2012 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: Daisy Fried
Winner: Lauren Hall
The College Alumni Society Poetry Prizes
Awarded to the best original poems by an undergraduate
Judge: Daisy Fried
First: David Carpenter
Second: John Valadez
Third: Ashlee Paxton-Turner
Honorable Mentions: Shoshana Akabas, Kiri Nakamura,
The Phi Kappa Sigma Fiction Prizes
Awarded for the best original fiction by an undergraduate
Judge: Alicia Oltuski
First: Leah Steinberg
Second: Daniel Felsenthal
Third: Michael King
Honorable Mentions: Taylor Cook, Rebecca LeVine, Alice Yiwei Ma, Ashlee-Paxton-Turner
The Judy Lee Award for Dramatic Writing
Awarded to a graduate or undergraduate for the best script (for stage, screen, television, or radio)
Judge: Mary Ann Braubach
First: Laura Bowes
Second: Brittney Jones-Ali
Third: Matthew Federici
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: Christian Hoard
First: Shaj Mathew
Second: Alexa Bryn
Third: Elizabeth Horkley
The Literary Translation Prize
Awarded for the best translation from any language of either verse or prose by a graduate or undergraduate
Judge: Wayne Miller
First: Jonathan Maney
Second: Jacqueline Yue
Third: William Beck
The Gibson Peacock Prize for Creative Nonfiction
Awarded for the best nonfiction piece by an undergraduate
Judge: Gideon Lewis-Kraus
First: Alison Berman
Second: Michael Morse
Third: Ellie Levitt
The Parker Prize
Awarded to the best newspaper or magazine article, feature story, exposé or other piece of investigative journalism by an undergraduate
Judge: Craig McCoy
Winner: Ellie Levitt
Honorable Mention: Jessica Goodman