These prizes, established in memory of the late Professor John Pettigrew, are awarded annually for the best student essays submitted in first-year English.
1975 Blair Lewis
1976 Holly Bennett
1977 Kathy James
1978 William Harvey
1979 James Burbidge
1980 Linda Luft
1981 Tracey Pegg, Elizabeth Schiebel
1982 Holly Potter
1983 Lenore Churchman,Robert Wipond
1984 Carol Christmas, James A. Martin
1985 Brian Bartolo, Jacob Berkowitz
1986 John Eastcott, Paul Suttie, Gordon Thompson
1987 Adrian Kelly, Nicholas Tyndale
1988 Trevor Holmes, Tonja Walsh
1989 Dorothy Bartoszewski, Shannon Chace, Jeannine Crowe
1990 Stephen Collins, Marisha Plotnick, Shawn Tracy
1991 David Scott, Jennifer Thompson, Jason Vacheresse
1992 Suzanne Board, Claudia Goodgoll, John Pretsch
1993 Stephanie Duern, Laura Goodgoll, Alison Meadow
1994 Sharon Lyon, Kevin Robinson
1995 Megan Davies, Katherine Mittermaier
1996 Claire Senior, Ainsley Walton
1997 David Hudson, Jennifer Musial, Nisha Parikh
1998 Sarah Berti
1999 Mathias Kom, Melanie Sekeres
2000 Sarah Miller, Jeramy Dodds, Matthew Griffis
2001 Marilyn Burns, Aliya Dalfen, Nathaniel Heisler
2002 Heidi Butler, Sarah Nienhuis, Edite Pine
2003 Rachel Austin, Evan McBride, Zahra Mohammed
2004 Jessica Melnik, Elena Merrill
2005 Lindsey Bonham, A.J. Rowley
2006 Miriam Ennis, Jason Stovell
2007 Nicholas Ferrio, Sarah Stunden
2008 Jesse Hoffman, Laura Page, Anna Tennent-Riddell, Julianna Will
2009 Stephanie Hummell, Emily Manson
2010 Kevin Corcoran, Grace Dempsey
2011 Rachel Briard
2012 Joanna Richardson, Victoria Silvera
2013 Brittany Hawyard, Cleine Westcott
2014 Madison O'Dette, Shauna O'Rourke, Alana Pickerell
2015 Paige Pascoe, Abigail Graves, Abbie Summers, Rachel Stringer
2016 Jennifer Birnie, Alyssa Merendino
2017 Sabrina Pickup, Jessica Watters
2018 Isobel Atkins, Mason Christiaans
2019 Catherine, McDonald, Jahnai Officer, Stephanie Townsend
2020 Elora Passafiume
2021 Sarah Fluney, Kali Sharpe, Emma Wilson
2022 Madeleine Asselin, Cheryl Greer, May Lauriault, Jordan Ona
2023 Allen Barnier, Milena Erazo, Paige Stacey, Audrey White
2024 Emma Cloutier, Geoffrey D'Souza, Kiera De Freitas, Lauren Chan