Award Winners & Shortlisted Candidates
The Department of English offers several prizes, awards and scholarships. Our students also win university-wide scholarships.
All shortlisted candidates will be informed via email by March 27 and will have their names posted on the Department of English website. All winners will be notified at the Awards Ceremony to be held on Friday, April 25, 2025, at 1 p.m. in MB-9th floor, Room D. The names of the winners will be posted on the Department of English website by April 30.
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
