Department announces 2023 graduate award winners
The Department of English congratulates the following graduate award winners on their outstanding accomplishments. The recipients of these awards include any Ohio State graduate student who has earned an award for any of our department programs/concentrations, for our special graduate prizes and for select college/university programs and national organizations.
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WRITING
Grants awarded to subsidize research-related expenses of graduate students studying business and professional writing.
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Grants awarded to subsidize research-related expenses of graduate students studying business and professional writing.
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CREATIVE WRITING
$600 for the best body of fiction by a second- or third-year student in the MFA Program in Fiction.
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Honorable Mention
Best poem or group of no more than three poems.
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Honorable Mention
Best poem or group of no more than three poems by a graduate student.
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Honorable Mention
$1,000 for the best short story by a student in the MFA Program in Creative Writing.
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Best body of fiction by a second- or third-year student in the MFA Program in Poetry.
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Honorable Mention
$600 for the best body of fiction by a second- or third-year student in the MFA Program in Non-Fiction.
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$100 for the best essay or nonfiction book chapter by a graduate student.
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- Nellie Smith
DIGITAL MEDIA STUDIES
For the recognition of outstanding digital media project(s) completed by a graduate student in the Department of English, either in a seminar or as part of the student's research or creative work.
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FIRST-YEAR WRITING
For a first-year graduate teaching assistant who demonstrates excellence in teaching First-Year Writing, based upon student evaluations and observations of teaching.
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SECOND-YEAR WRITING
For demonstrated excellence in teaching Second-Year Writing by an experienced graduate teaching assistant, based upon review of syllabi, assignment prompts, student evaluations and teaching philosophy.
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GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS
John M. Muste (1927-2002) was a long-time member of the department. He worked in twentieth-century literature and culture and was a stalwart citizen of the department, serving as Director of Graduate Studies and Vice Chair. Before retiring in 1986, he served as Associate Dean of the College of Humanities. Upon retiring, John and the College of Humanities established this fund which the department named in his honor.
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- Trey Conatser
Honorable Mention
- Nicholas Hoffman
- Preeti Singh
The Robert M. Estrich Fellowship Fund was established in 1990 by the Board of Trustees of The Ohio State University with gifts to The Ohio State University Development Fund from Alice E. Estrich, colleagues, friends and former students in memory of Robert M. Estrich (MA, English ‘29; PhD, English ‘35), Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University Department of English. Robert Estrich was chair of the Department of English from 1952 to 1964, during which he presided over the department’s enormous WWII growth. In both his brilliant hiring and his democratizing of internal governance, he was instrumental in transforming the department into both a model within the university and a national presence in the academic profession.
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Honorable Mention
Established by the Department of English Human Rights Working Group in 2014, the English Graduate Human Rights Award is given to the best academic paper or multi-modal project produced in a Department of English graduate course or independent study in the past year. Submissions demonstrate a critical engagement with the literature, rhetoric, narrative, folklore, histories, laws and/or cultural practices of human rights.
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- Luxin Yin
COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY AWARDS
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This prestigious fellowship, awarded by the Graduate School, recognizes the scholarly accomplishments and potential of graduate students entering the final phase of their dissertation research or terminal degree project. Each fellowship provides financial support so the recipient may devote one full year to the completion of their work unimpeded by other duties.
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The Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum showcases the innovative and exemplary research being conducted by Ohio State graduate students across the full range of graduate degree programs and facilitates fruitful exchanges between students, faculty, the administration and the public.
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Honorable Mention
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NATIONAL AWARDS
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- Rolando Rubalcava