Dear English Department Award Winners,
We usually get to celebrate and recognize you in the Campanile Room at the Memorial Union overlooking the ISU Campanile and the beautiful ISU campus. This year, our celebration is happening on this page, where we congratulate you on receiving your award. While this undoubtedly feels different in many ways, the feeling of having been selected as an award winner should still give you the same sense of pride and accomplishment you would feel if we could hand you the award in person.
I congratulate you from the bottom of my heart and I hope you will celebrate your achievement. You have worked hard for this and you fully deserve it. While I have your attention, though, I would also like to take this opportunity to remind you that for many of you, your success is the culmination of about two decades (or more) of support you have received from your family and friends. I view this as a good time to certainly celebrate your award and to also reflect back on the people who impacted and supported you most. Perhaps now is a good time to reach out to them and thank them – and then continue to celebrate together, whether it is virtually or in person. I would like to close by thanking you for your dedication and commitment to excellence. As the Chair of the Department of English at Iowa State University, I could not be happier that you received this award.
Sincerely,
Volker Hegelheimer
| Aubrey E. Galyon Scholarship Awarded to an undergraduate senior or M.A. student ready to begin work toward a Ph.D. in literature, linguistics, or rhetoric |
EMILY DUX SPELTZ |
| Quentin G. Johnson Award Awarded to an undergraduate senior or graduate student who has a strong academic record and shows promise in the study of linguistics |
SABRINA VAN WEELDEN |
| Cross-disciplinary Linguistics Scholarship Awarded to an undergraduate whose academic career shows promise in leading to a future directly related to theoretical or applied linguistics. |
CAITLIN CISAR |
| Pearl Hogrefe Grants in Creative Writing Awarded to graduate students who show extraordinary promise in creative writing |
CRYSTAL STONE |
ERIC WILLIAMS |
BRENDAN CURTINRICH – Recognition Award |
| EnglQueer Outreach Award An annual award for raising awareness in the Iowa State community about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Transsexual issues |
TIA SADDLER |
| Kurt Moody Creative Writing Award Given in honor of Kurt Moody to an Iowa State undergraduate student who demonstrates excellence in creative writing |
ERIN OLIVIA CANNON |
BAILEY ELIZABETH STERK |
| Richard Caplan Sketch Prize Awarded to authors in three genres—poetry, fiction, and nonfiction—whose work represents the strongest writing in each genre to be published in Sketch magazine |
CARTER DAILEY - Poetry |
| BAILEY STERK - Fiction |
ESPERANZA VARGAS MACIAS - Nonfiction |
| Will C. Jumper Scholarship Awarded to an Iowa State undergraduate who demonstrates excellence in poetry writing |
KIRA FREDERICK |
| SABRINA VAN WEELDEN |
| Pearl Hogrefe Freshman Scholarship in Creative Writing In recognition of first-year students with freshman status whose work exemplifies promise or talent in one of the genres of creative writing |
LYDIA SAMUELSON |
KIMI SNYDER |
HANNAH VAN SICKLE |
| Pearl Hogrefe Sophomore Scholarship in Creative Writing In recognition of an original and imaginative use of language and future promise in creative writing |
MADELYN LANDAHL |
| Pearl Hogrefe Junior Scholarship in Creative Writing In recognition of outstanding originality, unusual perspective and a unique voice in creative writing |
JULIE BRISSETTE |
MIKAYLA HOSKINS |
| Pearl Hogrefe Senior Scholarship in Creative Writing In recognition of outstanding originality, unusual perspective and a unique voice in creative writing |
RYAN BYRNES |
TALON DELANEY |
CYNTHIA WOLTEERS  |
| Herta David Scholarships in English Awarded to Iowa State undergraduates majoring in English |
PEYTON HAMEL |
SAMUEL UPAH |
| Freda Huncke Endowment Award Awarded to students majoring in English who demonstrate academic excellence and expository writing ability |
MACIE BOCK |
| ERIN CANNON |
JACOB DELAROSA |
MCKENNA FLOOD |
| NICOLE HIRSCHMAN |
RYAN PHILLIPS |
HANNAH RYAN |
| James and Rachel Lowrie Family Award Candidates are nominated by a faculty member and awarded in recognition of a junior or senior whse oral and written performance in English courses demonstrates outstanding growth, perception, and capability in the study of literature. |
TAYLOR NICOLE BROWN |
ASHLYN BUTLER |
MOLLY MUENCH |
| TIA SADDLER |
ARIE SIROTIAK |
| ADAM THOMAS |
| W. Paul Jones Scholarship In recognition of scholarly excellence in Rhetoric & professional communication |
DANIEL HENKE |
| Richard R. Wright Award In recognition of academic excellence and expository writing ability |
CARLOS TOLEDO-PRADA |
| Pamela Henry Lassahn Scholarship in Tech Comm Awarded to an Iowa State undergraduate majoring in Technical Communication with a minor or a designated area of concentration in a technical or scientific field |
KYLE HAMERLINCK |
| Albert L. Walker Excellence in English Award In recognition of academic excellence and exceptional ability in the study of literature |
KARTIKA BUDHWAR |
MADELINE BLIEK |
GWENYTH DAVIS |
ELIZABETH SMITH |
| Critical Writing Award Awarded to an undergraduate or graduate student for a single piece of critical exposition originally written for an English course at Iowa State University |
BREANNA BRUENING |
| ERIN CANNON |
KRISTY RETH |
| ARIE SIROTIAK |
| Paul L. & Carolyn Errington Award In recognition of academic excellence in environmental literary criticism |
| BRENDAN CURTINRICH |
| Speech Communication Ray Dearin Award for Academic Excellence In recognition of a Speech Communication Major who exhibits the strongest academic record within the major |
CARRIE BRCKA |
| Speech Communication Demosthenes Outstanding Speaker Award In recognition of a student’s exceptional achievement as a public speaker in Speech Communication courses |
JOHN MURPHY |