- Spohn Award for outstanding major 2015: Madalyn Rose
- Departmental Distinction 2015:
- Emily Baker: “Tell it Slant”
- Ashley Belisle: The Running of the Llamas and “Women Must Creep”: Marriage, Medicine, and Misogyny in “The Yellow Wallpaper”
- Caroline Bressman: The English Canon and Its Characters: Studies in Form and Identity throughout English
- Clair Dunlap: The Questions I’ve Learned to Ask
- Zack Greimann: Re-examining Our Relationships: to the New Apocalypse, the Inanimate, and Math
- Hannah Herndon: English Distinction Portfolio
- Madalyn Rose: English Distinction Portfolio
- Laila Simon: Hearts Under the Yellow Light
- Isabella Vergun: English Distinction Portfolio
- Nicole M. Wagner: An Unexpected Experience: Selected Works
Departmental Writing Awards 2014:
- Paulson Poetry: Laila Simon ’15
- Rolvaag Fiction: Emilee Martell ’17
- Creative Nonfiction: Anna Chotlos ’16
Sarah Ferguson Publishing Award: Ola Faleti and Sarah Cassavant