2015 Creative Writing Contest Winners

The William Carlos Williams Prize, from The Academy of American Poets
Awarded for the best original poems by a graduate student
Judge: Laure-Anne Bosselaar

Winner: Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach

The College Alumni Society Poetry Prizes
Awarded to the best original poems by an undergraduate
Judge: Laure-Anne Bosselaar

First: Glenn Tanner Shrum

Second: Miguel Aldaco

Third: Eric J. Xu

Honorable Mention: Annika Neklason, Kea Edwards

The Phi Kappa Sigma Fiction Prizes
Awarded for the best original fiction by an undergraduate
Judge: Daniel Torday

First: Alina Grabowski

Second: Meg Pendoley

Third: Peter LaBerge

Honorable Mentions: Maya Afilalo, Donals Antenen, Ailin Cao, Chole Sabbs

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

First: Jonanthan Osinaike

Second: Isabelle Mecattaf

Third: Michelle Ma

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: Elizabeth Mosier

First: Barbara Nolan

Second: Amanda Silberling

Third: Annika Neklason

The Literary Translation Prize
Awarded for the best translation from any language of either verse or prose by a graduate or undergraduate
Judge: Adria Bernardi

First: Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach

Second: Sarah Pierce Taylor

Third: J. B. Maney

Honorable Mentions: Meg Pendoley, Maya Vinokour

The Gibson Peacock Prize for Creative Nonfiction
Awarded for the best nonfiction piece by an undergraduate
Judge: Chanan Tigay

First: Gabrielle Skladman

Second: Sarah Greene

Third: Aviva Rosen

Honorable Mentions: Diksha Bali, Katherine Blum, Melissa Co, Kea Edwards, Nadia Laher, Ben Lerner, Blake London

The Parker Prize
Awarded to the best newspaper or magazine article, feature story, exposé or other piece of investigative journalism by an undergraduate
Judge: Jeff Gammage

Winner: Katherine Blum