ISAACS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
The Isaacs Scholarship at City College is an undergraduate scholarship for students at the College planning to pursue a major in English Literature. Isaacs Scholars are capable of serious work in humanistic studies. The program is built around a major in English literature with collateral work in Foreign languages and the Classics: the traditional disciplines of a liberal education. https://isaacs.ccny.cuny.edu/
ANNUAL AWARDS AND PRIZES
AY 2021-2022 English Department Awards and Prizes Booklet
AY 2021-2022 Award Recipients
CREATIVE WRITING AWARDS
The Doris Lippman Prize in Creative Writing - Nina Capille
The Jerome Lowell DeJur Award In Fiction - A.J. Woodhams
The Jerome Lowell DeJur Award In Poetry - Taylor Baker
The David Dortort Prize in Playwriting - John Attanas
The David Dortort Prize in Non-Fiction - Grace Kearney
The Elyse L. Nass Endowed Scholarship - Emma Miller
The Goodman Fund Short Story Award - Cedar Ecker
The Undergraduate Children's Writing Award - Syarlin Syafruddin
The Graduate Children's Writing Award - John Attanas
POETRY AWARDS
The David Markowitz Poetry Award - Bethanie Corona and Elijah Rey-David Matos
Honorable Mention: Danae Miranda
The Esther Unger Poetry Prize - Brandi Alduk and Dedipta Bhattacharjee
The Goodman Fund Poetry Award - Brandon Velez
ESSAY AWARDS
The Riggs Gold Medal Essay Award - Librada Montero and Dashanka Sankar
The Meyer Cohn Graduate Essay Award in Literature - David Ciocon and Ian Murphy
THE IRWIN AND ALICE STARK AWARDS
The Stark Short Fiction Prize - Lyndon Nicholas (graduate) and Paul Abreu (undergraduate)
The Stark Award in Fiction in Honor of Henry R. Roth - Paul Abreu
The Stark Award in Drama in Memory of Ross Alexander - Safiyyah Savage
Honorable Mention: Max Kohn
The Stark Poetry Prize in Memory of Raymond Patterson - Samantha Hernandez
The Stark Award for Essay in Literature - Angelina Coronado
The Stark English Composition Award in Memory of Mina Shaughnessy - Alanis Omar
AWARDS FOR GENERAL EXCELLENCE
The Toni Cade Bambara Endowed Scholarship - Angelina Coronado
The David Dortort Undergraduate Fellowship - Miguel Johnson
The Lillian Feder Scholarship - Corinne Shearer (graduate) and Eamon Burke (undergraduate)
The Richard Shephard Award for Excellence in Writing - Elijah Rey-David Matos
The Marilyn Sternglass Awards in Language and Literacy:
- The Marilyn Sternglass Writing Award - Maxwell Schnuer
- The Marilyn Sternglass Overall Merit Award - Claire Balani
Honorable Mention: Stephanie Zlotnick
TEACHING AWARDS
The Norman Levine Outstanding Teaching Award - Claire Balani
The Teacher-Writer Award - Anna Linetskaya
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AY 2020-2021 Award Recipients
CREATIVE WRITING AWARDS
The Doris Lippman Prize in Creative Writing - Katelyn Conroy
The Jerome Lowell DeJur Award In Fiction - Nicholas Otte & Philip Rudich
The Jerome Lowell DeJur Award In Poetry - Jaray Hunt and Megan Skelly
The David Dortort Prize in Playwriting - Allen Baez and Beryl Frishtick
The Goodman Fund Grants - Kathryn Harrison
The Goodman Fund Short Story Award - Syarin Syafruddin
The Graduate Children's Writing Award - Lametria Robertson and Judith Schoolman
The Undergraduate Children's Writing Award - Evangelyn Beltran and Esma Esa
POETRY AWARDS
The David Markowitz Poetry Award - Aissata Keita and Jonathan Mora
The Esther Unger Poetry Prize - Diana Boateng, Kaity Lopez, and Susan Thorson
The Goodman Fund Poetry Award - Sadia Tasnim
ESSAY AWARDS
The David Markowitz Essay Award - Victoria Vulaj
The Riggs Gold Medal Essay Award - Librada Montero
The Meyer Cohn Graduate Essay Award in Literature - Ellie Horowitz-Lewis
THE IRWIN AND ALICE STARK AWARDS
The Stark Short Fiction Prize - Peggy Neill and Yuanqing Wang
The Stark Award in Fiction in Honor of Henry R. Roth - Evangelyn Beltran and Rina DeFrancesco
The Stark Award in Drama in Memory of Ross Alexander - Evangelyn Beltran
The Stark Poetry Prize in Memory of Raymond Patterson - Sam Bellamy
The Stark Award for Essay in Literature - Susan Thorson
Honorable Mentions: Sara Mazzilli and Fatima Rahman
The Stark English Composition Award in Memory of Mina Shaughnessy - Deborah Cobourne
AWARDS FOR GENERAL EXCELLENCE
The Toni Cade Bambara Endowed Scholarship - Sophia Yip
The David Dortort Undergraduate Fellowship - Lauren de la Torre
The Lillian Feder Scholarship - Shakeisha Levene
The Margaret Halmy Prize - Brittany Clark
The Edward C. and Ruth P. Mack Graduate Fellowship - Sophia Yip
The Paul Roberts Memorial Scholarship - Brittany Clark
The Richard Shephard Award for Excellence in Writing - Samantha Diaz
The Marilyn Sternglass Awards in Language and Literacy:
- The Marilyn Sternglass Writing Award - Claire Balani and Valerie Smith
- The Marilyn Sternglass Overall Merit Award - Marcel Aguayo and Jorge Ivan Velez
TEACHING AWARDS
The Norman Levine Outstanding Teaching Award - Jorge Ivan Velez
The Teacher-Writer Award - Megan Skelly
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AY 2019-2020 Award Recipients
CREATIVE WRITING AWARDS
The Doris Lippman Prize in Creative Writing - Rodger Blair Fell & Oelania Rubino
The Jerome Lowell DeJur Award In Fiction - Sarah Brokamp & Kayle Nochomovitz
The Jerome Lowell DeJur Award In Poetry - Bonnie Jill Emanuel & Matthew Gahler
The David Dortort Prize in Playwriting - Allen Baez
The Goodman Fund Short Story Award - Oumou Ly
The Graduate Children's Writing Award - Lametria Robertson
The Undergraduate Children's Writing Award - Preeti Presannan
POETRY AWARDS
The David Markowitz Poetry Award - Sarah Logan
The Esther Unger Poetry Prize - Evangelyn Beltran & Margaret Stone
The Goodman Fund Poetry Award - Sydney Clarke & Sarina Kesten
ESSAY AWARDS
The Allan Danzig Memorial Award in Victorian & Romantic Literature - Matthew Romano
The David Markowitz Essay Award - Matthew Romano
The Riggs Gold Medal Essay Award - Tyanna Harris
The Meyer Cohn Graduate Essay Award in Literature - Grace Kearney
THE IRWIN AND ALICE STARK AWARDS
The Stark Short Fiction Prize - Grace Kearney
The Stark Award in Drama in Memory of Ross Alexander - Enrique Rosado
The Stark Poetry Prize in Memory of Raymond Patterson - Jorge Ivan Velez
The Stark Award for Essay in Literature - Matthew Romano
AWARDS FOR GENERAL EXCELLENCE
The Lillian Feder Scholarship - Sara Mazzilli
The Margaret Halmy Prize - Yanna Almonte
The Edward C. and Ruth P. Mack Graduate Fellowship - Tyanna Harris
The Paul Roberts Memorial Scholarship - Matthew Romano
The Marilyn Sternglass Awards in Language and Literacy:
- The Marilyn Sternglass Writing Award - Grace Kearney and Maria Qureshi
- The Marilyn Sternglass Overall Merit Award - Brittany Zayas
TEACHING AWARDS
The Norman Levine Outstanding Teaching Award - Joseph Furlong & Noelle Nagales
The Teacher-Writer Award - Alexander Moser & Kristine Slentz
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