Umberto Eco to Give 2008 Ellmann Lectures
Umberto Eco will give the 2008 Ellmann Lectures. Further information concerning the events, including the schedule of the lectures may be found at the Ellmann Lectures Website.
Novelist Richard Powers presents 2008 Writing Awards
The English Department and the Creative Writing Program held their awards night on Wednesday, April 16th. Richard Powers, winner of the 2006 National Book Award for Fiction, presented the awards. This year’s winners were as follows: The English Department’s Annual Competition for Best Essay Written by an Emory Undergraduate was won by Megan Boatright for “Reinterpreting the Other in Robinson Crusoe.” The English Department’s Annual Competition for Best Essay Written by an Emory Graduate Student was awarded to Karma De Gruy for “Desiring Angels: the Angelic Body in Paradise Lost.” Simon Kress won the Academy of American Poets Prize for Best Poetry Written by an Emory Student for “Three Nocturnes for Lady Day.” Samyukta Mullangi received honorable mention for “The Proposal.” The Aristine Mann Award in Poetry for Best Poetry Written by an Emory Undergraduate was won by Peter Nguyen for “Pinkville.” Jennifer Ann Taylor captured the Honorable Mention for “Muerte de la Pinata.” The Aristine Mann Award in Drama for Best Play Written by and Emory Undergraduate was awarded to Danielle Berman for “Personality Inked.” The honorable mention went to Vana Dabney for “One Man, Under Gods.” The Aristine Mann Award in Fiction for Best Fiction Written by an Emory Undergraduate went to Sarah Wallace for “Perdida.” Honorable mentions were awarded to Arielle Medford for “Coloring the Corners and the Floor” and Kelly Alice Bahlke for “Laughing in the Hospital.” The Aristine Mann Award in Creative Non-Fiction for Best Non-Fiction Written by an Emory Undergraduate was awarded to Whitney Wright for “San Antonio,” while Eric Betts received honorable mention for “The White Album.” Shelby Farrell won the Kikag Screenwriter’s Prize for Best Screenplay Written by an Emory Undergraduate for “What You Want,” and Ranjit Raju received honorable mention for “El Samurai.” The Johnston Fellowship for Travel and Research was awarded to Michelle Sims to support study and research at the Library of Congress and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, towards an honors thesis on female storytellers and protagonists in the poetry of Geoffrey Chaucer. The Betty and Michael Wolf Prize in American Literature went to Stephanie Berger in recognition of his superior work in the field. Whitney Wright received the Grace Abernathy Scholarship in Creative Writing for her prose writing with a strong sense of the past and of place and with an extraordinary promise for the future. Writing awards are given each year by the English Department for the best essays written in courses offered by the department. The Creative Writing awards are open to all Emory students. The faculty and staff of both the Creative Writing Program and the English Department extend their congratulations to the winners.
