Undergraduate student winners:

Avie Bennett Award
Awarded each year to the best essay on Canadian literature submitted from an undergraduate class at Dalhousie during the current academic year. Essays may have been written for classes in any department, but they should focus explicitly on a Canadian literary topic and not on history or culture more generally, and they must be written in English
Margot Peluso-Pope: “Home Alone: A Nation Built on Female Isolation, AS Portrayed in Modern Canadian Fiction.”

Bennett Chittick Prize 
This prize is awarded annually to an outstanding first year student enrolled in introductory English at Dalhousie University.
Katie Clark 

Kim Rilda LeBlanc Memorial Award
This award was established to recognize outstanding interdisciplinary initiatives between the arts and the health sciences, and it honours the memory of this former graduate student in English. The competition is open to undergraduate and graduate students in the Faculties of Arts and Social Sciences, Medicine, and Health Professions. Faculty may nominate students who have completed an outstanding project, thesis, or research essay that combines work in the humanities or the arts with work in medicine or health care.
Reagan Leslie, “Gendered Truths: Medical Deception Through the Feminist Lens.”

Samantha Li Memorial Award
The Samantha Li Memorial Award was established by family, friends, faculty, and students to honour the memory of Samantha Li by supporting an annual prize for a student in the Honours programme in English.  The recipient chosen will most closely reflect the academic and personal qualities of Samantha Li: intellectual reach and creativity; a passion for the exploration of literature and ideas; generosity toward and engagement with fellow students and professors. Click here for a biography of Samantha Li.
Will Hydorn

Paul McIsaac Memorial Prize
Awarded to a student in the second or third year of study in the Honours or Majors programme in English who demonstrates an enquiring and original mind. Students registered at both Dalhousie and King's are eligible.
Molly Dineen 

Bruce and Nora Stovel Prize
To commemorate their life’s work in writing, publishing, and teaching English literature, Dr. Nora Foster Stovel (PhD, Dal.) has established a memorial prize in the name of her late husband, Dr. Bruce Stovel (Assoc. Prof., Dal, 1975-1985), and in her own name that is designated for a student entering a Concentrated Honours in English program and who demonstrates academic excellence.
Molly Dineen

Allan & Lura Bevan Scholarship
Colleagues and friends of the late Allan Bevan have established a memorial scholarship to be awarded, in the first place, to a student in the Major program (that is a student entering the third or fourth year of the Majors program). In the absence of a suitable candidate from the Major program, the scholarship will be awarded to a student entering the third or fourth year of the Honours program.
Colleen Sharpe

Graham Creighton Prize
Awarded annually to a student entering his or her 4th year of study (i.e. having completed 90 credit hours) in an English Major or Honours (including Double Major or Combined Honours) programme who has demonstrated a high level of academic excellence. Students registered at both Dalhousie and King's are eligible.
Carmen Gessell, Lauren Sooksom, and Margot Peluso-Pope

Margaret Nicoll Pond Memorial Prize
The Pond Prize was endowed by Mr. F.H. Pond of Halifax in memory of his wife, the late Margaret Nicoll Pond, a gifted teacher of English and a devoted alumna and governor of Dalhousie University. The prize is awarded to the woman graduating in  English with the highest academic standing (i.e. the highest GPA in English classes at the 2000 level and beyond). Students registered at both Dalhousie and King's are eligible.
Gillian Owensby

Archibald MacMechan Scholarship
The MacMechan/IODE Scholarship is granted to a graduating English student who has demonstrated special abilities at the Undergraduate level. Preference will be given to those who intend to pursue a Master's degree in English. Students registered at King's are not eligible.
Alaina Matthews

James W. Tupper Graduate Fellowship
Two fellowships, of an annual value of approximately $5,500 each, are awarded by the English Department, on the recommendation of the Undergraduate Committee, to students selected on the criteria of the GPA of all English classes at the 2000 level and beyond and a clear indication that the student(s) will go on to do graduate work.  The work must be done at a university approved by the faculty; it need not be held at Dalhousie. Students registered at both Dalhousie and King's are eligible.
Grace Edwards and Erin Inglis 

Graduate Student Award Winners:

Dr. Malcolm Ross Graduate Scholarship
Established to honour Malcolm Ross, founding editor of the New Canadian Library and Professor Emeritus in the Department of English, a prize of $200 to be awarded to an outstanding MA or PhD thesis on Canadian Literature. McClelland and Stewart have generously provided the funding to recognise Professor Ross’s role in forwarding the study of Canadian literature.
Saoirse Boyle, MA

Lynne & Clyde Evans Scholarship in English
Awarded annually to an outstanding graduate student in Dalhousie's English department.
Isabella Lirette, MA 

President’s Award
The President’s Awards are intended to recognize the high academic achievements of students who have successfully been awarded major scholarships from the Tri-agency doctoral competitions
Emily Cann, PhD
Zoe Lambrinakos-Raymond, PhD

Killiam Predoctoral Scholarships
Dalhousie awards Killam Predoctoral Scholarships on a competitive basis to outstanding graduate students in thesis-based programs (Master's or Doctoral level) in any discipline in the sciences, engineering, humanities, and social sciences.
Gavin Foster, PhD 
Shannon Payne, PhD