Award Winners & Shortlisted Candidates
The Department of English offers several prizes, awards and scholarships. Our students also win university-wide scholarships.
2024-2025 award winners
Creative Writing Awards
- English Department Drama Award: Henry Barnard
- Fiction Award: Sabyah Seyam
- Poetry Award: Sabyah Seyam
Literature Awards
- A.G. Hooper Prize: Hayley Bleho
- Compton-Lamb Memorial Scholarship: Donya Mashkuri
- MacGuigan Prize: Emily Wilkinson
Ritva Seppanen Award for Professional Writing
- Kiera Bocicova
2024-2025 awards shortlists
Literature
A.G. Hooper Prize
- Hayley Bleho
- Saskia Recke-Smith
- Louise van Oel
- Emily Wilkinson
Compton-Lamb Memorial Scholarship
- Jayde Lazier
- Donya Mashkuri
- Natalia Papakonstantiou
MacGuigan Prize
- Hayley Bleho
- Morgan Kittson
- Louise van Oel
- Emily Wilkinson
Creative Writing
Drama
- Henry Barnard
- Demetria Ekiridzo
- Coralie Olivier
Fiction
- Charlotte Doerr-Johnston
- Coralie Olivier
- Sabyah Seyam
Poetry
- Jack Forbes
- Saskia Recke-Smith
- Sabyah Seyam
Ritva Seppanen Award for Professional Writing
- Kiera Bocicova
- Morgan Kittson
2023-2024 award winners
Gabriel Safdie Awards Winners
- Drama: Jeanne Potvin
- Fiction: Fab Pilon
- Poetry: Erin Staley
Creative Writing Awards
- English Department Drama Award: Quinn Browne-Collins
- Fiction Award: Ruby Walker
- Poetry Award: Jade Palmer
Literature Awards
- A.G. Hooper Prize: Louise Van Oel
- Compton-Lamb Memorial Scholarship: Morgan Kittson
- MacGuigan Prize: Luna Guindon-Gough
Ritva Seppanen Award for Professional Writing
- Louise van Oel
2023-2024 awards shortlists
Literature
A.G. Hooper Prize
- Bridget Huh
- Cassandra Pegg
- Louise Van Oel
Compton-Lamb Memorial Scholarship
- Hayley Frances Bleho
- Julius Davydchak
- Morgan Kittson
MacGuigan Prize
- Evelyn Olivia Chan
- Luna Guindon-Gough
- Emily Wilkinson
Creative Writing
Drama
- Quinn Browne-Collins
- Coralie Olivier
- Silvae (Stefne) Vallandigham
Fiction
- Erin Staley
- Ruby Walker
- Diane Yeung
Poetry
- Jade Palmer
- Rachael Riley
- Noah Sparrow
Ritva Seppanen Award for Professional Writing
- Evelyn Olivia Chan
- Louise van Oel
- Sabrina Frassine
