Annual Prizes

Bullock Poetry Prize of the American Academy of Poets (best poem or group of poems)

2008: Mirabel Bradley '11 and Daniel Wong '08
2007: Mathew Rogers '07
2006: Eric Markowsky '06
2005: Eleza Jaeger '05
2004: Shamus Brady '04
2003: Emily Martin '03
2002: James (Mike) Eros '04

Benjamin B. Wainwright Prize (best short fiction)

2008: Katherine Lee '08
2007: Katherine Lee '08
2006: Ruth Steinhardt '07 and Talia Mailman '06
2005: Eleza Jaeger '05
2004: Anastasia Moro '04 and Miriam Lawrence '04
2003: Vivian Shotwell '03
2002: James (Mike) Eros '04

Henry Rutgers Conger Prize (best journalism essay)

2008: Mathew Roach '08 and Julia Sender '08
2007: Miles Klee '07 and Amanda Korman '10
2006: Jeremy Goldstein '09
2005: No Prize in 05
2004: Ainsley O'Connell '06
2003: Alvaro Jarrin '03
2002: P. Daniel Healey '03

Michael Davit Bell Prize (best essay in American Literature)

2008: Mathew Roach '08
2007: Daniel Suess '07
2006: Noah Susskind '07
2005: Hallock Svensk '07
2004: Jacob Scott '04
2003: Bethany Sayles '03
2002: Sarah Knup '02

Stanley R. Strauss Prize (best critical honors thesis)

2008: Zoia Alexanian '08
2007: Seulghee Lee '07
2006: David Weimer '06
2005: David Cohen '05 and Ingrid Diran '05
2004: Jacob Scott '04
2003: Andy Howard '03
2002: Ben Cannon '02

Arthur R. Kaufman Prize (second-highest ranking senior major)

2008: Anne Royston '08
2007: Catherine Kelly '07
2006: Zachary A. Weisser '06
2005: David Cohen '05 and Carolyn Dekker '05
2004: Jessica Ebberson '04
2003: Gus Howard '03
2002: Ben Cannon '02

Edward Gould Shumway Prize (highest ranking senior major)

2008: Zoia Alexanian '08
2007: Hallock Svensk '07 and Devin Yagel '07
2006: Francesca Marzullo '06
2005: Jonathan Landsman '05
2004: Jacob Scott '04
2003: Heather Brubaker '03
2002: Alan Velander '02

Fellowships for Current Williams Students
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Ruchman Fellowship. Oakley Center for the Humanites and Social Sciences. For a senior working on a thesis and planning graduate study and an academic career in a college or university.

Division I and II Summer Research Assistantships
Funding for students to work with a faculty member as a summer research assistant. Faculty members apply before March 1 to the Associate Dean of the Faculty with a description of the project and an account of the student's role and qualifications. Interested students should approach a faculty member they would like to work with.

Summer Research Travel
Three fellowships for student travel abroad during the summer between junior and senior year. Travel must be outside the United States, and projects must be fully designed and implemented by the students who propose them.

Fellowships for Graduating Seniors
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Oxford-Cambridge Fellowships for Graduate Study or 2nd BA

Hutchinson Fellowship for Independent Creative Work in Literature, Music, Art, Theater

Watson Travel Fellowship for independent travel and research