Five Students Win Literary Awards
“Once again, we were reminded of the consistent high quality of our students’ writing at the 2008 Literary Awards ceremony,” said Dr. Evelyn Perry, English Department, coordinator of the annual event which took place Thursday, April 24. “From academic essay to poetry to prose, the winning pieces were thoughtful, sophisticated, articulate and artistic.”
Three of the winning pieces were produced by Kristen Gridley, ’10, who won first place for the Sparrow Award and first and third places for the Hirt Award. Brad Petrishen, ’08, won the the Chartier Award. Sara L. Fortin, ’10, was the second place winner of both the Hirt and Sparrow Awards. Emily L. Harvey, ’09, and Sarah Sarlitto, ’10, were the second and third place winners respectively of the Sparrow Award.
These talented student writers are seen above with Perry: from the left, Fortin, Petrishen, Gridley, Perry, Sarlitto, and Harvey. Harvey is an art major and the other four students are English majors.
“FSC’s professors–the English department in particular–have been a tremendous influence on my academic career thus far,” said Gridley. “The faculty here is extremely encouraging to students both in and out of the classroom. I couldn’t have asked for a better collection of professors than what I have found here at FSC.”
“We are indeed lucky to have such excellent young writers at work at Framingham State College,” said Perry. “We’re pleased to have the opportunity to showcase their talents.”