2019-2020 Undergraduate and Graduate Creative Writing Awards
- The Nordan-Kinder Award in Fiction
Judged by Clare Beams
1st Prize: S. Brook Corfman
2nd Prize: Kelly Chastain
3rd Prize: Aeriel Merillat
- The Melissa Difatta Undergraduate Nonfiction Award
Judged by Steffan Triplett
1st Prize: Leah Mensch
2nd Prize: Megan Williams
3rd Prize: Monica Hurtado
- The Taube Undergraduate Fiction Award
Judged by Tyler McAndrew
1st Prize: Geoffrey Schiller
2nd Prize: Samantha Kirschman
3rd Prize: Mad McConnell
- The American Academy of Poets Undergraduate Poetry Award
Judged by Malcolm Friend
Winner: Joseph Jang, "My Father Calls From His Chair"
- The American Academy of Poets Jean Meyer Aloe Graduate Poetry Award
Judged by Lucia LoTempio
Winner: Joshua Corson, "Half-life"
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I was challenged to discover a voice I didn’t know I had. That voice has played a central role in my work, as writing is vital to thinking, to planning, to imagination, to communication, and to engagement.
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