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Announcing the 22-23 D.A. Brown Essay Award Winners
Each year, English faculty nominate the top essays from their lower- and upper-level literature courses for the department’s D.A. Brown Essay Awards. This summer, three students were recognized for exemplary essays written in the 2022-2023 academic year. The 22-23 D.A. Brown Essay Award for Literary Scholarship: Ellie Grubbs ’23,… Continue Reading: Announcing the 22-23 D.A. Brown Essay Award Winners
Class of 2023 contributes books to the Sigma Tau Delta shelf in Ammons Lounge
The 2023 seniors from Wake Forest’s Sigma Omega chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the international English honor society, will be the fifth class to add their favorite books to the organization’s permanent collection in Ammons Lounge in Tribble Hall. Each senior selected a book that they studied at Wake Forest… Continue Reading: Class of 2023 contributes books to the Sigma Tau Delta shelf in Ammons Lounge
2023-2024 Executive Board for Sigma Tau Delta
Announcing the newly elected executive board for Sigma Tau Delta, the international English honor society: President: Frances Riggs ’24 Vice President: Alexis Williams ’25 Secretary: Mary Outland ’24 Historian: Sydney Pasceri ’25 Treasurer: Mackenzie Jackson ’24 Membership Chair: Anna Beim ’25 Public Relations Chair: Lily Klett ’24 Social Events Chair:… Continue Reading: 2023-2024 Executive Board for Sigma Tau Delta
Sigma Tau Delta’s Creative Nonfiction Career Chat with Profs. Erhardt and Harlan
On Monday, November 7th, WFU’s chapter of Sigma Tau Delta—the international English honor society—hosted Prof. Susan Harlan and Prof. Marianne Erhardt in Ammons Lounge to talk about their experiences as professional creative writers in the public sphere. Prof. Erhardt is currently working on a memoir-in-essays, which explores personal and social… Continue Reading: Sigma Tau Delta’s Creative Nonfiction Career Chat with Profs. Erhardt and Harlan
18 students inducted into Sigma Tau Delta
This fall, 18 students were inducted into Wake Forest University’s Sigma Omega chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the international English honors society. Students honored with Sigma Tau Delta induction are junior or senior English or Writing majors/minors who are in the top 35 percent of their graduating class. English department… Continue Reading: 18 students inducted into Sigma Tau Delta
Open for Submissions: 23-24 Academy of American Poets / Edwin G. Wilson Prize for Undergraduate Poetry
The Department of English invites students from every discipline to submit their original poetry to Wake Forest University’s Academy of American Poets / Edwin G. Wilson Prize. The Prize, which was inaugurated in spring 2023, is awarded each spring to an outstanding Wake Forest undergraduate poet. The Prize was established… Continue Reading: Open for Submissions: 23-24 Academy of American Poets / Edwin G. Wilson Prize for Undergraduate Poetry
Spring 2022 issue of Three to Four Ounces focuses on The UltraContemporary
The spring 2022 issue of Three to Four Ounces, Wake Forest University’s student literary magazine, is now available online. It was also released in a limited print run for the first time since the beginning of the Covid pandemic. The issue, titled “The UltraContemporary,” comprises written work and visual art… Continue Reading: Spring 2022 issue of Three to Four Ounces focuses on The UltraContemporary
Announcing our 2021-22 student scholarships & awards
After a two-year hiatus due to the Covid pandemic, the English department gathered in person this spring for our annual awards reception honoring our outstanding majors, minors, and graduate students. We met in a Davis Field tent to recognize our student leaders, Honors in English students, Sigma Tau Delta inductees,… Continue Reading: Announcing our 2021-22 student scholarships & awards
Class of 2022 contributes books to Sigma Tau Delta shelf in Ammons Lounge
The 2022 seniors from Wake Forest’s Sigma Omega chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the international English honor society, will be the fourth class to add beloved books to the organization’s permanent collection in Ammons Lounge in Tribble Hall. Each senior selected a book that they studied at Wake Forest that… Continue Reading: Class of 2022 contributes books to Sigma Tau Delta shelf in Ammons Lounge
Meet English Major Abigail Franke ’22
Hometown: Karnes City, Texas Major and minors: English Major, Creative Writing & Theatre Minors Highlights of your time at Wake: One of the most amazing things about my time at Wake comes in two parts. The first is when I took a chance and decided to go study the literature… Continue Reading: Meet English Major Abigail Franke ’22