Senior English major Rob Shapiro’s poem, “What the Living Do,” has been awarded the Eleanor B. North Award for the best poem in The Sigma Tau Delta Rectangle.
The Rectangle is a highly selective journal that receives more than 1000 submissions from Honors English students across the nation every year and publishes only 2-3% of those submitted pieces. The award comes with a monetary prize and an invitation to read his piece at a special session during the Sigma Tau Delta conference this spring.
Shapiro’s poetry has also been recognized in Colonnades, the art and literary journal of Elon University and through his selection to participate in the 2012 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience program (SURE) where he was mentored by Professor (and poet) Kevin Boyle.