2018-2019 Undergraduate and Graduate Creative Writing Awards

Graduate Nonfiction Award

Judged by Shannon Reed

"One Last Note for Paul Nervy" by Kent Kosack

The Nordan-Kinder Award in Fiction

Judged by Anjali Sachdeva

"Just Kids" Adam Brewer

The Jean Meyer Aloe Graduate Poetry Award

Judged by Kelly Andrews

 "Self-Portrait in Tongues" by Joshua Palmer

The Melissa Difatta Undergraduate Nonfiction Award

Judged by Rachel Mabe

"(Mal)Adaptation" by Philippa Zang

The American Academy of Poets Undergraduate Poetry Award

Judged by Malcolm Friend

"Kusköy in Virginia" by Leyla Çoplan

The Myron Taube Award in Fiction

Judged by Morgan Treadway Kayser

First place: "Mirage" by Drue Denmon

Second place: "Sounder" by M. Jane McAndrew

Third place: "Variations on Red" by Leyla Çoplan