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Student Awards Available
The Academy of American Poets Prize
A national poetry award for college students, funded in part by the
English Department and in part by the College. College-wide award with
an open competition; submissions are welcome from any student registered
full time at Hope College, any major or discipline, on any topic, and
in any poetic form.
- 2002-2003 -- Laura H. Pearson
- 2003-2004 -- Lauren S. Jensen, Amanda
A. Dykstra
- 2004-2005 -- Maggie Machledt, Melissa Sexton
- 2005-2006 -- Lara Wagner
- 2006-2007 -- Anna West, Christian Piers (Honorable Mention)
- 2007-2008 -- Joannie Colner
- 2008-2009 -- Matthew Baker and Karly Fogelsonger
- 2009-2010 -- Emily
Henry
- 2010-2011 -- Jacob Bullard
- 2011-2012 -- Taylor Rebhan, Emily Henry (Honorable Mention)
Birkhoff Essay Contest
The George Birkhoff English Prize is a $75 cash award
designed to pro-mote study of the English literature and language.
The prize is awarded for an
essay on a topic selected by the English Department and submitted to
the department for this competition. The prize was established in 1888
by George
Birkhoff, a benefactor of the college. His original intent had been to
support and encourage the study of both English and Dutch Literature,
and so two
prizes were awarded for several years: one in the sophomore class in
English Literature and one in the freshman class in Dutch Literature.
In 1902, the
prize became the dominion of the junior and senior classes. Later, in
the 1940's, 50's, and 60's the topic was chosen by the faculty to relate
to classroom
work done in one of the literature classes open to junior and senior
students, but today the prize may be won by any excellent paper on a
literary subject.
In 1914, the Birkhoff Prize in Dutch was discontinued. (The English prize
winners are listed first, the Dutch second. Then, subject and winner
are listed.)
- 1887-88 Herbert G. Keppel, Gilbert G. Haan
- 1888-89 John M. Van der Meulen, John Luxen
- 1889-90 Herman Van der Ploeg, James Sterenberg
- 1890-91 Henry Huizenga, Klaas J. Dykema
- 1891-92 Gerrit Tysse, John Van de Erve
- 1892-93 John Van de Erve, Bert Dykstra
- 1893-94 John Van der Meulen, Jacob G. Van den Bosch
- 1894-95 Gustave Watermuelder, Cornelius Kuyper
- 1895-96 J. W. Beardslee, Benjamin Eefting
- 1896-97 William N. Birchby, Siebe C. Nettinga
- 1897-98 Siebe C. Nettinga, J. Wesselink
- 1898-99 John Steunenberg, B. Bruins
- 1899-00 John Van der Beek, Anthony Karreman
- 1900-01 Edward Strick, Alice Kollen, John Van Zomeren
- 1901-02 Grace Hoekje, Willis Hoekje, M. C. Ruissard
- 1902-03 Keats -- Willis J. Hoekje, Peter Grooters
- 1903-04 Tennyson -- Abraham J. Muste, John A. Van Zomeran
- 1904-05 DeQuincey -- A. Judson Kolyn, Dirk Muyshens
- 1905-06 The Medieval Romance in English Literature -- Paul Hinkamp,
Richard de Zeeuw
- 1906-07 John Keats -- Adolph D. Schaefer, George Hankamp
- 1907-08 William Wordsworth -- Wynand Wichers
- 1908-09 John Milton -- John Wichers, Henry Schut
- 1909-10 Joseph Addison -- Eldred C. VanderLaan
- 1910-11 The Lakists -- Stanley M. Fortuine, Eldred C. VanderLaan
- 1911-12 Jane Austen As Novelist -- Helena de Maagd, Oliver G. Droppers
- 1912-13 Matthew Arnold -- Charles Heman Peet
- 1913-14 John Keats -- Dorothy Pieters
- 1914-15 Tennyson -- Theodore Zwemer
- 1915-16 Charles Dickens -- Sophia Van Vessem
- 1916-17 Matthew Arnold as Poet and Critic -- Walter A. Scholten
- 1917-18 The Pre-Raphaelite Movement in English Literature -- Gerrit
A. Lyzenga
- 1918-19 Macaulay -- Evelyn Zwemer
- 1919-20 What Has the World War contributed to English Literature? --
Katherine Irene Schmid
- 1920-21 Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Richard John Hager
- 1921-22 Rudyard Kipling, Poet and Novelist -- Bert Brower
- 1922-23 James Russell Lowell, Poet and Critic -- Nelle Kole
- 1923-24 Arthur Christopher Benson as a Stylist -- Frances Tate
- 1924-25 The Romanticism of Wordsworth --
- 1925-26 Matthew Arnold, Poet and Critic -- Russell Damstra
- 1926-27 John Ruskin -- Ardean Van Arendonk
- 1927-28 Alexander Pope: Poet or Versifier? -- Willis Mackay Oosterhof
- 1928-29 Matthew Arnold -- Carl C. Postma
- 1929-30 Macaulay -- Bertha K. Olgers
- 1930-31 Arthur C. Benson -- Justin Vander Kolk
- 1931-32 Jane Austin, Great English Novelist -- Louise Kieft
- 1932-33 Samuel Johnson -- Beatrice Visser
- 1933-34 Tennyson as Mid-Victorian -- Marian Wray
- 1934-35 Keats -- Anne Dethmers
- 1935-36 Marlowe -- Sarah Dykstra
- 1936-37 Rudyard Kipling, "The Blind Promethean" -- Sylvia Huxtable
- 1937-38 Emily Dickinson -- Jean Hoekje
- 1938-39 Gilbert Chesterton -- Dean Dykstra
- 1939-40 Reflections on Maxwell Anderson -- Wilfrid Hasbrouck
- 1940-41 Shakespeare Today -- Eugene tenBrink
- 1941-42 The poetry of John Donne -- Daniel Fylstra
- 1942-43 Mark Twain as the Interpreter of the Middle West; used in the
American Literature class with sophomores and up; De Graaf -- Marie Jenkins
- 1943-44 The Evidence of Radical Political-Social Trends in the American
Drama of the 1930s; Miss Ross's drama course -- Vivian Tardiff Cook
- 1944-45 A Comparison of the Religious Concepts of Tennyson and Browning
as Expressed in their Poetry; Victorian Literature class; Oggel -- Clarice
Peterson
- 1945-46 Milton's Concept of Human Freedom; Milton course, De Graaf
-- Suzanne Lutsma
- 1946-47 Dicken's Art of Character Portrayal; Hollenbach's novel course
-- Bernard Rowan
- 1947-48 The Comic Characters in Shakespeare's Drama; Kruithof -- not
awarded
- 1948-49 Romantic Poets and Social Reform; De Graaf -- Van Haitsma
- 1949-50 A piece of original writing in the field of belles-lettres;
Brand -- Mary Heartman
- 1950-51 The Educational Theories of the Great Victorian Prose Writers
-- not awarded
- 1951-52 The Use of Symbolism in Contemporary Drama; Snow -- not awarded
- 1952-53 Problems in the Interpretation of Shakespeare's Tragedies;
Ten Hoor --Stanley Vander Aarde
- 1953-54 Tradition and Revolt in the Works of a Major American Author;
Hollenbach's Junior American Literature -- Mary Foster, "Dos Passos"
- 1954-55 Social Criticism in the American Novel of the 20th Century;
Prins's Novel Course -- Mary Anne Meyers
- 1955-56 The Treatment of Nature by any Major English Poet; De Graaf's
English Survey -- Don Pangbarn, Coleridge
- 1956-57 Analysis of an Auden poem; Prins's Literary Criticism -- Mary
Alice Ferguson and Larry Van Lare ($12.50 each)
- 1957-58 An Original Short Story; Brand -- James Adams Clark
- 1958-59 The Poet as Interpreter of American Life--Talbert, E. E. Cummings
--Donald Gallo
- 1959-60 Creative Writing for Special Freshman Comp. Classes; Protheroe
-- Judson Emerrick, $10; Paul Lucas, Walvoord, Adams, $5 each
- 1960-61 Literary Criticism; Prins --Jerry Wondra
- 1961-62 Caucer paper; Mueller -- Janet Rietveld
- 1962-63 Offered to Reeverts in Victorian Lit. Default
- 1963-64 Shakespeare; Ten Hoor, 2nd semester -- Earl Johnson
- 1964-65 Spenser; Mueller -- Veronica Skinner
- 1965-66 18th Century; Protheroe -- Charlotte Goodrich, Judith Thomas
- 1966-67 Reniassance; ten Hoor/Mueller/Huttar -- Carole Osterink, "Spenser's
Code of Courtesie"
- 1967-68 Linda Kloote
- 1968-69 not awarded
- 1969-70 Robert Kieft
- 1970-71 Chad Busk
- 1971-72 American Literature -- David Bast, "Flannery O'Connor: Short
Stories"
- 1972-73 British Literature -- Judy Henkel
- 1973-74 Explicating a Poem -- Ken DeBoer, "Limestone: The Soul of Love.
A Study of W. H. Auden's 'In Praise of Limestone'"
- 1974-75 A Critical Paper -- Steve Mancinelli (Faulkner), "Karma and
the Wheel of Life"
- 1975-76 American Heritage -- Deb Cox, "Women in Willa Cather"
- 1976-77 Drama -- David Soubly
- 1977-78 A Critical Essay on a Literary Topic -- Stephen Paffrath, "Faulkner's
Sensitive Idealists in Conflict with Reality"
- 1978-79 A Critical Essay on a Work of Fiction or a Writer of Fiction,
Based on Primary Sources -- Karl H. Stegenga, "Catalysis in Fathers and
Sons, Resurrection, and Crime and Punishment"
- 1979-80 Essay -- Deborah Eggebeen, "The Dutch Window in Japan's Closed
Era (1624-1854)"
- 1980-81 Essay on some religious aspect of literature -- Carol Bechtel
- 1981-82 Christianity and Pagan Culture -- Matthew Fike
- 1982-83 Women and Literature -- Leslie Ortquist
- 1983-84 Literature and Politics -- Julia Antoinetta, "Juno and the
Paycock: Ireland in Microcosm"
- 1984-85 Literature and International Understanding -- Gwenaelle Coignard, "The
'Proteus' Chapter in Joyce's Ulysses: A Chaotic Interpretation," and
MaryJane Rhoades, "The Sound of Silence, Echo of Exile, and Key of Cunning
in Joyce's Portrait of a Young Man"
- 1985-86 Psychology and Literature -- Elizabeth Sands, "The Four Humours
of Elizabethan Psychology and their Relationship to Dream in Shakespeare's
Plays"
- 1986-87 The Multicultural Experience (judges: M. Jellema, Schakel)--Richard
L. Bourne, "Home Across the Horizon"
- 1987-88 Best Essay on Literature (judges: Verduin, Julie Fiedler, Huttar)
-- Janilyn Sue Brouwer, "The Vision of Imagination in 'The Eolian Harp'"
- 1988-89 Best Essay on Literature (judges: Bach, Cox, Smith) -- Christine
A. Modey, "'No More Mythologies; "The Destruction of the Sorceress"
- 1989-90 Best Essay on Literature (judges: John Hollenbach, Lars Granberg,
Evelyn Smallegan) -- Christine A. Modey, "Awakening to Power: Rich's
Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law"
- 1990-91 Best Essay on Literature (judges: ---, ---) -- Nicole M. Mueller, "A
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Pilgrim: Seamus Heaney's 'Station Island'"
- 1991-92 Best Essay on Literature (judges: Willilam Bloemendaal, Peg
Van Grouw, Richard Oudersluis) -- Weston T. Thompson, "Biblical Imagery
in Eugene O'Neill's Desire under the Elms"
- 1992-93 Best Familiar Essay (judges:
- 1993-94 Best Essay on a Literary Topic (judges: Lars Granberg, Margaret
VanGrow, Margaret DeHaan) -- Eric John Emig, "Listening to Paul Blackburn
Play Sonny Rollins"
- 1994-95 Best Essay on a Literary Topic (judges: Lars Granberg, Margaret
VanGrow, Libby Brown [Laura VerPlank?]) -- Gabriela Deckinga, "God and
Humans Connecting: George Herbert's `Prayer(1)'"
- 1995-96 Best Essay on Literature by a Woman or a Member of an Ethnic
Minority (judges: Lars Granberg, Margaret VanGrow, Laura VerPlank) --
Ann Paeth, "Defamiliarization and Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse"
- 1996-97 Best Essay Applying an Interdisciplinary Approach to Literature
(judges: Lars Granberg, Margaret VanGrouw, Laura VerPlank) - Miriam K.
Beyer
- 1997-98 Best paper on any Literary Topic (judges: Lars Granberg, Margaret
VanGrouw, Laura VerPlank) - Kristin A. Kelley, "Fantasy, Childhood, and
Children's Literature: 1860-1920," and Amy J. Sanders, "Sophistication
and Simplicity in the Poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks"
- 1998-99 Best Paper on any Literary Topic (judges: Lars Granberg, Margaret
VanGrouw, Laura VerPlank) - Marie L. Keuning, "Ernest Gaines's Use of
First Person Narration in A Gathering of Old Men"
- 1999-2000: No topic set. Prize awarded to: Matthew Reynolds as a cumulative
award, for his superior writing and overall performance throughout his
English major.
- 2000-2001: Best Paper on Any Literary Topic (English faculty emeriti,
judges) -- Jane E. Bast, "Down the Labyrinthine Ways: Graham Greene
and Grace;" Jennifer Frayer, "The Weight of Our Stones: A Story
of Virginia Woolf"
- 2001-2002: Best Paper on Any Literary Topic (English faculty emeriti,
judges) -- Joshua C. Hauser, "Antigone and Greek Democracy:
An Affirmation and Admonition"
- 2002-2003: Best Paper on Any Literary Topic (Charles Huttar, Julie
Kipp, Peter Schakel, judges): Melissa S. Sexton, "'Stalemate of
Duct and Desire;' Crisis of Faith and Paradox in Faulkner's Quentin Compson"
- 2003-2004: Best Paper on Any Literary Topic (Francis Fike, Charles
Huttar, Nancy Nicodemus, judges): Kerilyn A. Harkaway, "The Ideological
Becoming of the Wife of Bath: A Bakhtinian Reading"
- 2004-2005: Jessica Bodtke, "Melting into Dreams: Reality and Dream
in Keats's 'The Eve of St. Agnes'"
- 2005-2006: Jon D. Dean, "Dethroning the Queens of the Castle in
the Sky: Willa Cather and Mary Elizabeth Braddon on the Danger Posed
by the
Idol Figure to Homosocial Society"
- 2006-2007: Emily Wilson, “Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Dark Heroine
Embodied: Margaret Fuller and Hawthorne’s Augmented Definition
of Womanhood”
- 2007-2008: Lauren Eriks, “The Moral and Artistic Consciousnesses:
the Conservative Narrative and its Complications in Hanna More’s
Coelebs in Search of a Wife and Jane Austen’s Mansfield
Park”
- 2008-2009: Laura Shears, “The Society of Friends in The Heart
of Midlothian: Jeanie Dean as a Quaker Woman”
- 2009-2010: Andrew Gehl, “The Road from Galloway to Big Sur: Jack
Kerouac’s Search for Style”
- 2010-2011: Matthew Vermaire, “It Strikes Where It Doth Love:
Comic Hope and Tragic Suffering in Othello”
- 2011-2012: Leigh Clouse, “A War of the Heart: Spinsterhood and
Marriage in the Life and Short Stories of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman" and
Cory Lakatos, “Victims of Mistaken Zeal: Androgyny and Orientalism
in The Missionary and Frankenstein”
Erika Brubaker (Class of 1992) Senior Award for Proficiency in Literature
A cash award in memory of Erika Brubaker and presented to a senior English
major who has shown exceptional proficiency in the study of literature.
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1995-96 -- Sarah McClure / Robert Harrison
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1996-97 -- Rebecca Martin / Hans Weinburger
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1997-98 -- Miriam Kathleen Beyer / Sufjan Stevens
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1998-99 -- Jill Marie Pierson / Christina Marie Malkowski
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1999-2000 -- Erin Joy Rodenhouse / Erin Ruth Selmer
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2000-2001 -- Andrew L. Lotz / Kirsten E. Slotten
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2001-2002 -- Katherine Bode-Lang / Julie Green
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2002-2003 -- Carol L. Friedrich / Lindsey A. Spoolstra
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2003-2004 -- Jessica M. Gumbs and Megan E. Hoeksema
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2004-2005 -- Stephanie Judd and Joshua Morse
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2005-2006 -- Jessica Bodtke and Kathryn Randa
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2006-2007 -- Laura Peterson and Christian Piers
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2007-2008 -- Lindsey Manthei and Katherine Masterton
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2008-2009 -- Jessica Jones and Laura Shears
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2009-2010 -- Jonathan Hertel and Rachel Whitney
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2010-2011 -- Mike Debowski and Kara Shetler
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2011-2012 -- Katelyn Hemmeke and Bethany Stripp
Erika Brubaker (Class of 1992) Awards
for Promising Achievements in the Study of Literature
Up to ten awards in memory of Erika Brubaker and in the form of bookstore
certificates for declared English majors or minors who are at least one
year from graduation and who have shown exceptional promise in the study
of literature. A student will be eligible to receive this award only once.
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1995-96 -- Robert Abbott, Patience Graybill, Jocelyn Kwiatkowski,
Paul Kurdziel, Rebecca Martin, Ann Paeth, Ryan Pazdur, Sufjan Stevens,
Sara VanAntwerp, Hans Weinburger
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1996-97 -- Kathryn Balcer, Angela Benson, Miriam Beyer, Gabriela
Deckinga, Amanda Hill, Marie Keuning, Andrew Lang, Miluska Monroy,
Nathan Oostendorp, Matthew Sterenberg, Carrie Waterloo
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1998-98 -- Janelle L. Coffey, Corrine J. Cravotta, Noah J. Dale,
Katherine L. Folkert, Stephanie L. Freriks, Emily S. Horton, Christina
M. Malkowski, Emily R. Ratering, Erin J. Rodenhouse, Erin R. Selmer,
Christine J. Trinh, Amy J. Sanders
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1998-99 -- Meredith Arwady, Melissa Coll, Jennifer Frayer, Angella
Huddleston, Jennifer Huber, Dana Lamers, Sara Lamers, Kyla Moore, Matt
Reynolds, Sally Smits, Jasmine Swaney, Amy VanderMeer
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1999-2000 -- Allyson Boggess, Laura Donnelly, Erin Hoopes, Heather
Johnson, Aaron Keck, Andrew Lotz, Rachael Pridgeon, James Schirmer,
Michelle Schoob, Kirsten Slotten, Noah Tucker and Charlie White
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2000-2001 -- Jane Bast, Katherie Bode-Lang, Julie Green, Mike Hanley,
Patrick Kinne, Elizabeth Lomasney, Andrew Mezeske, Katherine Paarlberg,
Lindsay Pollard, Kristin Pott, Christina VanRegenmorter
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2001-2002 -- Carol Friedrich, Kerilyn Harkaway, Rebecca Haynes, Katherine
Klein, Joshua Morse, Matthew Nickel, Mary Otterness, Laura Pearson,
Lindsay Pollard, Christoher Roecker, Lindsay Spoolstra, Dee Svreck
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2002-2003 -- Peter C. Derby, Amanda A. Dykstra, Jessica M. Gumbs,
Erica D. Heeg, Jason E. Kingma, Christopher E. McGarvey, Benjamin P.
Ost, Chanchiang Saetern, Melissa S. Sexton, Karen M. Schuen, Phillip
L. Waalkes
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2003-2004 -- Elizabeth A. Fredericks, Jared L. Gall, Lindsey J. Greene,
Emily J. Howard, Stephanie L. Judd, NoahDavid S. Lein, Glenn A. Lester,
Morgan L. Machledt, Stephanie S. McCann, Lindsey M. Schaap, Nicholas
A. Vidoni
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2004-2005 -- Nicole Brace, Annika Carlson, Sandra
Deitz, Kara Francisco, Katherine Larsen, Laura Peterson, Ashley Perez,
Andrew Prout, Rachel Schutte
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2005-2006 -- Brianne Carpenter, Matthew Dannenberg,
Nathaniel DeYoung, Bradley Haveman, Kristin Olson, Christian Piers,
Tally Reeverts, Paris TerKeurst, Elena Valle
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2006-2007 -- Matthew Baker, Jeremy Benson, Jake Boone,
Joan Colner, Gray Emerson, Lauren Eriks, Susan Krueger, Lindsey Manthei,
Melissa Murray, Elizabeth Sutter
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2007-2008 -- Patrick Crumb, Karly Fogelsonger, Colin Hoogerwerf,
Danielle Johnson, Jessica Jones, Rachel Larson, Travis Love, Grace
Olson, Matthew Oosterhouse, Anna Pizzimenti, Jessica Schmidt, Laura
Shears, Rachel Whitney
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2008-2009 -- Silvia Diffenderfer, Carl Dunker, Arin Fisher, Andrew
Gehl, Peter Kleczynski, Kevin Raley, Emily Sicard, Ella Vandervlugt,
Matthew Vermaire, Emily West, Jonathan Ytterock
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2009-2010 -- Wyatt Baldwin, Rebecca Fry, Paul Hile, Amanda Karby,
Cory Lakatos, Ian Magrath, Chris McKinnon, Magdalene Reishus, Leslie
Vaas, Emily Wheeler, Laura Wilson
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2010-2011 -- Lauren Bull, Anneliese Goetz, Samuel Hirt, Cynthia Schutt,
Anne Harrison, Daisy Hernandez, Brooke McDonald, Julie Oosterink, Erik
Westenbroek, Alexandra Day
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2011-2012 -- Leigh Clouse, Irma Cruz, Emily Dammer, Elizabeth Gerometta,
Erin Gilbert, Melody Hughes, Noah McLaren, Kayleigh Forlow, Cecelia
Meserve, Alex Mouw, Sharon Hecker, Kathleen Tolentino
The Clarence DeGraaf English Award
An award to be presented to the senior
whose interest and achievement in the field of English, as indicated
by academic record, most merits recognition
in the judgment of the English Department faculty. The award begun with
1988 Honors Convocation, and is named in honor of Clarence DeGraaf, long-time
chair of the English Department at Hope College. The award was established
by his daughter and son-in-law Ruth DeGraaf and Lamont Dirkse and his
son Daniel DeGraaf.
- 1987-88 Janilyn Sue Brouwer / Sue Ellen Christian
- 1988-89 Jennifer L. Schakel
- 1989-90 Jennifer L. Haskin / Christine A. Modey
- 1990-91 James Dale Monnett, Jr.
- 1991-92 Michael J. Theune
- 1992-93 Nicole M. Mueller / Derek Voskuil
- 1993-94 Kathleen Anita tenHaken / Jane M. Ruiter
- 1994-95 Richard A. Frontjes
- 1995-96 Patricia Carlson
- 1996-97 Patience Graybill / Kremena Todorova
- 1997-98 Gabriela Lorena Deckinga / Matthew Kane Sterenberg
- 1998-99 Andrew Lang
- 1999-2000 Christine Trinh
- 2002-2001 -- Sally L. Smits
- 2001-2002 -- Rachael Pridgeon and Katherine Paarlberg
- 2002-2003 -- Christina J. VanRegenmorter
- 2003-2004 -- Jason E.Kingma and Karen M. Schuen
- 2004-2005 -- Christopher McGarvey and Melissa Sexton
- 2005-2006 -- Rachel Schutte Baird
- 2006-2007 -- Nicole Brace
- 2007-2008 -- Brianne Carpenter and Lauren Eriks
- 2008-2009 -- Matthew Baker
- 2009-2010 -- Karly Fogelsonger and Peter Kleczynski
- 2010-2011 -- Andrew Gehl
- 2011-2012 -- Cory Lakatos
William B. Eerdmans' Prize
Begun in June, 1951, the William B. Eerdmans's prize awards
the student judged best in creative writing, poetry, and
the student judged
best in creative writing, prose by an outside judge. Prizes were announced
by William B. Eerdmans, Sr. at the spring English majors' banquet; now
announced at Honors Convocation. The Eerdmans company is under no obligation
to publish.
(Poetry winner is listed first, prose winner second)
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1950-51 Marjorie Pickens, Mary Hartman
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1951-52 Carol
Cust, Don Veldman
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1952-53 Harold Saunders, Earl Laman
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1953-54 Don Prentice,
Maude Dyen
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1954-55 Jonathan Hinkamp, Julia Herrick
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1955-56 Ke
Bum Han, Joseph Gross
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1956-57 Servell Hayes, James A. Clark, Charles
Lemmen, Sharon Crosswell
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1957-58
James Adams Clark, Paul Van Reynen
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1958-59 James
Holmes, Dudley Beekman
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1959-60 Richard Jaarsma,
Paul VanReyen
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1960-61 Lynne Adams,
Richard Jaaosma
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1961-62 Mary De Velder,
Barbara Walvoord
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1962-63 Lewis
Scudder, James Combs
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1963-64 James
Howell, Mary Essebaggers
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1964-65
Robert Werger, Mary Essebaggers,
John Killmaster
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1965-66
Delwyn Sneller, Mary
Essebaggers
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1966-67
Delwyn Sneller,
Jane Bouman
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1967-68
Bruce Ronda,
David Havinga
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1968-69
Janet
Hildebrand,
Roger
Rose
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1969-70
William
Schutter,
Nancy
Flier
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1970-71 Steve Farrar, Nancy Flier
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1971-72 Steve Farrar,
Gerald Swieringa
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1972-73 David Beattie, Raymond
Fitch
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1973-74 Steve Mancinelli, Carol Yeckel
- 1974-75 Wendy
Sanders, Carol Yeckel
- 1975-76 Coleen Maloney, David Cochrane
- 1976-77 Kathryn Solms, David
Fouts
- 1977-78 David Soubly, Mark L. Ongley
- 1978-79 Mark F. Hillringhouse,
Mark L. Ongley
- 1979-80 Debra Hall, Milton Sikkema
- 1980-81 Janet Lootens, Kimberly
Mooi
- 1981-82 Heather Uecker, Kevin Hillstrom
- 1982-83 Leslie Ortquist, Tom
Andrews
- 1983-84 Tom Andrews, Elizabeth Trembley
- 1984-85 Susan Marks, Margaret
Marsters
- 1985-86 Todd Van Grouw, Reka Jellema
- 1986-87 Marji S. Lindner, Gregory
S. Olgers
- 1987-88 Elizabeth Cross, Carla J. Vissers
- 1988-89 E. Reka Jellema,
Peter J. Fonken
- 1989-90 Matthew Vonk, Michael J. Theune
- 1990-91 Michael J. Theune,
Nicole M. Mueller
- 1991-92 Kathleen tenHaken, Scott C. Bishop
- 1992-93 Foley Schuler,
Pablo Peschiera
- 1993-94 Kristie L. Evans, Andrew J. DeGraves
- 1994-95 Lisa Zoetewey,
Kristie L. Evans
- 1995-96 Kristen A. Knippenberg, Sufjan Stevens
- 1996-97 Ann Paeth,
Andrew Lang
- 1997-98 Sufjan Stevens, Melissa S. Herwaldt
- 1998-99 Erin R.
Selmer, Noah D. Tucker
- 1999-2000 Jennifer E. Frayer, Anna J.
Cook
- 2000-2001 -- Dana Lamers, Noah Tucker
- 2001-2002 -- Glen A. Lester,
Matthew J. Cook
- 2002-2003 -- Glen A. Lester, Jane E. Bast
- 2003-2004 -- Megan
J. Vescolani, Kent D. Osborn
- 2004-2005 -- Melissa Sexton, Kevin Steinbach
- 2005-2006 -- Kathryn Frens,
Kristin Olson
- 2006-2007 -- Matthew Baker
- 2007-2008 -- First Place: Amanda
Karby; Second Place: Matthew Baker; Hon Mention: Gray Emerson
- 2008-2009
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Matthew Baker
- 2009-2010 -- Grace Olson, Andrew Gehl
- 2010-2011 -- Jordan Walters,
Andrew Gehl
- 2011-2012 --
Cecelia Meserve, Megan Stevens and Emily Wheeler
The Sandrene Schutt Award
The Sandrene Schutt Award for Proficiency
in the Study of English Literature
was established in 1967 in honor of Sandrene
Schutt, English teacher at Grand
Haven High School for 37 1/2 years. A $100
award will be presented to the senior who has
shown this proficiency in English
literature and expresses an intent to enter the
teaching profession in this field.
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1973-74 Harold L. Morrow, Jr.
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1974-75 Barbara Brehm Taylor
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1975-76 Deb Cox, Mia Fagerstrom, David
James, William Moreau
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1978-79 Jane Visser VanderVelde
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1980-81 Janet Lootens, Christopher
Wiers
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1981-82 Matthew Fike, Larry Helder,
Nancy MacArthur
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1984-85 Elizabeth Trembley
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1987-88 Kathryn A. Miller, Heather
S. Raak
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1989-90 Christine A. Modey, Zan
S. Ceeley
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1990-91 Joy Rae Lyn Brumels, James
Ralph Hall
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1991-92 Weston T. Thompson
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1993-94 Erinn Jean Raymond, Timothy
John Ewald
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1994-95 Lisa J. Hoffman, Carrie A.
Mitchell and
Lisa R. Zoetewey
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1996-97 Jill Mulder and Rebeka Scholten
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1997-98 Amanda Suzanne Hill
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1998-99 Jodie Leigh Grabill
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1999-2000 Sarah Elizabeth Martin
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2000-2001 -- Kyla M. Moore
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2001-2002 -- Patrick Kinne
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2002-2003 -- Sarah F. McCluskey and
Danielle A. Svrcek
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2003-2004 -- Kim N. Daelhousen, Mary
J. Otterness
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2004-2005 -- Lindsey Greene, Erica
Heeg
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2005-2006 -- Emily Howard and Julie Lancaster
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2006-2007 -- Tally Reeverts
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2007-2008 -- Emily Wegemer
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2008-2009 -- Elizabeth Rypma
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2009-2010 -- Anna Pizzimenti
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2010-2011 -- Andrea Miller and Madalyn
Clark
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2011-2012 -- Lauren Bull and Molly
Vass
The Stephenson First-Year Writing Prize
This prize, awarded each semester to the author of the
paper selected as the best submitted in the first-year
writing course, is given to encourage young writers.
The award is a gift certificate from the Hope Geneva
Bookstore.
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Spring 1996, Julie Meyers
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Fall
1996,
Sarah Katterhenry, "Gangrene
of the
Spirit"
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Fall
1997, Claire
Krukowski, for "Metamorphosis:
Waking Up In
Someone Else's
Skin"
-
Spring
1998,
Sandra Snitchler VanConant, "Artificial
Joy"
-
Fall
1998, Anna
Cook, "Writing
My
Own Story"
-
Spring
1999, Rachel
Kuhl, "Smile
With
Us"
-
Fall
1999, Matthew VanderHyde, "A
Look at Irony in La
Guma's Time of the Butcherbird"
-
Spring
2000, Jenna Wassink, "The
Trouble With
Harry"
-
Fall
2000 --
Fatu Kamara, "Links
Between
the Liberian
Civil War
and the
Holocaust" and Ashley
Koebel, "A
Misfit
Among
Misfits"
-
Spring
2001
-- Rachel
Peckenpaugh, "Classic
Creations"
-
Fall
2001
--
Ryan
Boes, "Summer
of Music"
-
Spring
2002
--
Joseph
Tolton, "Disharmonic
Realtions:
Delacroix
and
Percy
in
Stephen
King's The
Green
Mile"
-
Fall
2002
--
Anna
VanWyck, "The
Racial
Reality
of Manzanar
Relocation
Camp"
-
Spring
2003
--
Nicholas
DeKoster, "Who
Runs
the
Race"
-
Fall
2003
--
Octavia
M.
Reese, "True
SHEroes"
-
Spring
2004
--
Meghan
P. Florian, "Lyrics
and
Religion:
Defining
a Genre"
-
Fall
2004
--
Hilary
Cason, "It's
What's
Inside
the
Braid"
-
Spring
2005
--
E. Rose
Wilson, "Musical
Mnemonics"
-
Fall
2005
--
Katie
Mehari, "The
Mouse
and
the Cockroach"
-
Spring
2006
--
Molly
VanDeursen, "The
American Country
Store" and
Michael Kronek, "These
Are
the
Hands"
-
Fall
2006
--
Glennyce
Paetzmann, "Not
My Daddy's
Girl" and
Joseph
Barker, "A
Cry
for
Help:
Oil
and
Oppression
in
Nigeria"
-
Spring
2007
--
Rachel
Whitney, "Etched
in
Rhythm"
-
Fall
2007
--
Silvia
Diffenderfer, "Colleges
that
Change
Lives"
-
Spring
2008
--
Hannah
Green, "The
Meat
Heart"
-
Fall
2008
--
Stacy
Victory, "The
Trap
of
Tradition"
-
Spring
2009
-- Amanda
Sutton, "The
Power
of
Music"
-
Fall
2009
--
Anne
Harrison, "The
True Nature
of Womanhood" and
Jillian
Haverkate, "Forgotton
Shoes"
-
Spring
2010
--
Emily
Cobb, "An
Outsider's
Perspective
on
Alzheimer's
Disease"
-
Fall
2010
--
Jacob
LaViolet, "The
Best
Medicine:
Laughter
in One
Flew Over
the Cukoo's
Nest"
-
Spring
2011
--
Kelsey
Wilson, "The
Shining:
Good
Use
of
Bad
Taste?"
-
Fall
2011
-- Zilong
Zheng, “Is
China
A Communist
Country?”
-
Spring
2012 -- Samantha Newbound, "Ghosts
from the Past and the Return of the Wasps:
Symbolism in Stephen King's The Shining"
Theune Family Award
An annual award established
by Peter '65 and Judith Theune in 1992 in honor
of their son Michael J. Theune
'92, to recognize one or more outstanding students,
with preference given to
students majoring in philosophy and/or English.
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1991-92
Schott C. Bishop
and Erika Brubaker
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1992-93 Brian Douglas
Paige /
Eric Wampler
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1993-94 Kathleen Anita tenHaken
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1994-95 Kgothatso Semela
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1995-96 Elizabeth Anker and
Anna Barnett
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1996-97 Ann Paeth
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1997-98 Matthew Kane Sterenberg
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1998-99 Emily Horton and Noah
Dale
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1999-2000 -- Cathleen M. Jaworowski
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2000-2001 -- Aaron Keck
-
2001-2002 -- Blair Johnson
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2002-2003 -- Jane E. Bast
-
2003-2004 -- Tim S. Kirkman
and Kerilyn A. Harkaway
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2004-2005 -- Daniel
Carter and David Jorgenson
-
2006-2007 -- Matthew Dannenberg
-
2007-2008 -- Rob Kenagy
-
2008-2009 -- Gray Emerson
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2009-2010 -- Andreas VanDenend
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2010-2011 -- Carl Dunker
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2011-2012 -- Matthew Vermaire
Jennifer Young Award in Creative Writing and Literature
This cash award ($200), begun in 2008, and renamed for former faculty
member Jennifer Young Tait in 2011, will be presented each year to
the senior whose interest and achievement as
a creative
writer
and
student of literature most merit recognition in the judgment of the
English department faculty.
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2007-2008: Elena Valle
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2008-2009: Jon Dean
and Krista Mehari
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2009-2010: Raina Khatri and Grace Olson
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2010-2011:
Charlie Walter
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2011-2012: Emily Wheeler
Stanley Kunitz Emerging Writer Award
A cash award to the student who exhibits notable and promising talent
in the literary arts. The award, initiated by Ellen Bryant Voigt, is
named for Stanley Kunitz to honor his poetry, his teaching, and his
generosity toward young writers.
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