Past Winners

Awarded by the Academy to an undergraduate for best poem or collection of poems.

2023 Bobby Thomas Murray IV '23
2022 Bobby Thomas Murray IV '23
2021 Winner: Lily Poppen ‘22 
        Honorable mention: Ayanna Harscoet ‘21  
2020 Zoe Ellis Wilson '23
2019 Ella Marie Schmidt '22 
2018 June Daowen Lie '18
2017 Adam Li Silberberg '20 
2016 June Daowen Lei '18
2015 Helen Galvin Ross '18
2014 Raisa Tolchinsky '17 
2013 Katherine Kinkel '13
2012 Marissa Daisy Alioto '13
2011 Ricardo Zarate, Jr. '13
2010 Eilissa Lemieux Rodman '10
2009 William Jay Oppenheim '09
2008 William Johnstone Cogswell '11
2007 Carl J. Moon '08
2006 Haley Sara Bridger '07
2005 Daniel M. Varley '05
2004 Shared equally: Grant White '04 and Erin Westaway '05
         Honorable Mention: Elaine Johanson '04 and Charlotte Carnevale '06
2003 Andrew Thomas Dunn '03
2002 Kelly Ann Kerney '02
2001 Carlo Mosoni '01

Given by a group of alumni of the Bowdoin chapter of Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity in memory of Forbes Rickard Jr. '17, who lost his life in the service of his country and awarded to the undergraduate writing the best poem.

2023 Sophia Tottene-Davis '25
2022 Shared equally: Mei Leah Bock '24 and Charlie O'Brien '23
2021 Shared equally: Zoe Ellis Wilson ‘23 and Margot Ngo ‘23 
2020 Shared equally: Bobby Thomas Murray IV ‘23 and Dylan Joseph Welch ‘21 
2019 Cameron James Markovsky '21 
2018 Ayana Harscoet '21
2017 Raisa Imogen Tolchinsky '17
2016 Alexandra Rose Mayer '17
2015 Sean Patrick Moran '14
2014 Alexander Cheston '16
2013 Parker Towle '15
2012 Stephanie Lane '15
2011 Tu Anh Thi Dinh '11
2010 Alexander Finley Williams '10
2009 Shared equally: William Jay Oppenheim '09 and Alexander Finley Williams '10
         Honorable Mention: Jenna Eisman Breiter '10
2008 Shared equally: Elissa LeMieux Rodman '10 and Edward Stevens Gottfried '11
2007 Winner: Nikolai von Keller '07
         Honorable Mention: Joy Li-Yueh Lee '07
2006 Charlotte Kathleen Carnevale '06
2005 Shared equally: Alexander T. Davis '07 and Jenny S. Bordo '05
2004 Elizabeth Ayn Moe '06
2003 Laura Elisabeth Quinlan '02
2002 Elaine Dorothy Johanson '04
2001 Marina Nielsen Galazidis '01

Established by and named for the widow of Dr. Paul Andrew Walker '31 and awarded to the Bowdoin student who has submitted the best work of original poetry.

2023 Hannah Kim '24
2022 Lily Poppen '22
2021 Ayanna Harscoet ‘21 
2020 Clayton James Wackerman ‘22
2019 Ayana Harscoet '21
2018 Sydney V. To '19
2017 Alexandra Rose Mayer '17
2016 Marcus Andrew Wright '17
2015 Hassaan Mirza '17
2014 Owen Haney '14
2013 Winner: Zackary Suhr '14
        Honorable Mention: Jesse Gildesgame '13
2012 Katherine Kinkel '13
2011 Moriah Jasmine Churchill '11
2010 Anne Elizabeth Rothacker '11 and Samuel Thomas Howe '11
2009 Shared equally: Hannah Lee Cyrus '12 and Elissa LeMieux Rodman '10
2008 Shared equally: Gemma Louisa Leghorn '10 and Carl Justin Moon '08
2007 Carl J. Moon '08
2006 Nikolai von Keller '07
2005 Genevieve A. Creedon '05
2004 Jonathan Perez '04
2003 Elaine Dorothy Johanson '04
2002 Andrew Thomas Dunn '03
2001 Kelly Ann Kerney '02

Established by Gian Raoul d'Este-Palmieri II '26 and given annually for the best poem written by an undergraduate.

2023 Shared equally: Jingyuan Huang '25 and Noah Zuijderwijk '25
2022 Shared equally: Clayton James Wackerman '22 and Jordyn Ashlynn Rae Birmingham '24
2021 Shared equally: Nora Horner ‘24 and Cecilia de Havenon ‘21
2020 Lily Poppen ‘22
2019 Sydney V. To '19
2018 Adam Li Silberberg '20
2017 June Daowen Lei '18
2016 Raisa Imogen Tolchinsky '17
2015 McClure Williams Salovaara Bower '18
2014 Violet Ranson '16
2013 Winner: Monica Das '14
        Honorable Mention: Zackary Suhr '14
2012 Parker Towle '13
2011 Hannah Lee Cyrus '12
2010 Katherine Bevier Kinkel '13
2009 Lindsay Gayle Heuser '09
2008 no prize awarded
2007 Norah A. Maki '09
2006 Katharine Margaret Sherman '09
2005 Rebecca S. Sargent '06
2004 Daniel M. Varley '05
2003 Jonathan Andrew Perez '04
2002 Ryan Walsh-Martel '03
2001 Seth Milan Barnes '01

Given in memory of Robert Peter Tristram Coffin '15, Litt.D. '30, Pierce Professor of Literature, and in memory of the original founders of the Hawthorne Prize, Nora Archibald Smith and Kate Douglas Wiggin, Litt.D. 1904. Awarded each year to the author of the best short story. This competition is open to members of the sophomore, junior, and senior classes.

2023 Eliana Roberts '23
2022 Zoe Ellis Wilson '23
2021 Lily Tedford ‘22 
2020 Sam Atwood Wilson Milligan ‘20
2019 Brianna Marie Cedrone '21
2018 Andrew William McGowan '19
2017 Hasaan Mirza '17
2016 Winner: Raisa Imogen Tolchinsky '17
         Honorable Mention: McClure Williams Salovaara Brower '18
2015 Hassaan Mirza '17
2014 Stephanie Lane '15
2013 Isabel Low '13
2012 Samuel Hanson '11
2011 Leah Kate Weiss '11
2010 Moriah Jasmine Churchill '11
2009 Winner: Genna Ruth-Louise Duplisea '09
        Honorable Mention: Moriah Jasmine Churchill '11
2008 Rachel Hermans Goldman '10
2007 Wallace S. McFarlane '09
2006 Raiff T. Tsapatsaris '07
2005 Heather M. Johnston '05
2004 Leslie Bridgers '06
2003 Lauren Marie Whaley '03
2002 Jessica Teahan Farmer '02
2001 Kelly Ann Kerney '02

Established by John Judson Sinkinson of the Class of 1902 in memory of his wife, Mary Burnett Sinkinson, and awarded each year for the best short story written by a member of the junior or senior class.

2023 Zoe Ellis Wilson '23
2022 Andrew MacGregor Nicholson '22
2021 Lily Fullam ‘21
2020 Emma Ann Lapsley Bezilla ‘20
2019 Aleksia Mira Silverman '19
2018 Brendan Paek Mallery '18
2017 Savannah Blake Horton '17
2016 Savannah Blake Horton '17
2015 Shared equally: Elias Chappell Pierce '15 and Stephanie Glen Lane '15
2014 Amanda Minoff '14
2013 Winner: Chloe Huang '13
        Honorable Mention: Heidi Harrison '13
2012 Lucia Cowles '12
2011 Samuel Hollingsworth Hanson '11
2010 Rachel Hermans Goldman '10
2009 Winner: Rachel Hermans Goldman '10
        Honorable Mention: Daniel Robert Lorberbaum '10
2008 Benjamin Evan Rachlin '08
2007 Winner: Raiff T. Tsapatsaris '07
        Honorable Mention: Jared T. Hunt '08
2006 Raiff T. Tsapatsaris '07
2005 Brandon S. Kaplan '05
2003 Jay Caspian Kang '02
2002 Kelly Ann Kerney '02
2001 Arthur Dehon Middleton '01

Awarded for the best work of creative nonfiction by an undergraduate.

2023 Shared equally: Hannah Kim '24 and Natsumi Meyer '23
        Honorable Mention: Cianna O'Flaherty '23
2022 Shared equally: Natsumi Lynne Meyer '23 and Irene Kaebnick Brogdon '22
2021 Shared equally: Cooper Dart '21 and Spencer Wilkins '21
2020 Shared equally: Nathan Osiason Blum ’20 and Sylvia Fitzgerald Bosco ’21 
2019 Shared equally: Emily M. Ha '21 and Surya Mary Milner '19 
2018 Carly Gail Berlin '18
2017 Shared equally: Carly Gail Berlin '18 and Zoe Makepeace Wood '18
2016 Katherine Anne Coleman '16
2015 Shared equally: Molly Rosenberg MacVeagh '15 and Emily Montana Tucker '15
2014 Danielle Freeman '17 
2013 Erica Berry '14
2012 Shared equally: Samuel Hanson '11 and Marissa Daisy Alioto '13
2011 Tu Anh Thi Dinh '11
2010 Shared equally: Will Elliott Bleakley '10 and Gemma Louisa Leghorn '10
2009 Shared equally: Mary Helen Miller '09 and Emily Israel Guerin '09
        Honorable Mention: William Jay Oppenheim '09
2008 shared equally: Stephen Michael Kolowich '08 and Hannah Marie Larson '10

Given by Dr. Thomas Jefferson Worcester Pray 1844 and awarded to the best scholar in English literature and original English composition.

2023 Shared equally: Josh-Pablo Patel '23 and Andrew Chang '23
2022 Shared equally: Grace Miller Monaghan '22 and Kyubin Kim '22
2021 Shared equally: Mitch Jurasek ‘21 and Lianna Harrington '21  
2020 Shared equally: Julianna Lenoff Kiley ‘20 and Maia Rachel Coleman ‘20
2019 Sydney V. To '19
2018 Jae-Yeon Yoo '18
2017 Shared equally: Madison Rae Wolfert '17 and Rachel Laura Baron '17
2016 Katherine Rose Churchill '16
2015 Shared equally: Elisabeth Alexandra Strayer '15 and Molly Rosenberg MacVeagh '15
2014 Erica Berry '14
2013 Shared equally: Linda Kinstler '13 and Parker Towle '13
2012 Shared equally: Lucia Cowles '12 and Samuel Hanson '11
2010 Shared equally: Kristina Melissa Goodwin '10 and Samuel Iden Smith '10
2009 Kristen E. Gunther '09
2008 Shared equally: Amy Ahearn '08 and Zachary John Roberts '08
2007 Shared equally: Katherine H. Kirklin '07 and Jamie E. Knight '07
2004 Nicholas Sharpe Hiebert '03
2003 Jennifer Rita Laraia '03
2002 Kelly Ann Kerney '02
2001 Jared Winston Hickman '99

Awarded to a member of the first-year class for excellence in English composition.

2023 Eva Ahn '26
2022 Shared equally: Carolina Lamb Weatherall '25 and Jingyuan Huang '25
2021 Sophia Li '24 
2020 Beth Wang ’23
2019 Isabel Marie Krogh '22
2018 Shared equally: Brianna Marie Cedrone '21 and Emily M. Ha '21
2017 Nathan Osiason Blum '20
2016 Kathryn Isabelle Ippolito '19
2015 Rayne Kathleen Sampson '18
2014 Hassaan Mirza '17
2013 Winner: Jenna Watling '16
        Honorable Mention: Andrew Villeneuve '16
2012 Elisabeth Strayer '15
2011 Shared equally: Erica Jane Berry '14 and Emily Rose Powers '14
2010 Linda Esther Kinstler '13
2009 Samuel Ehlers Frizell '12
2008 Shared equally: Sean Nicholas Campos '11 and Alexander Michael Streim '11
2007 Julian Chryssavgis '10
2006 Sophia Ransom Seifert '09
2005 Mallory J. Banks '08
2004 Joy Li-Yueh Lee '07
2003 Charlotte Kathleen Carnevale '06
2002 Claire Melissa Falck '05
2001 Shared equally: Michael John Northrop '04 and Robin Louise Whitney '04

Given in memory of Philip Henry Brown 1851, A.M. 1854 and offered to members of the senior class for excellence in extemporaneous English composition.

2023 Margot Ngo '23
2022 Julia Elisabeth Perillo '22
2021 CANCELED DUE TO COVID RESTRICTIONS
2020 CANCELED DUE TO COVID RESTRICTIONS
2019 Shared equally: Andrew William McGowan '19 and Anastasia Roose Arvin-DiBlasio '19
2018 Shared equally: Sophie Fleur de Bruijn '18 and June Daowen Lei  '18
2017 Hannah Kendal Rafkin '17
2016 Jesse Rafael Ortiz '16
2015 Elena Maureen Britos '15
2014 Monica Das '14
2013 Ricardo Zarate '13
2012 Christopher Sanville '12 and Caleb Pershan '12
2011 Benjamin Arthur Messerly '11
2010 Rachel Hermans Goldman '10
2009 Caitlin May Hylan '09
2008 Winner: Jared Thomas Hunt '08
         Honorable Mention: Travis Andrew Dagenais '08
2007 Raiff T. Tsapatsaris '07
2006 Jacqueline Nicole O'Hare '06
2007 Charlotte Kathleen Carnevale '06
2006 Kristin Marion Pollock '04
2005 Elliot Edson Jacobs '04
2004 Andrew Samuel Keshner '03
2003 Sarah Marie Ramey '03
2002 James Webster Stull '02
2001 Ajay Rao '02
2000 Nathaniel Chase Vinton '01

Established by his father in memory of Bertram Louis Smith Jr. of the Class of 1903 to encourage excellence of work in English literature, and awarded by the department to a member of the junior class who has completed two years’ work in English literature.

2023 Mei Bock '24
2022 Shared equally: Josh Pablo Patel '23 and Jack McDermott Wellschlager '23
and Annika Rudden Moore '23
2021 Kyubin Kim ‘22
2020 Brianna Marie Cedrone '21
2019 Ellie Jyoti Sapat '20
2018 Monica Huan-Huan Xing '19
2017 Rayne Kellen Stone '18
2016 Shared equally: Eva Sibinga '17 and Alexandra Rose Mayer '17
2015 Katherine Rose Churchill '16
2014 Molly MacVeagh '15
2013 Erica Berry '14
2011 Hannah Lee Cyrus '12
2010 William Johnstone Cogswell '11
2009 Tanya Farber '10
2008 Caitlin May Hylan '09
2007 Amy Ahearn '08
2006 Raiff T. Tsapatsaris '07
2005 Shared equally: Andrew K. Gachanja '06 and Evan J. Gallagher '06
2004 Melissa Claire Falck '05
2003 Paige Mackenzie Contreras-Gould '04
2002 Jessie Tova Solomon-Greenbaum '04
2001 Sara Stephanie Bodnar '03
2000 Nicholas Sharpe Hiebert '03