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1. Linda Munk Scholarship for incoming MA Candidates

The Scholarship is awarded based on exceptional academic merit to one full-time graduate student, preferably a Masters (MA) student, in the University of Toronto's Department of English. The Scholarship is open to all areas of interest in English Literature, but where all other indicators of excellence are equal, priority will be given to a candidate whose stated area of interest is American literature. The first scholarship has been awarded to Karine Hack, a University of Victoria graduate with interests in trauma theory, postcolonial studies and non-traditional narrative forms, who begins her MA at the University of Toronto in the 2021-2022 academic year. No special application is required to be considered for this award - all applications to the MA program will automatically be considered.

• The annual value of the Scholarship is $20,000
• It may be held in combination with external awards
• MA applications open on October 1, 2020 and close on December 10, 2020

Students interested in applying to the MA who have any questions about this award or the application process should contact Marguerite Perry at marguerite.perry@utoronto.ca.

More English Newsmakers

• Rosemary Sullivan’s book The Betrayal of Anne Frank in The Guardian and The New York Times.
• Game on: Adam Hammond’s new book captures the art behind video game creation. Read more in Arts and Science News.
• Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and War, co-edited by Paul Stevens and David Loewenstein, reviewed in Times Literary Supplement (3 December 2021).
• Adam Hammond in the Globe & Mail on "why video games are the most fascinating art form to observe today."
• ‘Bloody, clever and a touch blackhearted,’ a debut fiction collection from Edmonton’s Daniel Scott Tysdal grips like a pit bull. Read more in Toronto Star.
• One man’s personal purgatory in an Indiana theme park — Randy Boyagoda’s new book ‘Dante’s Indiana’. Read more in A&S News. 
• Never-ending assessment, processing and recovery: Ian Williams explores the burden of being Black in new essay collection. Read more in A&S News.
• Congratulations to Marlene Goldman on her election as Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Read more in the UTSC News.
• Congratulations to Smaro Kamboureli on the 20th anniversary forum on her book Scandalous Bodies: Diasporic Literature in English Canada published in Canadian Literature.
• Katherine Williams examines Shakespeare's portrayal of disability. 
• "Show Me Your Dantes" - An excerpt from a new novel by Randy Boyagoda.
• Bob McGill talks about his new short story "Something Something Alice Munro". Read more in The Atlantic.
• Alex Hernandez's recent interview about his new book "The Making of British Bourgeois Tragedy: Modernity and the Art of Ordinary Suffering" for R18 Collective. Click here to watch the full interview.
• Bob McGill has just launched a free online anthology of Canadian poems, short stories, and essays about the Vietnam War; available here. It's related to his outstanding 2017 book, War Is Here: The Vietnam War and Canadian Literature.
• Frying Plantain is the acclaimed debut novel by Zalika Reid-Benta, who graduated from U of T with a BA Hons in English and Cinema Studies. Read more about Zalika, who was listed in CBC's "6 Canadian Writers to Watch in 2019," here: https://www.zalikareidbenta.com/
• Congratulations to Maxwell Koyama for winning the 2019-20 Adam Penn Gilders Scholarship in Creative Writing. Click here for more information.
• Professor Katherine William's seminar on disability at Innis College creates a sense of community. More in UofT News.
• André Babyn, English PhD student, releases his new novel "Evie of the Deepthorn". More information here
• Colin Asuncion, English alumnus, and The Great Canadian Baking Show finalist shares his journey with Arts and Science News.
• Cody Caetano, recent MA CRW graduate, an Indigenous Award Winner gets featured by Arts and Science News.