{"id":16052,"date":"2023-10-08T12:32:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T12:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/?page_id=16052"},"modified":"2023-10-10T22:25:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T22:25:53","slug":"awards-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/awards-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Award Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"16052\" class=\"elementor elementor-16052\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-55d7f621 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"55d7f621\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-45b503fb\" data-id=\"45b503fb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1209829e elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1209829e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 08-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68ba639 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"68ba639\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<h1>Convention Awards<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be0095a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be0095a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h5><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14965 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/23convention-awards-1-1024x440.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/23convention-awards-1-1024x440.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/23convention-awards-1-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/23convention-awards-1-768x330.jpg 768w, https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/23convention-awards-1-1536x659.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/23convention-awards-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/h5>\n<h5>Sigma Tau Delta recognized excellence by awarding nearly $12,000 for the best convention submissions at the 2023 Awards Luncheon.<\/h5>\n<h3>Isabel Sparks President\u2019s Awards<\/h3>\n<p>Given for the best presentations by active student members at the Sigma Tau Delta International Convention, these awards were established in 1991 by Isabel Sparks, the fifth President of Sigma Tau Delta. Awards are given to both creative and critical papers across all submission categories. Awards are always given for creative and critical papers about the <a href=\"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/common-reader\/\">2023 Common Reader <em>The Rock Eaters<\/em><\/a>. The 2023 Convention also features <a href=\"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/about-us-5-2-4\/\">Toni Morrison as our Author Spotlight<\/a> and special awards will be given to critical essays exploring her works.<\/p>\n<h4>Original Fiction<\/h4>\n<p><strong>First Place ($500)<\/strong><br>Emma-Li Downer<br>Drew University, NY<br>&#8220;My Heart and Liver&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Second Place ($300)<br><\/strong>Eliana Plumb<br>College of the Ozarks, MO<br>&#8220;Mortem Obire&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Third Place ($200)<br><\/strong>Ava Duskic<br>Muhlenberg College, PA<br>&#8220;For the Daughters Born and Different&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Julia Grunes<br>SUNY at Geneseo, NY<br>&#8220;Shoulder Blade Wings&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Honorable Mention ($100)<br><\/strong>Anneka Weicht<br>Wheaton College, IL<br>&#8220;Golden Boy&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4>Creative Nonfiction<\/h4>\n<p><strong>First Place ($500)<br><\/strong>Haley Arnold<br>Muhlenberg College, PA<br>&#8220;The Gardener&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Second Place ($300)<\/strong><br>Elizabeth Kassuelke<br>Bethany Lutheran College, MN<br>&#8220;Young, Young, Young&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Third Place ($200)<\/strong><br>Grace Alvarado<br>Muhlenberg College, PA<br>&#8220;Recipies from the Pandemic&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Honorable Mention ($100)<\/strong><br>Jessica Baker<br>Elon University, NC<br>&#8220;What I Want&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4>Original Poetry<\/h4>\n<p><strong>First Place ($500)<\/strong><br>Eunice Tan<br>Union University, TN<br>&#8220;Malayan Chorus, Our Voices Arise&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Second Place ($300)<\/strong><br>McKinley Johnson<br>High Point University, NC<br>&#8220;Contemplations of a Changeless Nature&gt;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Third Place ($200)<\/strong><br>Cassidy Pekarek<br>The University of Iowa, IA<br>&#8220;In the House of the Tenth Muse&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Honorable Mention ($100)<\/strong><br>Aidan Melinson<br>Elon University, NC<br>&#8220;Hagiographies&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Alexandra Schneider<br>Elon University, NC<br>&#8220;Exploration of Chinese and Jewish Femininity&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Caroline Geoghegan<br>The College of New Jersey, NJ<br>&#8220;There are Reasons to Forget the Womb&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Eowyn Stewart<br>Abilene Christian University, TX<br>&#8220;In the Sink&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4>Critical Essays-British Literature<\/h4>\n<p><strong>First Place ($500)<\/strong><br>Hannah Denton<br>McNeese State University, LA<br>&#8220;Marie de France\u2019s Lai &#8216;Lanval&#8217; as Marian Parable&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lauren Farrell<br>The College of New Jersey, NJ<br>&#8220;The Distorted Woman and the Power of Men&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Third Place ($200)<\/strong><br>Adrian King<br>California Baptist University, CA<br>&#8220;Necessity of Nonsense: Language in Lewis Carroll&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Honorable Mention ($100)<\/strong><br>Joseph Morgan<br>SUNY at Geneseo, NY<br>&#8220;Emotional Hyperbole in Behn\u2019s <em>History of the Nun<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n<h4>Critical Essays (non-British)<\/h4>\n<p><strong>First Place ($500)<br><\/strong>Lauren Cox<br>Northwestern Missouri State University, MO<br>&#8220;Queer Theory in <em>The Outsiders&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Second Place ($300)<\/strong><br>Brandon Goins<br>Midwestern State University, TX<br>&#8220;Queer Lit on PAR&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Grey Nebel<br>University of North Georgia, Gainsville, GA<br>&#8220;An Analysis of Arabic Writing Pedagogy in the US&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Third Place ($200)<br><\/strong>Abigail Budine<br>College of the Ozarks, MO<br>&#8220;Maturation in William Falkner\u2019s Short Stories&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Honorable Mention ($100)<br><\/strong>Chloe Pennacchio<br>Springfield College, MA<br>&#8220;Female Agency &amp; False Hope in \u2018The Gilded Six-Bits'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Keturah Musuraca<br>Carlow University, PA<br>&#8220;Parallels: The Trojan War and <em>Game of Thrones<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Matt Chinique<br>The College of New Jersey, NJ<br>&#8220;<i>The Awakening<\/i>: How to Fall in Love with Yourself&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tyler Olds<br>Springfield College, MA<br>&#8220;Fact, Fiction, and Power in <em>El Filibusterismo<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n<h4>Common Reader<\/h4>\n<p><strong>First Place ($300)<\/strong><br>Neyamia Powell<br>Park University, MO<br>&#8220;Literary Analysis of Peynado\u2019s <em>The Rock Eaters&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Second Place ($200)<br><\/strong>Eunice Tan<br>Union University, TN<br>&#8220;Bow Lower, for its Heart Lies in the Ground&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4>Author Spotlight<\/h4>\n<p><strong>First Place ($300)<\/strong><br>Carolyn Bruce<br>Rhodes College, TN<br>&#8220;Mother-Daughter Self-Identification in Morrison&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Second Place ($200)<br><\/strong>Shannon DiChristina<br>Fairleigh Dickinson University, NJ<br>&#8220;Silence Speaks: Language Usage in Morrison&#8217;s <em>The Bluest Eye<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Third Place ($150)<\/strong><br>Bethany Belkowski<br>University of Scranton, PA<br>&#8220;Submission to Slavery in Toni Morrison\u2019s <em>A Mercy<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Noora AlSabah<br>The American University of Kuwait, KW<br>&#8220;The Proper Lady vs. the Woman in <em>Sula<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Honorable Mention ($100)<\/strong><br>Abby Eaton<br>Olivet Nazarene University, IL<br>&#8220;The World Beyond the Web&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>Judson Q. Owen Convention Awards<\/h3>\n<p>Each year, these awards recognize critical essays and creative works by active students and alumni writing on the convention theme; this year\u2019s theme is <a href=\"https:\/\/englishconvention.org\/2023\/about-us-5-2-9\/\">Colorful Colorado<\/a>. The monetary prizes are given in honor of Judson Q. Owen, the first National Secretary of Sigma Tau Delta.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Convention Theme ($200)<br><\/strong>Christopher Pham<br>University of Colorado at Boulder, CO<br>&#8220;Refractions&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Helena Mazzarella<br>Adrian College, MI<br>&#8220;What Does Politics Have to Do with Motherhood?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jessamin McSwain<br>Stephens College, MO<br>&#8220;Waters&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Beth DeMeo Poetry Award<\/h3>\n<p>This award is given yearly to honor excellence in convention presentations for \u201cCritical Work on Poetry or a Poet.\u201d Beth DeMeo was an active member of the Sigma Tau Delta organization, having served as a Chapter Advisor, Eastern Regent, and President of Sigma Tau Delta. Over her many dedicated years of service, Beth planned and hosted several annual conventions. Additionally, she continued to serve on committees and always participated in judging convention submissions. In particular, Beth enjoyed being part of the small group who ranked the student submissions that were eligible for convention awards, particularly in poetry. Beth was both a lover of poetry and an accomplished poet herself. It is fitting to celebrate her life and her commitment to our group by presenting this annual convention award in her memory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First Place ($500)<\/strong><br>Mary Freund<br>The University of Texas at Dallas, TX<br>&#8220;Escaping Herbert&#8217;s \u2018Collar\u2019 of Earthly Anxieties&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Maxwell Kresock<br>High Point University, NC<br>&#8220;Yeats\u2019s Nightingale and the \u2018Artifice of Eternity\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Second Place ($300)<br><\/strong>Samantha Segreto<strong><br><\/strong>The College of New Jersey, NJ<strong><br><\/strong>&#8220;Room for [N]o [O]ne: Zong!&#8217;s Self-Less Witness<strong>&#8220;<br><\/strong><strong><br>Honorable Mention ($100)<br><\/strong>Grace Neighbours<br>East Texas Baptist University, TX<br>&#8220;Ritual as it Relates to Memory in Seamus Heaney&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sophie Neubert<br>Saint Vincent College, PA<br>&#8220;Femininity and the Virgin Mary in DiPrima\u2019s <em>Loba<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Stemmler\/Dennis LGBT&amp; Awards<\/h3>\n<p>Sigma Tau Deltans Kevin Stemmler and Larry Dennis are sponsoring the Stemmler\/Dennis LGBT&amp; Awards to be given annually for outstanding convention work representing or celebrating the LGBT community and its literary contributions. The award acknowledges the variety of voices that have too often been ignored in scholarship and in creative work. In addition to providing representation for our Society\u2019s membership, the award compensates for the historical lack of LGBT recognition, specifically in academic settings.<\/p>\n<h4>Creative Works<\/h4>\n<p><strong>First Place ($300)<\/strong><br>Skye Cowley<br>Southwestern Oklahoma State University, OK<br>&#8220;My Queer Experiences through Poetry&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Second Place ($200)<\/strong><br>Lorah Murphy<br>Marist College, NY<br>&#8220;The Men I Do Love, the Women I Love More&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Honorable Mention ($100)<\/strong><br>Ren Parks<br>Illinois College, IL<br>&#8220;We Kept our Heads Down&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Zoe Colvin<br>Stephens College, MO<br>&#8220;Unbeingdead&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Honorable Mention ($50)<\/strong><br>Elias Kerr<br>University of Scranton, PA<br>&#8220;Trans [Re]incarnation\u2014[Re]born to This Body&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4>Critical Essays<\/h4>\n<p><strong>First Place ($300)<\/strong><br>Natalie Marroquin<br>University of North Georgia, Gainsville, GA<br>&#8220;Out of the Closet and into the Coffin&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Third Place ($150)<\/strong><br>Adriel Warren<br>Austin Peay State University, TN<br>&#8220;Queer Coming-of-Age in Barry Jenkins\u2019 &#8220;Moonlight'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Keller<br>SUNY at Geneseo, NY<br>&#8220;Gender Nonconformity in Northanger Abbey'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Honorable Mention ($100)<\/strong><br>Mackenzie Dwyer<br>The College of New Jersey<br>&#8220;Killing the Corporate Author: Queer Theory and Luca&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Other Convention Awards<\/h3>\n<p>Sigma Tau Delta values creative and scholarly contributions that represent diversity of abilities, races, and creeds, and we present special awards for the best among these submissions. Sigma Tau Delta also awards Alumni papers, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.english2.org\/\">Sigma Kappa Delta<\/a>&nbsp;(our sister organization at two-year schools) also rewards excellent submissions by their members.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond convention submissions, the organization also gives prizes for \u201cOutstanding Chapter Displays\u201d (posters displayed and judged during Convention).<\/p>\n<h4>Alumni Awards ($250)<\/h4>\n<p>Rebekah Brown<br>Wayland Baptist University Alum<br>\u201cPogroms &amp; Pakhlava\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shaun Anderson<br>Utah State University Alum<br>\u201cSo They Say\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Sigma Kappa Delta ($250)<\/h4>\n<p>Aysia Walton<br>Horry-Georgetown Tech College, SC<br>&#8220;Scenes from a Psychotic Episode&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4>Chapter Displays<\/h4>\n<p><strong>First Place ($100)<br><\/strong>Rho Tau Chapter<br>Utah State University, UT<\/p>\n<p><strong>Second Place ($75)<\/strong><br>Alpha Psi Nu Chapter<br>The University of Texas at Dallas, TX<\/p>\n<p><strong>Third Place ($50)<\/strong><br>Alpha Upsilon Phi Chapter<br>University of North Georgia, Gainesville, GA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Convention Awards &nbsp; Sigma Tau Delta recognized excellence by awarding nearly $12,000 for the best convention submissions at the 2023 Awards Luncheon. 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