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2024-25 Award Winners.pdf
Aikins Scholarship in English
Awarded to an outstanding full-time second-year English Specialist student who has taken at least three full-course equivalents in English.
Anne Tanenbaum Scholarship in English Literature (Second Year)
Awarded to an outstanding second-year Department of English program student.
Anne Tanenbaum Scholarship in English Literature (Third Year)
Awarded to an outstanding third-year Department of English program student.
Avie Bennett Prize in Canadian Literature
Awarded to an undergraduate student who has submitted the best essay in Canadian Literature. Students may nominate themselves for this award, or they can be nominated by their instructor. Essays written during the 2025-2026 academic year with a focus on Canadian Literature will be considered. Students may correct such things as typos but they should not revise the essays originally submitted to a course.
Essays must be submitted in digital format (Word or PDF) and sent directly to Professor Marlene Goldman via email: marlene.goldman@utoronto.ca by Monday, May 4, 2026.
Attachments should be saved under the student's last name and the prize's name (e.g. surname_AvieBennett_EssayPrize.doc) and the email subject heading should state: "Avie Bennett Essay Prize."
Beverley Beetham Endersby Prize
Awarded to a Department of English program student who has demonstrated "an exceptional understanding of, and respect for, the logic, structure, and history of the English language" (e.g., ENG240Y, ENG285H, ENG385H).
Department of English Book Prize
Awarded to the most outstanding third-year English Specialist student, taking into consideration the difficulty of the courses taken.
Department of English Prize
Honours excellent performance by a second- or third-year English Major or Specialist.
C.B. Farrar Undergraduate Scholarship in English
Awarded on the basis of academic merit and financial need to a full-time Department of English program student.
Christopher Wallis Undergraduate Scholarship in English
Awarded to a Department of English program student on the basis of financial need and academic achievement.
Dr. Arnold W. and Edna M. Macpherson Memorial Scholarship
Awarded to a third-year student enrolled in the Specialist program in English.
E.J. Pratt Award in Poetry
Competition open to any undergraduate or graduate student based on the poem or group of related poems judged to be the most outstanding submission. Students may apply through University Registrar's Office by November 1, 2024 deadline.
Elinore Siminovitch Memorial Bursary
Awarded to a female undergraduate student who has shown proficiency in writing in the field of English literature and has demonstrated financial need.
Elinore Siminovitch Memorial Prize
Awarded to a female undergraduate student who has shown proficiency in writing in the field of English literature.
Jane Austen Society of North America—Toronto Chapter Scholarship
An in-course award with financial need requirements for a Department of English program student demonstrating academic merit in courses (e.g., ENG322Y1, ENG323H1) related to major eighteenth- and nineteenth-century authors, including Jane Austen.
John King Scholarship in English Language and Literature
Awarded to an outstanding third-year English Specialist.
John W. Spitzer Scholarship
Awarded to Department of English undergraduate program students on the basis of academic merit and financial need.
Julia Reibetanz Prize for the Best Essay in Romantic Poetry
Milton Wilson Prize
Awarded to the first-year undergraduate student who obtains the highest marks in two English courses while completing a five-course load.
Walter O'Grady Undergraduate Scholarship in Eighteenth-Century English Literature
Awarded on the basis of academic merit and financial need to a second- or third-year English Major or Specialist studying eighteenth-century literature (e.g., ENG306Y, ENG337H).
Walter O'Grady Undergraduate Scholarship in English Literature
Awarded on the basis of academic merit and financial need to a second- or third-year English Major or Specialist.
Winston and Stephanie Ling Award in English
Awarded to a third- or fourth-year Department of English program student who demonstrates academic excellence and financial need