This prize, established in 1989, and renamed in 2000 to honor the memory of Molly Hatcher, is awarded annually for the best work done during the previous calendar year by a current Kenyon student in which gender is a central theme.
The work may take any form including, but not limited to, essay, composition, artwork, performance, or scientific study.
Submissions, which need not have been created for a Women's and Gender Studies class, should be accomplished by a letter explaining the work's origins and intent. In the case of the creative and performing arts, an interrelated body of work may count as a single submission. Electronic submissions are preferred. The prize carries a cash prize of $100 and the winner's name is engraved on a plaque that hangs in O'Connor House.
2020 Claire McPartland
2018 Lauren Wheeler
2017 Wilson Captein
2016 Joseph Nathan Durham
2015 Christine Prevas
2014 Allyson Young
2013 Rebecca Chowdhury
2012 Nina Castelli
2011 Christine Ann Bonomo
2010 Meghan Henshall
2009 Kara Stiles
2008 Emma Perry
Roxanne Smith
2007 Kaelin Alexander
2006 Jonathan A. Stein
2005 Angela Lynn Arahood
2004 Taryn Alyssa Myers
2003 Liesl S. Kuhr
Elena M. Rue
2002 Elanna M. Anagnos
Jessica Lee Bellama
2001 Erica M. Carroll
2000 Sarah Belanger
Abby Brethauer
Sarah Bumstead
Caitlin Chun-Kennedy
Molly Hatcher
Ann Herbert
Peter Hurteau
Shannon Johnson
Meredith Jossi
Abby Mitchell
Elizabeth Ray
Laura Shults
Luke Singer
1999 Pam Maslen
1998 Kate Masley
1997 Sarah K. Bearman
1996 Lisa Kindleberger
Laura Noah
1995 Dana Warn
1994 Jennifer Fishman
Merrill Zack
1993 Carrie Comer
1992 Kathryn P. Evans
Carol A. Mason
1991 Catherine E. Fellowes
Kimberly A. Puhala
1990 John Grant
Amy Lanz
1989 Jennifer E. Pearce