- Spohn Award 2011: Stina Attebery and Danial Zane Davis
- Departmental Distinction:
Stina Attebery: “The Development of Companion Species Relationships through Interspecies Dialogues in teh Science Fiction of Elanor Arnason”
Thomas Jorgenson: “An impossible task”: Trauma and Fiction in Ian McEway’s Atonement - Sarah E. Ferguson Publishing Award 2011: Caroline Nitz and Anna Klenke
- Departmental Writing Awards 2011:
- Paulson Poetry: Caitlin Owsley ’14
- Rolvaag Fiction: Caitlin Owsley ’14
- Creative Nonfiction: Sean Fleming ’11
- Best Sentence: Jennifer Arnspong ’11