51猎奇

Paul and Kate Farmer Writing Award

2026 Recipient

鈥�,鈥� volume 115, issue 2, November 2025, by Kiran Subhani

Kiran Subhani has taught English across grade and ability levels at New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, since 2003. A Muslim Pakistani American, she traces her interest in postcolonial literature to stories her grandmother shared about British colonial rule in India and the Partition. In 2005, she created Global Voices, a world literature course designed to challenge students鈥� perceptions of the 鈥渙ther.鈥� Over two decades, the course has evolved into AP Literature & Composition: Postcolonial Literature, a rigorous and transformative course that foregrounds literary voices and traditions historically marginalized in the Western canon. A longtime district leader in equity work, she has facilitated professional development, mentored faculty and student racial affinity groups, and supported teachers in developing culturally responsive curricula. Through her Substack, Decolonized Classroom, she shares ideas and resources for rethinking the AP literature curriculum.

Honorable Mentions

鈥�,鈥� volume 115, issue 2, November 2025, by Rachel Jank

Rachel Jank has 17 years of experience teaching reading and writing to middle school through college students. She currently teaches ELA at a rural parochial school. As a past co-director and current Advisory Board member of the Nebraska Writing Project, Rachel believes that teachers are the best hope for meaningful change in education, if properly supported and empowered. Currently, Rachel is pursuing her PhD at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, researching systemic supportive practices that sustain teachers and the institutional barriers that prevent implementation. She has a chapter in the upcoming Teaching and Learning with Rhetorical Listening.

鈥淲hat the World Said to the Student: Imitating Structure from Clint Smith鈥檚 Poetry,鈥� volume 115, issue 6, July 2026, by Anne P. Beatty

Anne Beatty teaches English to ninth and tenth graders at a public high school in Greensboro, North Carolina. She earned her bachelor鈥檚 degree from UNC鈥揅hapel Hill and a master鈥檚 in teaching from Duke University. In addition to appearing in English Journal, her writing has been published in The American Scholar, Longreads, A Public Space, and elsewhere. Her nonfiction book on teaching in the South, What Takes Root, is forthcoming from St. Martin鈥檚 Press. She lives with her husband and three children in Greensboro.

The award will be presented at the Secondary Section Event during the .