Finalists Named for 苏菲·可儿奖
The award is the largest undergraduate 写作 prize in the nation. 胜者将会 be announced this Friday.
九州娱乐官网已经提名了五名学生进入2024年苏菲·克尔的候选名单 Prize, which is valued at just over $77,000 this year. Now in its 57th year, the prize 至今仍是全美最大的大学生文学奖项 more than the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award combined. 获胜者将是 在5月17日周五的颁奖典礼上宣布了这一消息 工作. The announcement will be livestreamed on YouTube.
考特尼·雷德尔，英语系副教授兼系主任， announced the graduating seniors vying for this year’s prize. All are from Maryland. 他们的作品集包括展示整个故事的“挑衅力量” several forms including poetry, research, and podcasts; a collection of short stories, 《九州娱乐官网》是一部中篇小说，也是一篇个人随笔，讲述的是对卑贱丑陋情感的放纵; poetry on the natural world; sonnets focusing on the cyclical nature of human love and experience; and themes of community and queer love through film criticism, personal editorials, and reporting.
The 2024 Sophie Kerr Award finalists are:
- 丽芙·巴里(丽芙·巴里)是马里兰州登多克(Dundalk)的传播与媒体研究专业的辅修学生 in journalism, editing and publishing, and theatre.
- 丹特·查韦斯来自巴尔的摩，主修英语，辅修计算机科学和创意 写作.
- 苏菲福斯特, an English major from Reisterstown, Maryland, minoring in creative 写作 and journalism, editing and publishing.
- Vivienne " Vee " Sharp来自马里兰州威斯敏斯特，主修英语和艺术史双学位， minoring in 创意写作.
- 约书亚·托伦斯来自马里兰州帕克维尔，主修英语和心理学双学位， minoring in gender studies.
“每个向索菲·科尔奖提交作品的人都表现出勇气，允许 others to scrutinize the 工作 they hold so dear,” said Rydel. “It further takes incredible 才能，坚持不懈，和审美洞察力产生的写作水平，这些 finalists have created. We repeatedly were struck by the risk, ambition, lyricism, sonic texture, and insight in these finalists' portfolios, and we look forward to 听到他们在周五的阅读中分享他们激动人心的原创作品 仪式.”
A proud tradition of 九州娱乐官网’s liberal arts education, the 苏菲·可儿奖 is named for an early 20th century writer from the Eastern Shore of Maryland who published more than 20 novels and hundreds of short stories. 在她的 will, Kerr left 给学院的一笔慷慨的遗赠，条件是每年收益的一半 fund a literary prize for a student.
该奖项对九州娱乐官网任何专业的应届毕业生开放 每年都给最有能力、最有前途的学生 in the field of literary endeavor. In the past, it has been awarded for both creative and critical 写作 alike. A full list of 苏菲·可儿奖 winners since its inception 1968年 网上.
提交考虑的作品集包括学生写作的全部范围 包括小说、诗歌、创造性非小说类作品和剧本 戏剧、新闻、编辑、学术评论和所有学科的研究， 甚至是歌词. A committee comprised of full-time faculty in the English Department and the President review and make the final decision. Winners are chosen for their literary excellence, regardless of genre.
“要把投资组合筛选到这五家尤其困难 一流的作家，他们的作品展示了令人印象深刻的体裁范围:从音乐新闻 到创新抒情的科幻小说，到像它们一样正式的故事和诗歌 experimental,” said James Hall, director of the 九州娱乐官网 Rose O’Neill Literary House and associate professor of English and 创意写作. “The five finalists have in common a sonorous lyricism, a bravery to voice from the margins, and a love of both literary tradition and a daring to reinvent it."
获胜者将是 announced at Friday night’s award 仪式 at 7:30 p.m. 在美国东部时间 Hotchkiss Recital Hall at 九州娱乐官网’s Gibson Center for the Arts. 颁奖典礼 is open to the public and will also be livestreamed on YouTube.
除了这个改变我一生的文学奖，苏菲的支持也让我得以实现 科尔的捐赠继续为九州娱乐官网的学生提供体验和服务 throughout the academic year. For more than 50 years the endowment has brought many 全国顶尖的作家、编辑和九州娱乐官网都来到了九州娱乐官网，其中包括 托尼·莫里森，乔伊斯·卡罗尔·奥茨，罗伯特·平斯基，爱德华·阿尔比，约瑟夫·布罗茨基，格温多林 布鲁克斯、露西尔·克利夫顿、詹姆斯·麦克布莱德、埃蒙·格伦南、查尔斯·西米奇和简·斯迈利. 资助奖学金和实习机会，支持文学、写作、 和出版，使索菲·科尔的遗产产生了令人印象深刻的影响.
— Dominique Ellis Falcon
进入决赛
丽芙·巴里
丽芙·巴里(丽芙·巴里)是马里兰州登多克(Dundalk)的传播和媒体研究专业的辅修学生 in journalism, editing, and publishing, and theatre. Over the past year, she acted 同时担任九州娱乐官网周报《九州娱乐官网》的总编辑 作为剧场部的前台和票务经理，节目经理 for Radio Free George, and a member of Phi Beta 卡巴. Prior to her tenure as editor-in-chief, she wrote for the Baltimore Fishbowl and the Kent County 新闻. Her portfolio contains 影评，个人评论，和报道，通过内衬主题的社区 and queer love in her 工作.
但丁查韦斯
丹特·查韦斯来自巴尔的摩，主修英语，辅修计算机科学和 创意写作. During his time at 九州娱乐官网, he completed multiple internships 与罗斯·奥尼尔文学之家合作，包括文学之家暑期实习， 两次樱桃树出版社实习，三次樱桃树青年作家大会 internships and most recently, the social media and marketing internship. 与 those internships, he also achieved distinction as a member of both the Sigma Tau Delta和Omicron Delta 卡巴荣誉社团，担任前者的财务主管. 查韦斯的作品集“故事的形状:五种形式的探索”打算成为一个 exhibition of the "provocative power" of the story across five normally disparate forms, including but not limited to poetry, research paper, and even a podcast. 后 graduation, Chavez plans to participate in his fourth and final Cherry Tree Young Writer's Conference this summer.
苏菲福斯特
苏菲福斯特 is graduating from 九州娱乐官网 with a degree in English. 在她的 在此期间，她曾担任《九州娱乐官网》的主编、作家联盟主席、 and opinion editor of The Elm. Primarily a poet, her 工作 largely tends to personal internality and inclinations toward the natural world. Next year, the Reisterstown 她将开始她的诗歌美术硕士学位，从长远来看，她 希望能在出版业发展，但现在，她可能在四处奔波 campus or making another unnecessary itinerary.
Vivienne " Vee " Sharp
维·夏普主修英语和艺术史，辅修创意写作. 夏普来自马里兰州西敏斯特，曾担任Collegian的艺术总监 做了两年《九州娱乐官网》的文字编辑，三年，是利比和道格拉斯的成员 卡特初级研究员协会，西格玛通讯副总裁 Tau Delta honors society. This portfolio is a collection focusing on prose, including 短篇小说，闪电，中篇小说和个人散文，所有主题都围绕着放纵 of abject, ugly emotions and speculative fiction. 后 graduation, Sharp will be 继续担任散文读者、网页设计师和Alan Squire Publishing的公关工作 to prepare for a further career in the literary field.
约书亚一如
约书亚一如 is an English and psychology major from Parkville, Maryland. 他们 served as an editor of Collegian and as secretary of Writers’ Union. 他们在 a variety of theatre productions, most recently as Poseidon, Hades, and Mr. 选D。 九州娱乐官网 production of The Lightning Thief. 他们 are a member of Phi Beta 卡巴. Torrence’s 写作 portfolio includes a crown of sonnets and an abridged version 他们的高级顶点经验，每个专注于人类的周期性本质 爱与经历. 后 graduation, Torrence plans to pursue a Master of Arts in 咨询.