The William H. Dunham, Sr. ’32 Literary Award is given to a graduating English major who has displayed excellence in the study of English or American Literature. 

The Farnsworth Poetry Prize is given to a graduating senior in recognition of excellence in the composition or analysis of poetry. 

The William Hartshorn English Literature Prize is given to the member of the senior class who has attained the highest average rank in English literature during the junior and senior years and is designated by the chair of the English Department. 

The John Tagliabue Prize for Creative Writing honors excellence in creative writing and is given to a student or students whose work in poetry or prose is judged the most outstanding by faculty in the Department of English. 

The Alice Jane Dinsmore Wandke Award is given annually to a woman^* in the sophomore or first-year class who the English Department believes excels in creative work in either prose or poetry.

_{*The English Department updates this prize to include all eligible female-identifying and gender nonbinary students.}