Prizes

The Didderich Prize in Creative Writing

This prize was established by friends and family of Alice S. Didderich in 1988. It recognizes and commemorates her devotion to her alma mater and her love of literature. It is awarded to an upperclass student whose performance in poetry or fiction writing has proven to be outstanding in the judgment of the faculty of the English department.

2008 Andy Graff
2007 Kelly Shaw Willman
2006 Elizabeth Breese
2004 Rachel Feller

Hicks Prize in Fiction
This prize was established by John Hicks, editor of the Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, United States diplomat, and Lawrence trustee (1911-16). It is awarded for the best submitted short story.

2008 Kelly Goss, The Nights of Our Lives"
Honorable mentions: Andy Graff and Patrick Jordan
2007 Callie Bates, “The Swans at Roxleigh”
2006 Cory Robertson, “Skimming to the Surface”
2005 Corin Howland, “My Honest Feelings About You”
2004 Rachel Feller, “Irene Goes All In”
Honorable mentions: Tanya Harsch and Lindsay Moore
2003 Nicholas Endres, “Crushing on Rod”
Honorable mentions: Rachel Hoerman and Thomas Luedtke

Hicks Prize in Poetry
This prize was also established by John Hicks. It is awarded to the best submitted poem.

2008 Peter Raccuglia, "Glass Diptych"
Honorable mention: John Gramila
2007 Agustin Manzanares, “Song From a Dry Climate”
Honorable mentions: Andrew Graff and Steven Ringman
2006 Douglas Detrick, “Letting Blood,” “Palimpsest,” and “For Maggie”
Honorable mention: Anna Schmidt
2005 Amy Thorstenson, “Bohemian Like You”
Honorable mention: Michael Morse
2004 Andrew Nicholson, “Water and Earth” and “Synesthesia”
2003 Anna Gonzales, “I am”
Honorable mentions: Aubree Hutchison and Joshua Musikantow

The Louis Henry Schutte Prize
This prize is awarded to the senior English major with the highest grade point average for all courses completed in six terms beginning with the final term of the sophomore year.

2007 Julia Callander
2006 Laura Iwata
2005 Sadie Weber
2004 Joseph Gifford
2003 Courtney McNamara

The Tichenor Prize in English
This prize was donated in 1888 by Charles Orlando Tichenor, who graduated from Lawrence in 1862 and served as an attorney in the Civil War. It is awarded to the student with the best critical essay in English literature.

2008 Peter Raccuglia,  "Song, Speech, & Silence in Milton's Paradise Lost"
Honorable mention: Ilsa Tone
2007 Eric Siercks, “Savage Indignation: Swift’s Irish Tracts 1720-1727”
2006 Julia Callander, “‘High falutin stuff’ as ‘Shite and Onions’: Hot air, hack writing, and humor in A Tale of a Tub and Ulysses’s ‘Aeolus’”
Amy Thorstenson, “Between the Rock and a Hard Place: Swift’s Christianity and Cynicism”
2005 Kendall Surfus, “Such gaudy Tulips rais’d from Dung’: The Beauty and Filth of Femininity in ‘The Lady’s Dressing Room’”
2004 Amy Siebels, “Byron to Barbauld and Beyond: An Analysis of the Literary Culture of 1812”
2003 Carolynn Dude, “An Analysis of E. M. Forster’s A Passage to India Rising Out of the Tradition of Late 19th Century British Imperialism”
Honorable mention: Gerald Marsh

Alexander J. Reid Prize in English
This prize is awarded for the best work of creative non-fiction.

2008 Callie Bates, "Dreamers of the Day"
Honorable mention: Meghan McCallum