This prize, established in memory of the late Professor Barbara Rooke, is awarded annually to the best student in a 200- or 300-level course in the Romantics.
1997 Melanie Mooy
1998 Shaketra Clarke
1999 Nisha Parikh, Linda Winton
2000 Diane Piccitto
2001 Natalie Fischer
2002 Patricia Freeman
2003 Hesper Philip-Chamberlain
2004 Taela Smith
2005 Rachel Austin
2006 Julia Horel
2007 Stephanie Tyler
2008 Jacob McBane
2009 Alexandra Gilbert
2011 Heather Hutchinson
2012 Angela Daw
2013 Sandy Robinson
2014 Nicholas Ashmore, Jennifer Sullivan
2015 Jennifer Sullivan
2016 Amandia Bouzinelos
2017 Jessica Nash
2018 Jennifer Vanderniet
2019 Sarah Perkins
2020 Not Awarded
2021 Cathy Ho-Nguyen
2022 Brittany Nichols
2023 Ehmerah Mullen
2024 Mary Pastura