer.
Evelyn Apitz Morris Award
Shorty Story Or Play
Students may submit a short story or play 15 pages or fewer.
George Henry Bridgman Poetry Award
Poetry
Students may submit a maximum of three poems, for a total of 5 pages or fewer.
2014 Writing Award Winners
Eliza A. Drew Awards
English Essay
Nicole Ditter for "The Politics of the Hindenburg Disaster"
Thomas Lawson for "The Perfect Sound & The Radiator's Hum Toward an EAI Aesthetic"
Short Story
Erin Derwin for "Preservation"
Evelyn Apitz Morris Award
Short Story
Luke Hallbeck for "Isla Walang Balaklang"
George Henry Bridgman Poetry Award
1st: Lee Kisling for "Clown School in France"
2nd: Anthony Beballos for "Walking Across Soil"
2014 Academics Award Winners
Mary Ewing Roatch Scholarships
Awarded to English majors who have demonstrated academic excellence in literary criticism.
Matthew Buck
Jenna Potter
Vane Scholarship
Awarded to a junior or senior English major recommended by the English faculty for academic achievement.
Claire Otradovec
James Thatcher Ritchie Award
Awarded to a junior or senior English major for academic excellence.
Erin Derwin
Thomas P. Beyer Award
Awarded to English majors who have an excellent scholastic record and demonstrated ability in creative writing.
Steven Beardsley
Ruth Nelson
2014 Journalism Award Winners
Robert And Shirley Bogue Scholarship
Students who have an interest in journalism, preference to those intending to pursue a career in (print) journalism and/or have worked on the Hamline Oracle or other campus publications.
Maria Herd
Earl E. Craven Award In Journalism
A student who is a staff member of a campus publication who has raised the standards of campus journalism.
Don Allen
Eliza A. Drew Awards In Communications
Best Editorial
Don Allen for "Hoodlum Manifesto of the Achievement Gap"
Best News Story
Jena Felsheim for "Her Bark and Your Bite"