Undergraduate Student Prizes, AY 0708
Caroline S. and David L. Minter Award for Outstanding Graduating English Major
This award is given out every year to a graduating English major with an extraordinary GPA, and whose transcript demonstrates a breadth of scholarship.
Minter Summer Research Awards
These awards are given out every year to students whose research over the summer will benefit their work in English during the following semester.
- Alexander Crompton
- Vanessa Johnson
- Katharine Miller
- Megan Scarborough
Lady Geddes Essay Writing Prize
This is an annual writing competition for the best academic paper by a currently enrolled freshman or sophomore.
- First Place – Joseph Rodd
- Second Place – Alex Solomon
Rice Review Awards
The Rice Review is a student-run literary journal at Rice University committed to publishing the best prose, poetry, creative nonfiction, and occasionals written by undergraduate students, as well as interviews with renowned authors. The journal was founded in 2004 by creative writing professor and author Justin Cronin. Each year R2 gives out awards to those students whose work merits additional recognition.
George Williams Prize for Fiction
First Place – Alexander Crompton
Second Place – Lauren Fitte
George Williams Prize for Poetry
First Place – Rose Cahalan
Second Place – Lisa Low
George Williams Prize for Creative Nonfiction
First Place – Sarah Bronson
Second Place – Courtney Ng
Academy of American Poets Award
Lisa Low
