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Creative Writing Contest Winners 2009



The William Carlos Williams Prize,
from The Academy of American Poets

awarded for the best original poems by a graduate student
Judge: Robert Wrigley

Winner: Amy Paeth

The College Alumni Society Poetry Prizes
awarded to the best original poems by an undergraduate
Judge: Robert Wrigley

First:
Stephen Krewson

Second: Frances Wright

Third: Curtis Rogers

Honorable Mention: Lauren Yates

The Phi Kappa Sigma Fiction Prizes
awarded for the best original fiction by an undergraduate
Judge: Karen Russell

First: Sanaƫ Lemoine

Second: Ann Marie Meehan

Third: Yuri Castano

Honorable Mention: Rennie Whang

The Judy Lee Award for Dramatic Writing
awarded to a graduate or undergraduate for the best script
(for stage, screen, television, or radio)
Judge: Douglas Graham

First: David A. Chang

Second: Allison Karic

Third: Jean Elizabeth Lee


The Lilian and Benjamin Levy Award
awarded for the best review by an undergraduate
of a current play, book, film, cd, art show, or performance
Judge: Elysa Gardner

First: Douglas Moore

Second: Julie Steinberg

The Ezra Pound Prize for Literary Translation
awarded for the best translation from any language of
either verse or prose by a graduate or undergraduate
Judge: Lisa Sewell

Winner: Rachel Epstein


Creative Writing Program Prize in Nonfiction

awarded for the best nonfiction piece by an undergraduate
Judge: Dustin Smith

First: Sarah Cantin

Second: Penina Braffman

Third: Rebecca LeVine



Creative Writing Contest Winners 2008



The William Carlos Williams Prize,
from The Academy of American Poets

awarded for the best original poems by a graduate student
Judge: Stephe Dunn

Winner: Adrian Khactu

The College Alumni Society Poetry Prizes
awarded to the best original poems by an undergraduate
Judge: Stephen Dunn

First: Julie Steinberg

Second: Kara Daddario

Third: Valeria Tsygankova

Honorable Mention: Rivka Fogel

The Phi Kappa Sigma Fiction Prizes
awarded for the best original fiction by an undergraduate
Judge: Rob Cohen

First: Danny Goldstein

Second: Sanaƫ Lemoine

Third: Gabriel Oppenheim

Honorable Mentions: Malka Fleischmann, Evan Koch, Dryesha Hunt

The Judy Lee Award for Dramatic Writing
awarded to a graduate or undergraduate for the best script
(for stage, screen, television, or radio)
Judge: Alexis Alexanian

Winner: Katherine Myers

The Lilian and Benjamin Levy Award
awarded for the best review by an undergraduate
of a current play, book, film, cd, art show, or performance
Judge: Nathaniel Popkin

Winner: Evan Koch

Honorable Mention: Kaegan Sparks

The Ezra Pound Prize for Literary Translation
awarded for the best translation from any language of
either verse or prose by a graduate or undergraduate
Judge: Dian Der Hovanessian

First: Emlen Smith

Second: Zackary Wainer

Third: Valeria Tsygankova
Alexander Lessie

Creative Writing Program Prize in Nonfiction
awarded for the best nonfiction piece by an undergraduate
Judge: Barbara Hurd

First: Shira Bender

Second: Eric Karlan

Third: St. John Barned-Smith



Creative Writing Contest Winners 2007

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here to listen to a recording of the Creative Writing Contest Winners Reading, recorded 4/25/07 at the Kelly Writers House.

Congratulations to all the winners!

The William Carlos Williams Prize,
from The Academy of American Poets

awarded for the best original poems by a graduate student
Judge: Laura Kasischke

Winner: Kayla Rosen

The College Alumni Society Poetry Prizes
awarded to the best original poems by an undergraduate
Judge: Laura Kasischke

First: Connie Meng

Second: Philip Rocco

Third: Sam Donsky

Honorable Mentions: Pia Aliperti

The Phi Kappa Sigma Fiction Prizes
awarded for the best original fiction by an undergraduate
Judge: Rachel Pastan

First: Helene Haywoode

Second: Eric Plunkett

Third: Dan Goldstein

Honorable Mentions: Zachary Sergi, Frances Woo

The Judy Lee Award for Dramatic Writing
awarded to a graduate or undergraduate for the best script
(stage, screen, television, or radio)
Judge: Jesse Wigutow

First: Lindsey Rosin

Second: Katherine A. Myers

Third: Michael F. Bonner

The Lilian and Benjamin Levy Award
awarded for the best review by an undergraduate
of a current play, book, film, cd, or performance
Judge: Nate Chinen

Winner: Stephen Robert Morse

The Ezra Pound Prize for Literary Translation
awarded for the best translation from any language of
either verse or prose by a graduate or undergraduate
Judge: Seth Widden

Winner: Matthew Mulholland

Creative Writing Program Prize in Nonfiction
awarded for the best nonfiction piece by an undergraduate
Judge: Beth Kephart

First: Gabriel Oppenheim

Second: Sam Donsky

Third: Alicia Puglionesi

Honorable Mention: Drew Feith Tye



Creative Writing Contest Winners 2006
2006 Prize Winners' Reading

The William Carlos Williams Prize,
from The Academy of American Poets

awarded for the best original poems by a graduate student
Judge: J. Allyn Rosser

Winner: Julia Bloch

The College Alumni Society Poetry Prizes
awarded to the best original poems by an undergraduate
Judge: J. Allyn Rosser

First:
Sam Donsky

Second: Kathryn Fleishman

Third:
Pia Aliperti

Honorable Mentions: Victoria Lees, Kara Daddario

The Phi Kappa Sigma Fiction Prizes
awarded for the best original fiction by an undergraduate
Judge: Mary Kay Zuravleff

First: Alicia Oltuski

Second: David Hindin

Third: Jane Sussman

Honorable Mentions: Aichlee Bushnell, Stephen Lewis

The Judy Lee Award for Dramatic Writing
awarded to a graduate or undergraduate for the best script
(stage, screen, television, or radio)
Judge: Nick Wardigo

First: Lindsey Rosin

Second: Robert Forman

Third: Stephen Morse

The Lilian and Benjamin Levy Award
awarded for the best review by an undergraduate
of a current play, book, film, cd, or performance
Judge: Josh Tyrangiel

First: Henry (Jim) Goldblum

Second: Matt Rosenbaum

Honrable Mention: Anna Levett

The Ezra Pound Prize for Literary Translation
awarded for the best translation from any language of
either verse or prose by a graduate or undergraduate
Judge: Wyatt Mason

Winner: Adrian Khactu

Creative Writing Program Prize in Nonfiction
awarded for the best nonfiction piece by an undergraduate
Judge: Mimi Schwartz

First: Andrew Scott Dulberg

Second: Alicia Oltuski

Third: Danielle Hardoon

Honorable Mention: Eric Plunkett



Creative Writing Contest Winners 2005

The William Carlos Williams Prize,
from The Academy of American Poets

awarded for the best original poems by a graduate student
Judge: Lawrence Raab

Winner: Jason Fritz

The College Alumni Society Poetry Prizes
awarded to the best original poems by an undergraduate
Judge: Lawrence Raab

First: Jessica Purcell

Second: Sam Donsky

Third: Anna Levett

Honorable Mention: Robert MacNeill

The Phi Kappa Sigma Fiction Prizes
awarded for the best original fiction by an undergraduate
Judge: Jean McGarry

First: Jon Levin

Second: Matt Hamity

Third: (tie) Martha Cooney
Melody Kramer

Honorable Mentions: Alicia Oltuski, Eliot Sherman,
Elizabeth Thomas, Jessica Dweck, Ann Hartley

The Judy Lee Award for Dramatic Writing
awarded to a graduate or undergraduate for the best script
(stage, screen, television, or radio)
Judge: Michael Hollinger

First: Lindsey Rosin

Second: Robert Forman

Third: Jeffrey Phillips

The Lilian and Benjamin Levy Award
awarded for the best review by an undergraduate
of a current play, book, film, cd, or performance
Judge: Beth Kephart

First: Roger Tang

Second: Cassidy Hartmann

Honrable Mention: Alicia Oltuski

The Ezra Pound Prize for Literary Translation awarded for the best translation
from any language of either verse or prose by a graduate or undergraduate
Judge: Geoffrey Brock

Winner: Steven Reilly



Creative Writing Contest Winners 2004

The William Carlos Williams Prize,
from The Academy of American Poets

awarded for the best original poems by a graduate student
Judge: Christopher Buckley

Winner: Julie Brown

The College Alumni Society Poetry Prizes
awarded to the best original poems by an undergraduate
Judge: Christopher Buckley

First:
Wesley Mullen

Second: Lauren Rile Smith

Third: Jessie Schneiderman

Honorable Mention: Nicole Tabolt, Paul Martin

The Phi Kappa Sigma Fiction Prizes
awarded for the best original fiction by an undergraduate
Judge: Amy Bloom

First:
Ariel Djanikian

Second: Alicia Oltuski

Third: Martin Kathrins

Honorable Mention: Lauren Rile Smith

The Judy Lee Award for Dramatic Writing
awarded to a graduate or undergraduate for the best script (stage, screen,
television, or radio)
Judge: Tom Gibbon

First: Stacey Lloyd

Second: Flora Chang

The Lilian and Benjamin Levy Award
awarded for the best review by an undergraduate of
a current play, film, book, cd, or performance
Judge: Ann Davidon

Winner: Marisa Lore

The Ezra Pound Prize for Literary Translation
awarded for the best translation from any language of either verse or prose
by a graduate or undergraduate
Judge: Lawrence Venuti

Winner: Alicia Casarini




Creative Writing Contest Winners 2003

The William Carlos Williams Prize
from The Academy of American Poets awarded for the best original poems by a graduate student
Judge: J. T. Barbarese


Winner:
Jessica Lowenthal

The College Alumni Society Poetry Prizes
awarded to the best original poems by an undergraduate
Judge: J. T. Barbarese

First:
Jessica Schneiderman

Second: An Lam

Third: John Quattrochi, Monica Park

Honorable Mentions: Emily Truong, Andrew Kelly, Andrew Presser

The Phi Kappa Sigma Fiction Prizes
awarded for the best original fiction by an undergraduate
Judge: Jim Shepard

First:
Lindsey Palmer

Second: Rebekah Baglini

Third: Ariel Djanikian, Lauren Rile Smith

The Judy Lee Award for Dramatic Writing
awarded to a graduate or undergraduate for the best script (stage, screen, television, or radio)
Judge: Walt Vail

Winner: Elizabeth Coopersmith

The Lilian and Benjamin Levy Award
awarded for the best review by an undergraduate of a current play, film, book, cd, or performance
Judge: Anthony Tedesco

Winner: Jake Brooks

The Ezra Pound Prize for Literary Translation
awarded for the best translation from any language of either verse or prose by a graduate or undergraduate
Judge: Daniel Hoffman

Winner: Aislinn Melchior

Honorable Mention: Nick Monfort, Elizabeth Voitko




Creative Writing Contest Winners 2002

The William Carlos Williams Prize
from The Academy of American Poets awarded for the best original poems by a graduate student
Judge: Dorianne Laux

Winner: Veronica Schanoes

The College Alumni Society Poetry Prizes
awarded to the best original poems by an undergraduate
Judge: Dorianne Laux

First: Julie Brown

Second:
Jessica Murakami

Third: Kendra Kreider

Honorable Mentions: Joyce Tang

The Phi Kappa Sigma Fiction Prizes
awarded for the best original fiction by an undergraduate
Judge: Simone Zelitch

First: Lauren Rile Smith

Second: Macy Raymond

Third: Ariel Djanikian

The Judy Lee Award for Dramatic Writing
awarded to a graduate or undergraduate for the best script (stage, screen, television, or radio)
Judge: Susan Sweeney

First: Katherine Hurley

Second: Richard T. Wong

Third: Jeffrey Phillips

The Lilian and Benjamin Levy Award
awarded for the best review by an undergraduate of a current play, film, book, cd, or performance
Judge: Jonathan Grossman

Winner: Paul Farber

The Ezra Pound Prize for Literary Translation awarded for the best translation from any language of either verse or prose by a graduate or undergraduate
Judge: Len Roberts

Winner: Aislinn Melchior




Creative Writing Contest Winners 2001

The William Carlos Williams Prize
from The Academy of American Poets awarded for the best original poems by a graduate student
Judge: Jeanne Murray Walker

Winner:
Dan Edelstein

The College Alumni Society Poetry Prizes
awarded to the best original poems by an undergraduate
Judge: Jeanne Murray Walker

First: Brian Cope

Second: Shaleigh Kwok

Third: Yevgeniya Traps

Honorable Mentions: Julie Brown, Joe Breslin, Lauren Rile Smith, Seung-Hae Park

The Phi Kappa Sigma Fiction Prizes
awarded for the best original fiction by an undergraduate
Judge: Jon Volkmer

First (tie): Jeff McCall / Aaron Couch

Second: Morgan Molinoff

Third: Jason Beerman

The Judy Lee Award for Dramatic Writing
awarded to a graduate or undergraduate for the best script (stage, screen, television, or radio)
Judge: Marian X

First: Laura Sieh Chu

Second: Jeff McCall

Third: Joshua Rosenberg

The Lilian and Benjamin Levy Award
awarded for the best review by an undergraduate of a current play, film, book, cd, or performance
Judge: Cynthia Baughman

Winner: Aaron Couch

The Ezra Pound Prize for Literary Translation
awarded for the best translation from any language of either verse or prose by a graduate or undergraduate
Judge: Carolyne Wright

Winner: Seung-Hae Jasmine Park