ESPRIT Awards Announced

'The Long Night,' by Devang Patel, shown, earned the The Esprit Graphics Award for Fall 2022.

In the Fall 2022 Esprit Awards, Devang Patel earned The Esprit Graphics Award with “The Long Night”. Other award recipients include:

The Berrier Poetry Award

Bethany Belkowski

“Breakfast”

The Berrier Prose Award

Bethany Belkowski

“What Isn’t There”

Meet the Fall 2022 Award Judges

Graphics:

Darlene Miller-Lanning, Ph.D., teaches at The University of Scranton and is the Director of its Hope Horn Gallery. Her BFA from Wilkes University and her MFA from Marywood University are both in painting. Her doctorate from Binghamton University is in art history. She has co-authored several books on American and local art history.

Poetry:

Sarah White graduated from The University of Scranton in May 2022 with a Bachelor’s of Science in biology and philosophy. She completed the SJLA and Magis Honors Program in STEM, and she acted as the Production Manager of Esprit. Currently living in sunny Orange, California, Sarah serves as an environmental and immigration advocate at the St. Joseph Justice Center through the St. Joseph Worker Program. She greatly misses Scranton, its wonderful people, and its abundance of rain.

Prose:

Eric Dittmar graduated from The University of Scranton in May 2022 with a double-major in computer science and philosophy. He was a member of the SJLA Program and served as the Technology Manager of Esprit. He is currently working as an EMT while he applies to medical school.