Betty and Michael Wolf Prize in American Literature

Please note:  This award is by faculty nomination

The Betty and Michael Wolf Prize will be awarded to the undergraduate English major who has attained the highest level of distinction in the study of American literature based on course work and/or honors thesis.

The prize is a result of a very generous gift to the Department from two of its alumni, Michael Alan Wolf and his wife Betty Morganstern Wolf, both 1974 graduates of Emory College, who "look back with fondness on [their] classes in American literature with such gifted instructors as William Dillingham and Floyd Watkins.”

Students must be nominated by their instructors. Once nominated, students will be contacted by the department to submit their thesis for consideration.  The Prize, awarded as part of the English/Creative Writing Awards evening in the spring, includes $500.

Faculty, please submit your nominee here:

The Betty and Michael Wolf Prize in American Literature nomination

Deadline:  4:00p.m., Monday, March 16th, 2026.

Chloe Chen (2025)

Vince Orozco (2024)

Hazel Oh (2023) 

Trinity Tunstall (2023)

Grace Donahue (2022)

Kate Appel (2022)

Tripp Burton (2021)

Emily Sharp (2020)

Zach Stieneker (2019)

Jamison Murphy (2018)

Joshua Khalif (2017)