Contest Winners
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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: Sanaë 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: Sanaë 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
Click 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